For clarification and comments
Dear Chris and all participants in G2 group
Chris It is heartening to see your interest for this list of possible “WSF contributive group” http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifuturg2-possible-working-groups-to-care-about-wsf-process
FYI That list is published as part of “input 1 to the group discussion” which I made last june in Group2 about evolution of IC
One way to make visible the change of perspective was naming IC evolution a “WSF Caring initiative” –hence the use of the word “care”
http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifuturg2-consultation-inputs1
This list of 106 groups is meant as a tool for discussion on IC future , on how ic could be "irraditiating " activity in contributive groups , it has no official value.nor it is in Group G2 scope to create real contributive groups and start discussion on some of the topics mentionned
The purpose of the list is to give an idea of the diversity of the “facilitation tasks” which are worth being considered seen from the IC perspective
the list collects past and possible “ wsf contributive groups” in or around IC - Groups who have "1 "in the “distance” column have been considered contributive groups
The list contains groups with various level of reality : some have been existing groups some have been merely started , some have been merely mentioned by IC participants in meetings, and many have been merely …..imagined by me based on contact and experience of IC viewpoint and problems which have surfaced
The list is sorted around four main facilitation goals :
1 / sustain communication between event and initiatives organizers (groups 1 to 35)-
2/ communicate wsf to non participants ( groups 36 to 43)
3/ help participants in improving quality of dialogue and output ( groups 44 to 66)
4/ expand a sustainable and united process( groups 67 to 106)
When browsing the list, it is advised to read the whole information contained in the various columns of the line of the group
GENERAL COMMENT the idea is that those contributive groups, having minimum 2 or 3 ic members in them and open to collectives and organization interested in facilitation of wsf process, would be launched or receiving recommendations by IC plenary decision after reviews made by IC Functional groups ( ex commissions) as explained in the inputs4 document here ( see part 2 paragraph 9 ): http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/cifuturg2-consultation-inputs4
it happens that IC is not focused on facilitation tasks at the moment , rather on its own future and wsf future.....
HERE ARE some COMMENTS on the groups you pinpoint your list
http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/list106-comment1
Other comments welcome about the list106 if linking to theme of the "future of IC"
Regards
Pierre
Dear Francine
There's a wiki for G2 titled 'cifuturG2 possible working groups to care about
wsf process'. The numbers I have cited are those in column C of the table at
the bottom of the wiki.
I saw the table's compiler to be grappling with 'caring about wsf'; when to
institutionalise a rules-basis, and when to develop/highlight the intrinsic
caring nature of those I have met via OpenFSM over the years.
If experiencing trouble locating the wiki/table, let me know.
Chris
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Archive: http://openfsm.net/projects/cifutur/lists/cifutur-consultations/archive/2013/12/1386019919543On Dec 02, 2013 03:59 PM, Francine Mestrum wrote:
> Dear Chris,
> Wondering what you are referring to with this 'caringness'...???
> Francine
>
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> Van: chris williams [mailto:will0447@flinders.edu.au]
> Verzonden: 02 December 2013 01:24
> Aan: cifutur-consultations@lists.openfsm.net
> Onderwerp: [Tunis Group 2 - CI futur Consult & +] Aspects of caringness
>
> Dear friends
>
> The list of 106 possible 'aspects of IC caringness' appears daunting, but I
> am familiar with iterative techniques that reduce the complexity, and
> highlight priorities within such a list. No doubt others have similar
> experience ...
> To commence a process, I am content with the following seven aspects.
> 3 Group to discuss criteria for getting in a "consensus decision perimeter
> " eg IC ( 2004)
> 8 maintain a space for exchange on practices between convergence assemblies
> organizers. e.g. The Asian Discussion Forum addresses this need
> 9 sustain & design websites to give views and infos such as openfsm.net (
> from 2008). Facebook pages and Wordpress blogs are also being used, but
> pose collective memory challenges
> 20 sustain working group for systematization of solidarity economy around
> an sf event. In preparation for the era when wsf can expand beyond post-
> globalisation, anti- corporate campaigns
> 34 ad hoc groups to tackle legitimately tricky issues (presence of head of
> state, compatibility of some organizations ideology with wsf charter)
> 40 group to organize shared communication by alternative media
>
> 50 stimulate and organize debates on key contentious issues mapped in order
> to accelerate debate
> There are four aspects among the 106 that do not sit comfortably with my
> view of a caring body; mostly due to my ignorance that can be resolved in
> discussion with likeminded others.
> 6 comcom seminar in florence 2007. No reference provided, and I don't
> understand Florence's significance
> 12 develop trans-event communication between organizers and participants to
> stay connected. I feel this is an Event Organiser task; if necessary, a
> responsibility can be placed on event organisers to follow-up with IC, say 3
> months after collating final report
> 16 group on balancing in a wsf event; organizing overall openspace services
> and thematic space initiatives. I feel this is an Event Organiser task; if
> necessary, a responsibility can be placed on event organisers to liaise with
> IC at key preparation milestones
> 84 group to assess the option of collective participation vs indiviudal
> participation. This discussion is occuring elsewhere within civil society
> too, and may arrive at similar/different assessments. I support collective
> participation, but would like to hear the individual participation
> argument.
I wish to convey sustenance to the G2 workgroup for your
> capacity to keep nourishing this project. In solidarity
> chris
>
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