Re: EN: WSF IC Call to 2010 SocialForum events organizers
from hitchman@... on Aug 28, 2009 09:09 AMEN Hello all Have you been in touch with Babels in Quebec? Have you asked them to interpret during the IC meeting? FR Avee-vous ete en contact avec Babels Quebec? Avez vous demande qu'ils assurent l'interpretation lors de la rencontre du CI? Amities solidaires Judith ---- Envoyé avec BlackBerry® d'Orange ---- -----Original Message----- From: WSFIC_FSMCI <fsmci@...> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:16:19 To: <wsfic_fsmci@...>; <wsfic-methodology@...>; <wsfic-expansion@...>; <wsfic-communication@...>; <wsfic-strategies@...>; <wsfic-finances@...>; <communication-commission-discussion@...>; <wsfic-wg2010-discussion@...> Subject: [Communication commission discussion] EN: WSF IC Call to 2010 Social Forum events organizers *(Versión en Castellano sigue pronto) * *Fist public version of WSF IC call to 2010 social forum events organisers. ** If you know other people involved in social forum events for 2010, please forward this message to the.* Dear friends, We understand that you will be organising a Social Forum in 2010. We are writing to you as a follow up to decisions taken at the International Council meeting of the WSF held in Rabat, Morocco, in May 2009. The IC meeting noted the profound impact of the emerging global crisis in the economic and ecological spheres on peoples’ lives. The meeting also stressed that it is crucial for the WSF to collectively develop a process of working in 2010 that is in synchrony *with the rhythm of development of the effects of this crisis and the diverse emerging responses by movements across the globe. * It noted that a series of social forum events were being organized throughout 2010, which is an indicator of the vitality of the WSF process worldwide, as a potentially powerful space for action towards another world radically distinct from the one shaped by neoliberal globalization and entering now in a global crisis. The IC proposed that *these events could constitute a 2010 year round nearly continuously active “WSF 2010 calendar”,* *with one overall common identity, * giving momentum to activities and actions related to the crisis, and allowing a great flexibility of participation for global networks and smaller organisations alike. It thus deliberated on *ways in which the conjunction of those 2010 events could be seen as a inclusive process with a global identity by organizations liable to participate in them*, where to express both the impact of the global crisis on people across the world and where to formulate the ways in which attempts by the global elite to pass on to the common people the negative impact of the crisis are being resisted and ways in which new paradigms are being implemented. This continuous possibility of participation in a succession of social forum events, by physical presence in such events or from a distance (“expanded” mode), would indeed *start a new phase of development of WSF process*, as a continuous catalyst for collective reflections and actions, decentralized and yet *with an overall common identity.* In this perspective, the IC has proposed that there should be *a global call with two parts:* - One call inviting movements and organisations to organize - in the respective programs of 2010 social forum events being part of WSF process - *activities for deliberating on the global crisis and also for forging common struggles in the backdrop of the crisis;* - One call ( this present message is a first public version of it ) asking organisers of those 2010 social forums events to *provide a special moment/place/visibility for self-organized activities linked by their organizers to the global crisis*, and also to consider accommodating “expanded” participation to their event in order to give the maximum inclusiveness to the WSF2010 process. The IC has also proposed that those “crises related” activities in different forums be linked to each other through *a common slogan and a common logo*. *A Working Group has been constituted by the IC:* *(*see: http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic-wg2010/project-home*)* The group is working on different *methodologies allowing organizers of crisis related activities to express solidarity between them, coordinate them, and link them*. It shall place a detailed plan before the next IC meeting in Montreal in October (6-8) 2009*.* One possible methodology is *giving global visibility to those activities in a common global worldwide virtual space, in parallel to, or in consequence to their registration in an event* appearing in the WSF2010 calendar. Some linkage agreed between those activities could be made visible, (more information on this will be sent very soon). Another possible methodology is to *promote “expansion” of the events and thus allow organisations that cannot have a relevant number of delegates present in an event to hold expanded activities in their local town*relating them to an existing 2010 event and to the crisis. This would expand the wsf2010 process significantly and demonstrate it inclusiveness beyond time availability and travel cost barriers (more information on expansion of social forum events is available at: http://openfsm.net/projects/sfexintercom/project-home) *Now getting to concrete matter!* As per the WSF Charter, the IC (or any other entity) has no mandate to dictate the methodology or content of a particular forum. However, given the urgency of the situation and the necessity to work together *to offer to organisations throughout the world a relevant common space where to face the present global crisis*, we would encourage you as organizer of an event to *give a specific visibility to self organized activities in your forum that link with this global call in 2010*. and to consider “expanding” your forum , i.e. *allowing registration of “expanded” activities away from the centric event place.* We would also request you to share with us how you would like to do so. For example, the USSF to be held in mid 2010 has deliberated on the possibility of setting aside a special day, inside the Forum, dedicated to the global crisis. You are warmly invited to share your ideas regarding how the *linkages between crisis related activities held in different events* can be built. We also request you to confirm, if possible at this stage, the *dates and venue of your forum and who are the contact people who can participate in the international WSF2010 coordinating working group.** *Please include all contact details, so we can start sharing ideas and decisions regarding the global call. Such information would be invaluable to us in publicizing a global continuous calendar of events for 2010. *The current updated list of social forum events scheduled for 2010 is available here* : http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic-wg2010/list-of~xa0events-planned-for-2010<http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic-wg2010/list-of%7Exa0events-planned-for-2010>. Please answer this message to fsmci @ forumsocialmundial.org.br In Solidarity WSF IC 2010 Working Group. -- Archive: http://openfsm.net/projects/communication-commission/lists/communication-commission-discussion/archive/2009/08/1250806821400 To unsubscribe send an email with subject "unsubscribe" to communication-commission-discussion@.... Please contact communication-commission-discussion-manager@... for questions.