<statement of the topic>
How should we use budget to construct a library in a city center? We have 100 million budget. There is an old library which is built for 50 years in a suberb area and it takes us about 35 minutes to go there by bus from a city center.
<introduction of panel members and their initial position>
Taiga: He is 45 and a social studies teacher of senior high school. He wants to give many younger pepole opportunity to read various books, so he agree with constcucting the new library.
Asao: She is a third-grade student of university and lives in a city center.
Chiaki: She is 31 and a programmer.
Iku: He is 40 and has been working for 22 years. He likes an old library and also wants to expand it more.
<important points of the discussion as I see it>
Taiga thought that he wanted to give many students an opportunity to access a library easily. Asao said that she wanted the new library to put more useful books for graduation thesis in it. Iku thought he wanted to expand the old library and make it much better. Chiaki wanted to hold an event in the old library and lend some universities useful books for graduation thesis.
<what the outcome was>
The panel members decided to share budget with the new library and old one. In the result, the old library can't remake the building, but can increase the number of books and bus connections for pepole who come there. Besides, it can hold a event to attract visitors.
<my personal opinion>
I thought that it was another way for the old library to give some universities various kinds of books and continue buying new books. If the new library isn't built, the old one would be able to remake the building and wouldn't need to worry about decreasing of visitors. One of the panel members said people who want to read old books would go to the old library, and people who want to read new books would go to the new library, but I thought the old one also had new books. So, saying that definitively would not good. In addition, he said "youg people should not go the old library because it is far from a city center." Some young people might go to the old library even it is far, so this phrase also would not good.
<how effective the discussion was>
I thought it was good for the moderator to consider both ideas of the new library and old one. In addition, it was nice for a panel member related to the old library considerd the case of decreasing of visitors.
<how it could have been better>
I thought if all panel members except of athe moderator talked about their opinions evenly, the discussion would become heated more. This time, especially one panel member talked about his opinion for long. I wanted to hear opinions of the old library side more.
In the case where one panel member is talking too much, it is the job of the moderator to drive conversation toward those who are not talking in order to give equal representation. If the moderator doesn't do it, then somebody from the audience must do it. Since you noticed this problem, it would have been good for your to ask questions that would bring out opinions of those who weren't speaking enough on the panel. Please try that next time.
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