Folks, There is an online dialogue currently underway in California that you might find interesting. http://www.webdialogues.net. This is a public dialogue on education policy: It is the second policy dialogue with CA legislators about California's long range education Master Plan. The first dialogue, about the Plan, was conducted last spring, almost 1000 people registered. The current dialogue is about the legislation being developed to implement key aspects of the Plan. Almost 700 people are participating from throughout the state. Panelists include nine legislative sponsors of the eight bills plus other experts. The dialogue is being hosted AND conducted by the CA Education Master Plan staff. They are using a dialogue environment that is easy to manage for the non-technical. The site is managed (and all content is added) through web forms accessible by administrators. Announcements, summaries, feedback surveys, etc. are automated. I've been developing and producing large-scale online dialogues for years and this is very smooth. You don't have to register to look around. You do have to register to post. And, your contributions would be welcome in the discussion. The discussion will be going on through the end of this week, May 23. The Web site will be available for at least a year. Laurie Maak Dialogue developer and producer