In May 2003 I re-submitted a proposal to World Economic Forum (I had done the same in Dec 2002) for a debate between youth there in Davos and in India at the World Social Forum (the two events will happen simultaneously in January of 2004). Last week the WEF turned down the proposal. I'm still waiting for a reply as to why - but insiders tell me that it is because the WEF gets approached with interesting proposals all the time and can only pick the best ones for their needs. I believe in this debate idea. How could we convince them that it meets their needs in a big way?