Report 1

statement of the topic
What should we do to activate the shopping street in our town?

introduction of panel members and their intitialposition
Mariko:37 years old, a clothing shop clerk, married woman
Sakiko: years old, a liquor store clerk
Chihiro:28 years old, a candy shop clerk, She likes flower arrangement.
Yosaku:54 years old, a South Korean, He runs a fruit and vegetable shop.
Atsushi:Taiwanese, He runs a noodle shop.

important points of the discussion as I see it
Some large shopping mall opened in our town, with the result that the shopping street ran-down. That's why, we should consider what is our strong points to attract customers.

what the outcome was
They decided to held a summer festival.

my personal opinion
I think it's better to held some events more frequently. Even if we held a summer festival, customers would use the shopping strret only the day of festival. But we shold gather customers continually, so we should take advantages of ourselves to enrich the service. For example, Chihiro's hobby is flower arrengement and she runs candy shop, so childen may be attracted when she decorates her shop with some flowers. I think that it's important to provide a better atmosphere.

how effective the discussion was
Every member talks their own opinion positively, so we could hear the difference views.

how it could have been better
All members of this discussion are work at their shop in the shopping street, so people who live in outside the street to listen to broad range of opinions.
Additionaly, they should take advantages of theirselves to solve the probrem, or it has no meaning that a diversity of people take part in this discussion.