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cifuturG2 possible working groups to care about wsf process
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CIfutur | cifuturG2 consultation page inputs 1
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this is a list of about 100 group scopes , mixing past experience in IC , present groups, and possible initiatives , trying to cense imagine which could useful or even necessary for progress of wsf process
- this list can be used as a exploration list when making announcement of contribution to wsf process in the frame of a semestrial "review of contributions" that is proposed for a possible "wsf process caring body" , whatever its name
- this list can be alimented by the functionnal group reviews in ic meeting , proposing creation of wsf contributive groups with as only condition the presence of 2/3 IC members in them and open to any orgnaization supporting wsf charter and having some kind of experience in the process or interest for this progress
- this list has echo with some groupwork in paris 2011
- this list can also be used as a back up information /suggestion in the consultation process about future ic by group G2
COLUMNS IN THE LIST
- A - four main goals : 1 / sustain communication between event and initiatives organizers - 2/ communicate wsf to non participants - 3/ help participants in improving quality of dialogue and output - 4/ expand a sustainable and united process
- B - keywords of group scopes : possible wsf process caring groups keyword list
- C a number to identify scopes easily ( 1 to 104)
- D scope description (you can search any word using the "search in page " feature of your inernet browser)
- E - which are the issue on the table of the group?
- F implementation level 0/ was mentionned in IC meetings 1/something was started 2/some thing was done but can be improved 3/ established practice working groups goals x implementation x openness+
- G link to various documentation of in online spaces related to commissions and working groups , mostly in www.openfsm.net
- H who could start it
- I "distance" to a central caring body/community (now this body is named IC) 0 = inside the body /inner groups 1 = with significant 50% proportion of body members - mixed groups ( "contributive groups by IC " - 2 with low 10% proportion / opengroups
- J when the group was could be started
- K how could it work
- L which would be the current IC commission involved
- new scopes can be added ( a form can be prepared for this)
| 0-A - main goal(s) | B -main keyword(s) | C-nb | D-scope of possible ad hoc group /task for caring about wsf process | E - issues on the table of the group | F-implementation level | G-relevant link | H -who could start it? -distance to a central caring body | I distance | J-when the group was/could be started | K-how it (could) work | L -which commission of current ic - future caring body |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | meeting / agenda | 1 | Group to prepare agenda and form of caring bodymeetings | imposing better than suboptimal agendas | 2 |
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agenda proposed by outsiders? | 1 | was done without creativity by liaison group then now is informal | laison group drowned itself in self centered formalism | liaison group
content com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | meeting / quality | 2 | Group to improve form of caring body meetings | be a collective approach | 1 |
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intiative group with experienced actors inside caring body and stressing collective approach | 2 | was attempted in 2005 but not in a working group form - proposals of marti - dan - cooptation of secretariat - not a collecive approach | develop group work time- stimulate on line preparation etc.. | liaison group
content com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | caring body / decision | 3 | Group to discuss criteria for getting in a "consensus decision perimeter " eg IC ( 2004) | the inclusion mechanism is not working | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuturecontribution-16 | group with experienced participants both in and out of current ic | 1 | this discussion is started because of current IC crisis - otherwise was documented in 2004 |
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general ad hoc group cifuturG2 |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | caring body / liaison group | 4 | plenary session to discuss and evaluate liaison group ( mexico 2010) | avoid repeating this error | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/lg-tor-mexico-2010 | ad hoc group with insiders and outsides of liaison group | 1 | renewal of liaison group | why was this new liaison group not effective - lack of vision - lack of work capability - too narrow focus ? | caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | caring body / tasks | 5 | develop vision of resources for caring body (i-e IC) tasks and how caring body members are currently involved in them | effective contribution of caring body |
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this table ! | metaorganizing level | 0 | when a solidarity operation isn envisionned and not a talk shop only |
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resouce com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | communication | 6 | comcom seminar in florence 2007 | there are various views about communication - and they need to be combined and brought to an action plan shared between many actors | 1 |
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common vision and ownership about communicaiton is still weak after ten years | 1 | was an attempt to mature the issue of commnication | seminar at time of terra futura | communication com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | communication | 7 | organize communication seminar with ic members ( mexico 2010) | develop ownership - imagine concrete actions | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/communication-commission/report-of-mexico-city-ic-meeting-may.10 | could be done in events but there will be competition of priority | 1 | when there is a proposing group and a wider group | during a presential meeting - on occation of an event | communication com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | dialog / convergence | 8 | maintain a space for exchange on practices between convergence assemblies organizers | great diversity of practices - facilitate convergences without imposing them |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/resultats-fsm2013-assembstatus | OE working group with connection with caring body | 1 | recomendable for process progress - lasting one cycle between 2 wsf events | implies a common curiosity about convergence processes -it is difficult to have on line only - the final moment of wsf could be a good starting point - a meeting of organizers could take place after the final moment | methodology com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | dialog /online space | 9 | sustain & design websites where to give views and infos such as openfsm.net ( from 2008). | fragmentation and competition between sites - failure to arrange a common portal | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfssc | originally comcom, can be moved to collective(s) supporting initiative(s) and maintaining some level of intercommunication | 1 | linked to a permanent wsf initiative | decentralized co-funding | OE space group
