[opensolaris-summit] Advocacy Panel Discussion: An Idea for Discussion

[Jim Grisanzio]

Simon Phipps wrote:
> Maybe a goldfish bowl would be  
> smart?
>   

Simon and I talked about this on IM tonight. I love this idea. We have 
to do this.

Basically, you start a conversation with 4 people and one empty chair. 
As soon as the conversation starts, anyone from the audience can take 
that 5th chair and join the conversation. When that happens, one of the 
existing panel members has to give up his/her seat so there is always an 
empty chair for someone to take. Repeat for however long the 
conversation lasts. There are a few more rules to it, but that's the 
gist. The conversation flows around whoever the current panel is. Want 
to influence the conversation? You have to take that chair and contribute.

I updated the wiki to read: "Special Advocacy Panel -- The OpenSolaris 
Fishbowl: Helping the world get involved in the community.
(Moderator: Jim Grisanzio)"

Next I'll write up some more detailed instructions and some key issues 
to seed the discussion. I have some panelists who have volunteered, so 
I'll ping them tomorrow to see if they'd like to be the initial set.

Jim
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