Mary ,
It sounds like you have a very clear purpose to facilitate discussion based on two key statements in your forum post - "It's best to engage in a way that will ramp up discussion with everyone involved..." and "I can use feedback from them all to continue asking discussion based questions."
Can you elaborate for us all on what greater purpose you have in facilitating discussion? What is this a means to accomplishing for you? How do you measure its effectiveness in accomplishing your intended outcome?
I think this is a discussion that could help all who read the forum. Thank you.
Robert Starks Jr.