non cooperation between OC office and comcom |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / evaluation | 10 | group to evaluate wsf2011 ( paris 2011) |
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2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/wsf11-evaluation-synthesis
http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/wsf11-evaluation-recommendations http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/wsf11-evaluation-4gruposparis-por-presentacion-informe |
any group can evaluate - what are the practical outcomes ? - what is difficult to have is legitimacy or relevancy | 1 | crisis feeling after dakar that problems in logisitics was underminig the wsf and making ic irrelevant |
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ad hoc groups from plenaries |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / evaluation | 11 | group to organize evaluation of events by participants (paris 2011) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-versao2011-en/#_Toc304497697 | OE centered group is enough | 1 | was never done so far, although discussed after dakar |
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communication com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / extension | 12 | develop trans event communication between organizers and participants to stay connected |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-intercomentreeventos | OE centered group wiht participation of big organization willing to test extended participation | 1 | when there is enough shared desire among partiicpants and orgnizers to connect events inside wsf process | using OE space | calendar /OE group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / extension | 13 | working group on relation between extended events ( 2011) | requires a OE community - give sense to the "process" | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-intercomentreeventos | OE working group | 1 | this was effect of higher sense of mutli event process in 2010 |
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methodology com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / interpretation | 14 | group to discuss how to organize interpretation in a wsf ( nairobi 2007) ( prebelem 2008) | the issue was not solved through open discussions | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/translation/summary |
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interpretation was problematic for various reasons in 2004 2005 2007 2009 |
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| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / joined preparation | 15 | group to ensure cooperation between international contributors and local OC commissions | inernational -local cooperation is a key point - formal open vs informal closed processes of cooperation - contradictions - waiting for the oc | 1 |
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ad hoc group created in plenaries based on motivation | 0 | ad hoc in the build up of any important event - if when there is willingness | establishing a practice of public online space is key - empowering also international contributors | , beyond people sent beforehand in Ocs, no satisfactory on line experiencedespite announcements |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / organizing | 16 | group on balancingin a wsf event organizing overall openspace services and thematic space initiatives | combine common space overall rules services - logistical realism - thematic space subsidiarity |
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requires legitimacy experience at guiding principle level - but recomendations might not be followed | 0 | when there are intiaitive thematic groups willing to subfacilitate thematic areas of the event |
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OE space group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / simulation | 17 | propose simulation of wsf event organizing |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/hmf | OE centered group | 1 | idea appears when a presentation of wsf to young activists is asked |
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methodology com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / software | 18 | internet spaces for exchange wsf related software developpers -share skills ideas experience about event website and impact on methodology |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfssc
http://openfsm.net/projects/fsmweb |
OE centered group | 1 | this would imply common motivation and comparable situation between events - |
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communicaiton com
methodology com caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | event / weaknesses | 19 | group to identify weak points in the organisation of recent events and try to stimulate them | fragmentation if various groups documentation is not linked |
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OE centered group is enough | 1 | when there is enough shared motivation and feeling of community between organizers | taking preceding groups into account | methodology com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | events / economy | 20 | sustain working group for systematization of organization of solidarity economy around an sf event |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-soleco | OE group | 1 | ad hoc group for one event | be cautious to take into account the local context, and keep record of preceeding groups | ad hoc groups from plenaries |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | funding | 21 | group to coordinate centralized funding (for what?) |
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3 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ressources | group needs to have legitimacy for the donors ?? | 0 | this is standard commission -now needing to avoid competition between events |
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resource com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | meeting /extension | 22 | group to develop remote participation in caring body ( eg IC) meetings | lower soliddarity fund -allow wider number of observers, better undertsanding, avoid poorly attended Ics | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-extended | initiative group better if with participant in the said body | 2 | when there is share motivation to do so in a large enough scale - needs permanence |
