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Extension WSF 2016 - Questions ... and answers (V0) ( automatic translation from french)

>>> extension support team

WHAT?

The extension is a collective dynamic in the WSF process, atrans-event facilitating initiative aninitiative facilitating trans-event startedin2008 witha general long-term goal

• Encourage the development of practices giving , practice giving practical, on the occasion of the events of WSF process, concrete accessto the "right to participate" in "the open intercommunication space of the WSF." WSF intercommunication."
• Access is open to individuals and organizations located outside the main place(s) place where the event takes place (world social territory) and who are interested in the values and the promise of

  WSF.The extension dynamics goes throughdecisions from the WSF.The dynamic expansion throughdecisions of the

forum event organizing committeesto extend "their" event.

It is announced in theconcept note of the WSF 2016 Montreal,distributed at the meeting of 29 August 2015 (page

6)

ExTENSION: The forum activities will not only take place in Montreal, but also in all the countries and regions ofthe world where people would like to prepare activities linked to the forums’ process; this will be the spread outforum which will be integrated in the general programming of the WSF and accessibly by internet. Wheneverpossible, volunteer teams will facilitate "distance participation via the internet" in the activities held in Montreal orelsewhere in the world.

Extension has two inter related 7)It has two

fields of action interreliés-

• 1 /development of local activities, i-eout of world social territory located in Montreal (out can be activitiesout of global social territory 'in Montreal (in a suburb of Montreal or Montreal antipodes)
• 2 / dissemination of remote internet intercommunication practical intercom remotely via internet.

the practice of collective forms of intercommunication in the spirit mind of the WSF is possible with these two bases.

The result of the extension of an expansion event is that:

• "Intercommunication
  "Intercom openspace"of a forum event, initially materialized through activities face to face in one place (called World Social Territory- Montreal) (Montreal-called World Social Territory) - or a few places, in case of a polycentric- forum,extends places where polycentrique- forum,expands politically and physicallywith local activities, local, self organized by actors who are far from this centric place, and want to participate in this event.
• These local activities are fully integrated integrated fully in the WSF program, next to theactivities taking place in the world social territory Montreal, which global-social terirtoire Montreal, now become "the center" of the "extended event."
• Extended forum remains a unique "horizontalopen space" as regard intercommunication.
Extension
• Comprehensive forum remains an "opensinglehorizontalspace" to pass the plan.
The extension is an action from participants and "faciliters" of its participants and "facilitating" to extend the forum beyond its center or centers,while keeping the facilitation unified facilitating unitthereof.

NOTE "extension" refers rather to an effort and a dynamics, not to a place. It is advised tosay "10 WSF 2016 dynamic, not a placeis said "10 FSM2016 local activities in Jakarta as part of the extension of expansion of the WSF 2016" rather than "an extension of the WSF 2016 in Jakarta with 10 activities" .

Indeed the use of the term extension as a place might may suggest that:

• 1 / These "extensions" are not the WSF itself, ("the" real "WSF is only in Montreal")
• 2 / There is a fragmentation of the intercommunication dynamics, intercom dynamic, which exempts the organizers at the center from making efforts to extend to make efforts to expand the activities taking place there, and organizers of local activities to be seen in the participants' World Social Territory
• 3 / The "local facilitators" could have some sort of "delegation" from the faclitators in the center of the facilitator to "organize" these "extensions" which would break the facilitation unity, and the dentity of one upset the facilitation unit, and the unit of open space.

WHAT FOR?

