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I’d just like to float the idea that I am starting to organise an Australian Social Forum to be hosted at www.AustralianSocialForum.org, at this stage its just the seed of an idea I have made contact with the Melbourne Social Forum, www.MelbourneSocialForum.org which started in 2004, is still active and is planning another event for 2009. I have also made contact with the local Byron Social Forum, I was on the periphery of the Byron Social Forum and my last gig was helping the Byron Shire Echo with some project consulting for their new website and strategy. I’ve also registered the Australian Social Forum with the ESF, and have booked a stall etc. This maybe premature, but registrations are closing. Ideally, I’d like the to tour around the country having Local (Australian) Social Forums building on existing networks, groups and individuals, travel with a group to Malmo in Sweden for the European Social Forum in September, The Social Forum of the Americas in Guatamala in October and the World Social Forum in Brazil in January. I am hoping to seek permission from custodians of country here in Canberra at the Aboriginal Embassy in the next week or so I am thinking that perhaps we could then have a full-on Australian Social Forum in Canberra at the Tent Embassy (assuming indigenous sovereignty is respected and permission is granted) in the Spring of 2009, perhaps in the university second semester break I am new to this kind of thing, but was in Newcastle - my hometown - for Climate Camp ( see www.climatecamp.org.au & www.engagemedia.org ) and was so moved by the people and the participation and the effect that I wanted to be a part of bring these kinds of events and networks to the wider Australian community cheers -Niccolo |
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