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communication com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / communication | 23 | propose communication actions to involved organisations ( comcom contacts in rabat with ic members- 2009) |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/communication-commission/troikas-de-contacto | initiative group with participation of important organisations | 1 | when trying to take comcom out of individual projects and adress the challenge of 2010 year of action |
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communication com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / context | 24 | group to review overall situation and make recommendation on which type of event and initatives are more adapted to the context |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifutur-strategies | mix betwen OE centered group and participant in caring body | 1 | when there is shared perception of a gap |
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current cifuturG3
content com strategy com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / experience | 25 | maintain an openspace for exchange of experience about event and initaiive organizing ( OE space) -stimulate and support those that endeavour to organize social forum event or initiative ( discussed 2011) | capacity to have OE space groups with accumulation of experience - transevent cooperation - local contexts - global problematics | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/espacios-oe | insitute OE space next to caring body - requires guiding principles level legitimacy | 0 | this idea appeared in 2011 in the evaluation group -and was included in the terms of reference of calendar group- this is a mid term committment |
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discussed between few participants in evaluation group 2011 |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / inclusion | 26 | group to support new event organizers about their inclusion in the global process | welcoming new organizers and making accumualed exprience available | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/espacios-oe | could be done as a standard initiative but the focus on organizers is better if centrally owned | 1 | necessary - last two year betwen 2 wsf | in connection with inclusion in calendar and OE space | currently a small trans commission group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / innovation | 27 | define and practice mechanisms to support innovations in wsf process | consensus decision is not fostering innovation - local innovation in smaller event maybe easier - innovation must not jeopardize process |
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initiative group better if with participant in the said body | 1 | when wsf process is deemed "conservative" |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | organizing / practices | 28 | set up groups that comment on best organizing practices in events and intiatives - review how principles are implemented |
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OE centered group with participation of caring body members | 1 | this would imply that the process is already well contributed by caring body |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | participants / strategy | 29 | group to cense visions and strategies of significant participants inside the process | ambiguity of the term stategy and the role of ic | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/strategy | anyone can start | 2 | when there is enough shared motivation |
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strategy com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / calendar | 30 | Give a wsf calendar view ( from Dhaka) and start OE space ( discussed in 2011) | visibility of the process to participants and orgnaizers | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf2012-support | there can be several calendar groups - thecollective accumulated wsf experience - and quality relevancy of information will be "customer" criteria | 1 | necessary - last two year betwen 2 wsf |
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first considered a wsf office attribute, excluing contributions |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / contribution | 31 | Group about vocabulary, criteria, peer to peer evaluation ,mechanism, decentralized use, valuing contribution to wsf process by participants beyond "caring body members" ( eg IC members) | who has the power to give legitimacy to certain meetings - risk of fragmentation depending the event considered |
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a group inspiring confidence to enough people - group can be one shot - along widely enough agreed lines- can be during significant meetings | 0 | this discussion has never taken place so far, as contribution to the process is not enough in focus | peer to peer acknowledgement is a viable option - needs continuity - needs visibility | was never in focus |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / contribution | 32 | Review group to organize review of contributions to wfs process facilitation "inside IC/ caring body" | protocol includes self comment on coherence with principles | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuturecontribution-3 | it can be started by anygroup - issue it to have access to main process players contributors | 1 | when IC is focused on developing contribution - ad hoc group at each significant meeting/gathering | online preparation - face to face conclusion, taking preceding groups into account | could be a trans commisison group
resource com |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / newsletters | 33 | set up group to prepare collectively wsf related newsletter(s) (montreal 2009) | what can be a relevant production process for the newsletter | 1 |
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mix betwen OE centered group and participant in caring body | 1 | newsletter produced by wsf office is deemed not relevant enough by certain participants | structure content choice of topics process initiatives view - calendar of event | wsf office
communication com caring body ad hoc group |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / problem solving | 34 | ad hoc groups to tackle legitimately tricky issues ( presence of head of state, compatibility of some organizations ideology with wsf charter | how to give legitimacy to those decisions | 2 |
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srtonger with only one caring group for wsfprocess | 0 | when there is enough shared motivation on a problem | whenever there is a meeting oportunity , taking preceding groups into account | ad hoc groups from plenaries |
| 1- sustain communication between organizers | process / weaknesses | 35 | group to identify weak points in the process - actors -themes - region and try to stimulate them | eg -disappearance of greenpeace from wsf | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wg-expansion-asia/summary | mix betwen OE centered group and caring body | 1 | when there is enough shared motivation |
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expansion com
