Interesting thought occured

[marct]

Hi Selil,

It seemed like if the University systems could do this and push learning and lessons type information the military had to be able to do it. I did a project two summers ago for DOD building curricula, but I don't know if that went anywhere.

I think it's more than technically possibily, it's also economically possible. It's when we get to the level of politics that it may meet the problem (more later).

I was thinking that a round table of SWC types could discuss current issues for an hour over skype and that would be invaluable (and accessible) by anybody or a subscriber base via something like iTunes.

Probably feasible, although there may be some difficulties for anyone currently serving. Were you thinking about a "This Week in COIN" type of discussion for the content, or a more "traditional" model?

I can definitely see some of the control issues. Also, I could see some possibility of political fall out for people involved.

I suspect that the political issues are exactly the two you listed: institutional / professional control over knowledge and political backlash. To that, I would also add a security issue. After all, some of the stuff we would be talking about is probably of great interest to people who shouldn't have access to it <wry grin>.

Marc