| a non-partisan, public, in-person discussion network wherein the people of the Rogue Valley can enjoin their concerns and ideas on matters of public policy in a systemic, respectful, and focused manner for the common good |  | Why? |
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
- Hubert H. Humphrey | | | Proposed: a Rogue Valley in-person discussion society combined with an online, regional knowledge base | | The Discussion Society
the human arts to study, discuss, vote | The Knowledge Base
the technical crafts to collect, compile, report |  | | Proposed: that Rogue Valley residents from all backgrounds and points of view come together in small conversation groups to discuss public policy matters and that the results of that discourse be reported out through an online knowledge base for the benefit of the public and public officials. | | A new Discussion Society would form through open enrollment every three months and run a course of twelve weekly debates. | | Society members would attend grassroots conversation groups with from six to twenty people for in-person discussion. All interaction among the Society would be in-person. There would be no chat rooms or discussion forums in the knowledge base, nor links to social media. | | The Society would discuss matters in an impersonal, open minded, and respectful manner - as an exercise in deliberative democracy. | | Members could meet either at planned locations and times or entirely ad hoc. They would be held in informal, comfortable settings, such as a cafe, a lunchroom, a community center, or restaurant. |
Details | | | | Society | Economy | Culture | State | | | | | | | | | Example Course of Debates | | Society | Dancing with A.I. and Robotics
How will people fare in a post-human social order? | Trust, but verify
Can there be gun control without gun laws? | Copy and paste Grandma
Should technology to transfer human consciousness be allowed? | Pick and Choose
Should immigration weigh skills or assets higher than family? | Culture | Money for nothing
How will people make a living in a jobless future? | Cutting out the Middleman
Does the Electoral College need reform? | The New Pariahs
Has the DUI stigma unfairly created a shunned group? | The Facts of Life
How should we understand economic and quality of life indicators? | Economy | | Who Dies?
What laws will govern auto-driven vehicles in accidents when making qualitative decisions on human life? | Don't fence me in
What reforms are needed in the federal land management system? | Wildfires and logging
Would increased logging reduce wildfires without causing environmental harm? | State | | | . | | | All Rights Reserved by Spring Dog Enterprises | | | | | | | | |
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