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| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | aa | ||||||||||
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | academia / contribution | 36 | group to promote ways to contribute usefully to wsf in academia ( theses about wsf, conferences ..) and include academia in some initiative |
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intiative group with experienced actors stressing collective approach | 2 | when a discussion on expansion would go in depth enough so that the idea can be discussed included in an outreach action plan | it would be a creative way to mutualize inforation and ressrouce and have a collective | caring body ad hoc group |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | communication / initiatives | 37 | group to share creative communication initiatives about wsf (mexico 2010) - group to develop on line and face to face tools and contents for communication tools around idea of wsf at large | example of shallow and quick discussion breed weak ownership and prevent online work after meeting | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/practicomfsm | initaitive group with caring body member giving importance to the issue | 2 | idea appeared during communication semainar in mexico ( 1 hour group work) | too short discussion - no way to create committement | communication com
content com |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | dialogue / video | 38 | group to maintain a video collection website wsftv.net initiative ( from 2008) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wwwwsftvnet-tunis-2013/summary | initiative group aiming at genericity | 2 | this initiative started in 2007 | number of contributors could grow more | communication com |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | journalists | 39 | groups to promote wsf in media, among friendly journalists |
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initiative group with some proximity to prominent actors to be credibl for journalists | 1 | this idea appeared in 2005 - but was never implemented | mainstream media facilitation was done in belem 2009 and less in dakar and tunis | communication com |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | journalists | 40 | group to organize shared communication by alternative media | issue of genericity and institutionalisation - diversity in comcom | 2 |
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initiative group -aiming at genericity - is it a service to participants or is it a self organized space between media | 2 | this idea appeared in 2002 - and ciranda was created - also forum of radios, of tvs in 2005 | got more institutionalized -with time and was included as ic member in 2009 - whereas the concept can be duplicated | communication com |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | outreach / conferences | 41 | coopt speakers available for giving conferences on wsf as a volunteer ressources |
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initiative group supported by experienced organizers - link with expansion actions | 2 | above group could take the initiative |
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content com
resource com |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | outreach / contacts | 42 | groups to approach organizations and movements that are not in wsf process - stimulate going and explain wsf process where it is not well known /understood | this working group of 2008 was apparently not active | - | http://openfsm.net/projects/wg-expansion-asia/summary | initiative group with experienced organizers for credibility- link with expansion actions | 2 | when expansion commission meets and make an outreach action plan |
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expansion com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 2-communicate wsf to non participants | outreach / situations | 43 | collect and spread practices for developping moments of dialogue with non wsf participants (mexico 2010) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/practicomfsm | initiative group with participation of important organisations | 2 | when the concern about communication with 98% out of wsf gets stronger |
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communicaiton com
content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | aa | ||||||||||
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | actions / practices | 44 | group to stimulate exchange between participants about practices in campaigns actions (different from dialogic activities in wsf process) |
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initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 2 | when there is enough shared motivation |
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content com - ad hoc group |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity / dialogue | 45 | group to cense and comment on best dialogic practices |
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initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 2 | this would come after the other groups on participation |
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communication com
content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity / dialogue | 46 | groups for proposing usage of collective dialogue/participation techniques for activities | thematic space facilitation /keeping contact with other themes fluid |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-versao2011-en/#_Toc304497694 | initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 2 | when there is enough interested resource to support dialogic process |
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communication com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity / dialogue / culture | 47 | group to promote inclusion of cultural dimension in dialogues held in activities | going from wishful thinking to concrete | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/culture-education | initiative group supported by experienced organizers- appearance and disappearance of dan baron | 2 | whenever a mixed group between cultural activists and big organizations can emerge | bottom up approach is probably better - top down approach was tested in IC with little success | content com
communication com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity / online | 48 | stimulate participants to early interaction before events using practively event websites | quality of agglutination and convergence and extended participation |
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any group with motivation helped by a certain presence of experience OE | 2 | whenever there is cooperation with local OC |
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communication com
content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity / online / follow up | 49 | group for showingwsf parcticpants on line how to use internet particpate and cooperate on line | thematic space facilitation /keeping contact with other themes fluid |
