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<statement of the topic> 
Our city is going to hold a marathon for health promotion and it ecpects 2000 participants come to the marathon. The number of entrants is 1500 now. Panel members want more 500 participants from out of the city to continue the marathon in the future. They have to think about the way of collecting more 500.

<introduction of panel members and their initial position>
Chiaki: She is 33 years old and works at a information TV center.
Mai: She is 42 years old and a sponsor of the marathon.
Riho: She is 20 years old and has fished for 13 years.
Haruka: She is 24 lives in a neighboring town. She is an office worker.

<important points of the discussion as I see it>
Panel members wanted to collect more 500 participants from out of the city. So, they thought it was good to make a rest place where participants could eat sea food and hold a walk rally to increase the number of participants. And in the middle of discussion, they thought it was good idea if participants come to both events, the participants can get something special.

<what the outcome was>
Panel members decided to make another course just to walk and enjoy looking at view of the city.

<my personal opinion>
Panel members thought that the marathon would be held for the first time, so they have to collect paticipants as many as possible to continue the marathon in the future. However, I thought they didn't need to collect more participants by constraint directly because the marathon would be for the first time. And, I thought if participants can get sea food for free in the walk rally, some participants would come to the walk rally not marathon.

<how effective the discussion was>
It was good for a moderator to explain the background of discussion in detail. And, it was also good to discuss considering citizen's opinions. Panel mambers discussed with loud voice, so I could understand well.

<how it could have been better>
The member who provided her opinion that a walk rally was good to collect more participants didn't say detailed explanation. I thought she should have said more positively. And, I thought the moderator should have said a topic at the beginning of the discussion. Parhaps, most citizens didn't understand what was a problem.