The "Cliche Kid" is all about image and spin.It is a Labor party mutual admiration society.Kevin will get his advice from the bureaucrats and the side show will roll on.Kevin is,clever and witty yes,but I don't see much substance or real leadership behind the facade.

The Cliche Kid is tough and strong,
The Cliche Kid just can't go wrong,
The Cliche kid eats ME TOO Bars,
And that is the sum of his song.

When I have been involved in an exercise like this anything over about
15 people becomes unmanageable. With 100 in each panel it will
be like any large meeting of people with different ideas trying to
reach any sort of agreement.
They will gravitate in different groups and each group will be small
enough to internally come to an agreement, but there will inevitably
be about 8 or 10 opinions for each of the ten panels.

It is far too cumbersome.

Dear Arjay,

"Every journey of a thousand miles
begins with one step."

Chinese proverb.

Or to put it another way:

Stick your neck out, volunteer, have a go, reach out beyond your best performance, and when you do, do so with style, elan, panache.
You will learn more from a brilliantly executed failure than from a success planned within the dreary safety of what you already know.

Winning easy, is boring, pointless work.

After seeing the list of names and the limited topics I have a very dismissive attitude to this conference. It's basically a circus and will achieve nothing.

Dear Steel,

If the country's 'Best and Brightest' are unable to achieve anything, then who can?

And, what kind of a dismal future do the rest of us have to look forward to in that case?

What do you suggest?