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any group with motivation helped by a certain presence of experience OE | 2 | when there is enough interested resource to support cooperation process |
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communication com
content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | activity /debates | 50 | stimulate and organize debates on key contentious issues mapped in order to accelerate debate | organizing debate does not mean producing the debate and leading it |
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proposed by francine - corresponding to desire to have discusion about world situation in IC - but can be made during wsf events etc | 1 | whenever an issue is felt contentious and hindering agglutinations | the academia people could help here | content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | alternatives / visibility | 51 | group to cense and present alternatives initiatives campaigns inside wsf process - socialforumpedia ( discussed 2010) | how to combine positively short term interest motivation of actors and mid term progress of process - tame academia |
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initiative group | 2 | whenever a thematic focused group of actors wants to map the theme | could start with an inintiative of developing articles in wikipedia | content com - com com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | commission / workplan | 52 | comcom seminar about workplan paris 2011 |
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2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/communication-commission/comcom-meeting-may24th-home | past commission record - meeting time appended to caring body meeting | 1 | was felt a necessity - | a method was tested -not too bad - needed more time to be owned | communication com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | contribution / volunteers | 53 | maintain a welcome online openspace for wsf volunteers | give concrete possibilities of contribution to people interested to contribute |
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OE centered group | 1 | it could make sense if OE exchange space is lively enough and extension practices also | requires enough on line activities and motivated volunteers | resource com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | debate / buen vivir | 54 | seminar about buen vivir ( project 2010?) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wg-indigenas/summary | initiative group | 2 | was not meant as a generic initiative - did it really happen? |
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content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / extension | 55 | sustain sfex extended social forum initiative ( from Belem) | take as basic issue the quality of itnernet in the events -and extension as a mobilizaiton issue | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/sfexintercom | initiative group supported by experienced organizers - OE group requires ownership by organizers | 1 | when the notion of process gets more in focus - make events present to many more people than those who go to the center of the event | intimate inclusion of extension in the organizing process | communication com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / closure | 56 | group to implement final moment of wsf2013 (2013) | ownership of IC membersabout the overall methodology | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/memotunex/memotunex-momentfinal
http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-versao2011-en/#_Toc304497691 |
requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | the group emerged last minute from meeting 27th march and was very small |
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methodolgy com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / convergence | 57 | group to discuss convegence assemblies ( copenhaguen 2008) | keeping the openspace horizontal | 2 |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | during copenhaguen IC 2008 - | a political-methodological discussion | methodolgy com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / documentation | 58 | ad hoc group by event stimulating documentation by participants of their activities and outputs |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/memotunex/ | OE centered group | 1 | was done in esf paris 2003 and attempted in nairobi 2007 dakar 2011 |
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cifuturG1M
content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / interpretation | 59 | set up guiding rules for service project for interpretation in a social forum event ( babels & al) |
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OE centered group | 1 | when there is a willingness to make the best of available interpretation resources | possiblity to pool some organizations interpreters with generic interpreters to check interpretation coverage | OE space group |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | event / participation | 60 | prepare/coordinate proactive participation of important networks to wsf events with invited persons | thematic space facilitation /keeping contact with other themes fluid |
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done | initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 2 | this can be done with a spirit of cooperation with organizers and other participants ( thematic space facilitation ) | maybe it is done informally - it is a way to implement debates in relation with | content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | participation / area | 61 | group to propose geographical online space loosely gathering organisations from a same area having participated in sf events elsewhere |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/pakistan/project-home | anyone can start this - proximity to experienced participants helps | 2 | in connexion with expansion working groups |
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expansion com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | participation / mapping | 62 | map movements, and facilitate connexion between them (sao paulo 2013) |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cartografias-movimentos-do-seculo-21/project-home | initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 2 | when there is enough shared motivation to start the process | ad hoc group | content com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | process / documentation | 63 | develop specific memory initiatives using wsf documentation material | it is a way for academia to be contributive |
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( frustrated discussion in rio about porto alegre project?) | a thematic interst group willing to grow | 2 | when there is a group with motivation | specific groups non generic initiatives | content com - ad hoc group |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | process / information | 64 | wsf process info relay initiative - com respondents ( discussed 2009) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfcomrespondents | initiative group supported by experienced organizers | 1 | issue of decentralized office after propsoal in belem IC |
