Guideposts for the first several blog elements

We decided to design a structure for the first ten seminars to be presented on the health disparities policy blog;after this initial experiment,we can re-assess where we are and if and how to carry the discussions further. In brief, we shall ask one person to present a 2-300 word stage set for each seminar, to be followed by up to 3 planned commentaries from other perspectives. In each of those posts, we shall ask the writers to include their favorite few references from the literature or the internet. For the rest of the time that seminar is open for discussion, anyone who wishes to comment will be welcome to do so. If they will sign their names to their posts, we would hope they would also include their favorite references along with their perspectives. After 7 days, we shall turn to the next seminar for presentation and discussion, following the same pattern. Because at various times, contributors will be posting comments for the subject of prior weeks' seminars, they should simply clearly state the particular seminar ot which their comments relate and the editors will sort things out in the archiving process at the end of the ten weeks.
We hope that with careful planning, we shall have involved at least 25 different individuals in the dialogue and should have identified a core list of references to go along with a variety of opinions about how best to direct our health policy efforts to reduce health disparities. Our hope is to have introduced our blog to people from the growing cadre of care-givers, researchers,educators and community workers at centers across the country, who can in turn advise us and their communities on next steps.