[EURO-Discuss] Reference to an interesting tool for exchange of arguments & reaching decisions online

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Max and others:

It may interest you to know we are currently testing a similar online
collaboration tool, PleaseReview (www.pleasereview.com).

Nick

On 04/05/07, Max Senges <senges at uno-komitee.de> wrote:
>
> I guess most of us agree that the online tool (mailing list) and practices
> we have to have a share information and opinion are rather good but they are
> producing information overload. However compared to traditional discourse's
> location and time constrains there is an improvement in inclusiveness.
>
> Partially as a result of the information overload however, our tool is
> rather poor for the important practice to collectively take a decision and
> to have a contoversial exchange of arguments.
>
> Allow me to point your attention to http://grass-arena.net = Group Report
> Authoring Support System
>
> "The purpose of the GRASS project is to develop an arena for credible
> societal
> discourse. Its aim is to produce concise group reports that give their
> readers an upto-
> date and credible overview of the positions of various stakeholders on a
> particular issue. As such, these reports can play an important role in
> consensus
> assessment and catalyzing societal conflict resolution."
>
> The sytem
> - gives an index (overview) page including the current state of the decision
> in question via pro/contra/neutral positions
> - structures the exchange of arguments which significantly improves clarity
> and density
> - transparently shows the activities of users
>
> I dont think this system is the short-term solution but it is an indication
> as to what we will hopefully have sometime down the road.
>
> Greetings
> Max
>
> PS: GRASS seems to be discontinued - If anybody knows a similar system i
> would be very interested to learn about it!
> PPS: I also posted this text on my blog @
> http://maximiliansenges.blogspot.com/2007/05/exchange-of-arguments-reaching.
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