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wsf office
communication com caring body ad hoc group |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | process / software | 65 | comcom seminar about websites paris 2010 | difficulty to have a cooperation dialogue international group and local empowered group | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-versao2011-en/#_Toc304497699 | ic mandate could have been given to wsf office - local oc -communication com never was | 1 | the wsf portal has been a projet which never started for lack of cooperation between office and comcom |
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cifuturG1M
communication com |
| 3-help participants in improving quality of dialogue and outputs | process / theming | 66 | group to give guidelines on theming ( paris 2011) | there is an overall 10 theme historic grid that can evolve - threre are bottom up thematic spaces | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/thematic-axes
http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias-versao2011-en/#_Toc304497701 |
requires legitimacy at guiding principle level - but recomendations might not be followed | 0 | when preparting for the next wsf | theming for agglutination help - theming for location | content com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | aa | ||||||||||
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / commonvisions | 67 | group to clarify discussion on stategy ( strategy of who for what?) | strategies in wsf or strategy of ic as a facilitating body | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifutur-strategies
http://openfsm.net/projects/strategy |
requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when there is serenity and clarity about what the process needs |
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cifuturG3
strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / commonvisions | 68 | strategy debate in abuja 2008 | remember? | 2 |
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required legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when there was a necessity to start afresh | many online contribution+ 1hour group+ 2 hour plenary meeting | strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / commonvisions | 69 | working group on evolution of wsf and ic (tunis 2013) |
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0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur | actors havingsome interest and experience about wsf process - was said to be not restricted to ic members | 1 | when there is perplexity about IC dysfunctionning |
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cifuturG2
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| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / dysfunctionning | 70 | group to anlyse reasons for dysfunctionning of commisisons and liaison group - ownership versus delegation | why ic is producing too little contribution to the process - why so much willingness to delegate work beyond talk in plenary |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/lg-tor-mexico-2010 | actors having knowledge about process and record of contribution to wsf process in various ways | 1 | when there is enough collective reflexivity and with relation to a wsf process caring body target reference | ownership -empowerment vs delegation to office to liaison group | caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / onlinegroupwork | 71 | maintain open space website(s) for group workinside caring body (eg openfsm) | not separate process participation groups and process caring groups | 3 | http://www.openfsm.net | the open space website is judged by its users | 1 | when it is clear that successive working groups are interlinked and need accumulation and cross reference | horzontal website with independant spaces for each groups - cloud of groups - open space image | commiunication com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / scope | 72 | context *group to remind the caring body that is is not the process but a service of the process- and that the process is only a tool inside a global situation | expansion of the process - strategy of the caring body is not strategy of the process |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifutur-strategies | requires legitimacy at wsf charter level - but recommendations how are they considered | 0 | now in cifutur group - periodically as a health exercice |
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cifuturG3
strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / tasks ressources | 73 | gather inside and outside caring body among the most involved participants the energy and funding necesary for basic tasks and tool |
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more OEI centered | 1 | when serenity is back allowing to develop practical approach of the topic | orienting contributions towards events and iniatives | resource com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | caring body / vision | 74 | working groups on IC future (Monastir 2012) |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuture-home | actors havingsome interest and experience about wsf process | 1 | when there is perplexity about IC dysfunctionning |
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cifuturG2
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| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | event / extension | 75 | group sitmulating service teams for supporting extended participation in events | online mobilisaiton require orgnaizers mobilisaiton and certainty about internet quality |
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much better with ownership of centrally involved organisations | 2 | when the extension is considered seriously by event organizers |
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OE working group
communication com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | event / funding | 76 | group to share experience about raising the self funding ratio of sf events by participants and raising in kind contribution |
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more OE centered | 1 | when central funding gets scarce |
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OE ad hoc group
resource com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | event / location | 77 | group to decide consensually where the next worldwide wsf is located among several proposals by local groups |
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3 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifuturg1-decision2015 | it needs to be a legitimate decision process | 0 | every two years so far |
