This document discusses designing online community-based democratic deliberation. It addresses key issues like having a critical mass of information and the potential of deliberation. It examines how to develop the theoretical basis and technical tools to build effective online deliberation that can work in information-rich environments. The document proposes utilizing "Web 2" tools and techniques to democratically structure online deliberation and plots how the process could work. It emphasizes defining the goals of the deliberation and using quantifiable "deliberative tools" to achieve effective deliberation.