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strategy com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | events / organizating | 78 | group to draft guiding principles for organizing events ( nairobi 2007- copenhaguen 2008) | charter of pricniples is not enough - organizing knowledge about sf event and sf process initiaive is key | 3 | http://openfsm.net/projects/organizingwsfevents/guiding-principles-wip-en | requires legitimacy at wsf charter level | 0 | when mutliplication of social focum events showed there was little practical guidance |
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methodology com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | events / organizating | 79 | group to update guiding principles for organizing events ( paris 2011) |
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2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/metcom-principiosguias | requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when three more years of experience makes anounced yearly update relevant |
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methodology com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | events / thematic | 80 | group to propose ways to maintain or stregnthen coherence in /with other thematic social forum processes | compatibility of practicies and positionning |
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http://assemblee-migration-2013.net/en/ http://wsfm2012.org/ http://www.forummundialeducacao.org/ http://www.fsms.org.br/portugues/ |
can be a peripheral action group as processes are independent | 2 | when there are enough actors willing to maintain this coherence |
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methodology |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | expansion / arab world | 81 | expansion com seminar in morroco (2010) | output documentation and workplan is not known | 1 |
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expansion com | 0 | took place before dakar ? |
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expansion com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | expansion / asia | 82 | group to make expansion actions in asia (2008) | beyond mono organization initiatives | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wg-expansion-asia/summary | actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing, and connexions in asia | 1 | when there is energy and actors willing to collectively tackle the issue |
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expansion com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | expansion / russia | 83 | group to make expansion actions in russia (2008) | beyond mono organization initiatives | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wg-expansion-russia/summary | actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing, and connexions in russia | 1 | when there is energy and actors willing to collectively tackle the issue |
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expansion com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | individuals / collective | 84 | group to assess the option of collective participation vs indiviudal participation | charter of principles is focused on organizations - individual may be active - organisations may be lasting and may have constituencies and resources |
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nework of individual based activisme comparing to network of collective based activism | 1 | when the issue comes in focus | culture of ic is mainly representativity based | would be relev ant in cifuturG2 |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | initiatives / funding | 85 | group to stimulate usage of decentralized funding of initiatives by participants through internet | a huge potential is untapped |
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crowdfunding websites | group with vision of other conributing groups that would benefit form this plus experience of crowdfounding | 1 | when the centralized funding model is not enough | those who need funds and have good ideas | resource com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | initiatives / organizing | 86 | group to draft guiding principles for organizing initaitives | so far only events are valued |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuturecontribution-3/#_Toc334095571 | requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when this notion of wsf process initiative emerges as a relevant tool for wsf process progress | draft guiding principles | methodology com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | initiatives / organizing | 87 | group to cense and propose wsf process initiatives -with contribution in and out of caring body |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci/wsfic-icfuturecontribution-3-questionnaire | actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing | 1 | when this notion of wsf process initiative emerges as a relevant tool for wsf process progress |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | meeting/decision | 88 | group to define criteria for assessing if a meeting is legitimate about making wsf process decision | is it possible to proceduralize this? |
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actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing | 1 | this is a practical problem encountered in some ics |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | next meeting/ location | 89 | group to decide where to have the next legitimate meeting |
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decision requires representativeness although not necesarily caring body membership | 1 | in every meeting - meeting can help expansion |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | next meeting/funding | 90 | group to develop a sustainable funding system for a streamlined "caring body " operation | streamlined cost of central body operation |
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successive local meeting organizers | 1 | could be funding by meeting participants ( was done) | if the wsf offcaring bodye is linked to organizing next wsf event -the caring body operation cost is rotatinb between meeting organizers | caring body ad hoc group
resource com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process / internet | 91 | group to elaborate practically on usage of internet in wsf process | sf proces a dialogic process - how much can be performed remotely |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/fsmwsf-internet/summary | actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing, and experience in internet - might lead to new form of events? | 1 | when perception of subusage of internet and online practices becomes strong |
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content com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process /mailing lists | 92 | group to merge diffusion mailing list of successive wsf | each wsf OC has its own lists | 0 | http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/mandat-ci-lists-docs-results-2013 | group with mandate | 0 | when one actor dissolves |
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cifuturG1M |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process openness / behaviour | 93 | group to issue statements about practices not tolerated in openspace | rape , violence to women , but also trampling of flags | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/monastir-extension/monastirextension-violence | requires legitimacy at wsf charter level | 0 | when focusing of quality of partifcipation and dialogue inside process | what is the added value of communicating only with convinced and breed incommunication | content com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process openness /ideology | 94 | expansion com debate about political islam (2009) | level of flexibility that it is possible to have in implementing control of coherence of the open space inclusiveness with values in charter of principles |
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does not need to be centrally organized | 2 | there was no further discussion since then - and private intiatives in wsf2013 | this debate is a concrete one when wsf grows into predominantly muslim areas | expansion com
strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing | 95 | define and practice mechanisms to accumulate and value experience in wsf process development | is this experience giving any "precedence"? |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when there is enough shared motivation and concern | peer to peer acknowledgement is a viable option - needs continuity - needs visibility | ressource com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / accumulation | 96 | group to asses how successive or parallel groups dealing with a same issue can maintain some coherence | horizontality - adhoc groups - minimal bureaucracy |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when permanence of commissions is questionned | if groups are not permanent then they should be censed and their work documented properly | methodology com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / caring body | 97 | group on" which tasks are required for a viable wsf process" and "which tasks could be better performed by a specific caring body" | a reliably and legitimate consensus perimeter is the main issue |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when ic views itself as a caring body that is not caring enough | this requires understanding how it could care more | cifuturG2
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / contribution | 98 | group to map the various working groups related to wsf process , to make accessible collecitve self reflection in the process and understand how to participate in them | horizontality - adhoc groups - minimal bureaucracy |
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requires good information | 1 | when the caring body reali |
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methodology com
resource com caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / definition | 99 | group on what is "wsf process" |
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http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic-wg2010/wsf-in-2010-lg | actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing | 1 | when the notion of process gets more in focus as what IC was created to care about |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / horizontality | 100 | group to develop criterias for horizontal expansion and peer to peer regulation ( use of wsf label etc) _ ways to maintain horizontality in the facilitation of the process with due consideration of representativeness, experience , contribution record, etc | horizontality - adhoc groups - minimal bureaucracy |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when there is focus ona possible common strategy of expansion of wsf process by a caring body |
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methodology com
strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / local | 101 | define guidelines for relation between smaller scale social forum processes - local participation to wsf process throuhg extension |
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1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/facili-tation-de-fsl/tunis-etendu-en-France | actors having experience of local and global processes | 1 | when ic stops looking only at next wsf event |
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methodology com
strategy com |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / unity | 102 | group to formulate guiding meta principles for expansion of wsf - allow variations and avoid fragmentation of the process - | horizontality - adhoc groups - minimal bureaucracy |
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requires legitimacy at guiding principle level | 0 | when ic views itself as a caring body that is not caring enough |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / vocabulary | 103 | group to assess ways to define legitimately new formulations and concepts along development of the wsf process | since 2008 convergence assemblies and extension are there new concepts | 2 | http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-methodology/wsf11-evalreco~xa0disseminate-lexicon | requires legitimacy at wsf charter level | 0 | when this question comes in focus | what is wsf process ? | methodology com
caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process organizing / web portal | 104 | define wsf portal - with a diversity of generic websites | mid term view - diversity | 1 | http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfssc/wsfportal | requires common vision about wsf process | 1 | when a more mature dialogue is possible , based on frustrating ten years of experience |
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cifuturG1M
communication com caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process ownership | 105 | group to develop level of ownership of caring body tasks | caring body tasks are infrastructure tasks |
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actors having knowledge about process and experience of organizing | 1 | when the caring role is fully endorsed and needs to be strenghtened |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 4-expand a sustainable and united process | process ownership | 106 | group to recommend ways for keeping wsf ownership simple and value contributions to the process out of caring body | unleash energies - empower participants with wise advise |
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group with participation of new participans | 2 | when serenity is back allowing to develop practical approach of the topic |
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caring body ad hoc group |
| 0-A - main goal(s) | B -main keyword(s) | C-nb | D-scope of possible ad hoc group /task for caring about wsf process | E - issues on the table of the group | F-implementation level | G-relevant link | H -who could start it? -distance to a central caring body | I distance | J-when the group was/could be started | K-how it (could) work | L -which commission of current ic - future caring body |
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