• The extension efforts allows you to see effortlessly bloom new intercom situations:local activities, two-scene activities (collective teleconferences between two or more locations, the expansion of business, individual or collective interests of remotely activities, FSM cafes (rooms where people gather to participate remotely simultaneously has a variety of expanded activity).
• This gives many people the feeling of being in the WSF participants community community participating in WSF process who believe that another world is possible and act to build it, to informal meetings, collective experience of the WSF, with situations intercom coming out of each of the local ordinary.
• The forum offers extended to more people opportunitiesfromcontacts and informal meetings, or collective situation, with other actors and the ability to go into concrete results networks.Thisis a concreteaccessthe promise of the WSF,An open space is extended intercom set up that provides opportunities for local-local and local-central exchanges around the world and around the dates of the centerfromthe extended FSM event: more contact, more links, more practice WSF.
• The expansion efforts also aboutexpanding online preparatory meetings(open meetings, spots of central facilitation working groups functioning of local facilitation committees / support to participation, self-directed committees set function FSM activity. It helps bringing people together "common" process, often "centralized by that non expanded with less delegation made central organizers. The extension is a vector of political technowhich is to make it close and accessible throughout the preparation of the WSF
• The practice of extension is a strategic form of solidarity contribution to facilitation of the WSF.The "direct" participants in an activity where that will take place on the planet are encouraged to show solidarity with participants "remote" and are organizing to welcome in "their" activity.A collective expertisegrows to mix direct interaction and remote interaction in different situations intercom (see table)
• The practice of extending develops an autonomous, active, creative, multi-connected, producing the WSF process around it,in a co-production attitude, leveraging the General WSF event to help a local process.This practice is clearly distinct from a consumer of a distant event, organized by others, reserved to those who have been put economic and diplomatic barriers.It allows everyonelocally where everyone lives and acts for another possible worldof being involved (e) and also facilitating (e) of the WSF process,
• The trivialization expansion practices could be considered on WSF process inclusive, sustainable,sustainable, decentralized and self-managed logistics without limits, designed as a weaving "local - local" relations, "local center",aroundacommon event website that embodies the open space.The central event need not be very large, and format can evolve towards polycentric forms etc.
• The accumulation of experiences extension allows the move towards thematic or general polycentric events,which rely on a common website, and "nodes" of smaller size and lower logistical challenge ds centers with a high proportion bi-vector locations collective relations that cross space and time work (no need to simulténeité among the highlights in the various "nodes"

WHY?

Because otherwiserepeated practice of participation in the WSF remains a privilege forpeople and organizations that can mobilize financial and diplomatic resources (visas) for repeated long journeys.This is then not very far from that forums where the "happy few" meet to build their networks

WHO in the context of the WSF 2016?

• A team "support expansion Montreal WSF 2016" of the "GT service participants""support for remote participation and from Montreal." This team will include coordinating and facilitating (e) s of different GT
• GT mobilizationthey will practice the communication distance during the preparation phase) in relation to self-managed local support committees to participation
• GT programmingthey will practice the communication distance during the preparation phase) in connection with the committees preparing Run sets out Montreal
• GT Logistics willprepare internet connectivity in the TSM (World Social Territory) for the expansion of joint activities and times
• GT communicationthat will prepare and provide in part the expansion of large common moments of the TSM 2016.
• (see Question When ...)
• Teams' local support for the FSM2016 extension to and from our region."stand-alone or integrated into local committees support participants with a mission to facilitate WSF 2016, in connection with the general facilitation undertaken by the collective facilitation centered in Montreal (WSF 2016 is mono-centric)
• The organizationscan choose to hold ornotisolatedlocal activitiesor also to initiate severalsets of self-directed activities, with a mix of local activities and TSM variables.These sets allow the pooling of resources and expertise contacts will be a favorable place for the development of local extension practices, if only for the preparation and consultation between internal organization participating in these groups;that are not all in one place.
• The organizers of WSF 2016 activities of different types (preparatory, preliminary, local, bi-places in Montreal TSM)who may decide to announce the expansion of those below, and prepare to take over the spots Related ,, so accommodate remote participants.They may be accompanied, or not, by support teams for the preparation, or also for the development of the activity.
• Volunteerssupport teams below, which come form, remote and on-site or on-site assistance, the organizers of activities.
• Direct participants,who can extemporaneously concrete steps to accommodate remote participants. (Eg open his phone or laptop and to open a video chat with someone indicated by a volunteer, make written translation Instant etc ...)
• Future participants in distanceexpress and show in advance,via the channels offered by the support teams and the WSF 2016 websitetheir interest to participate remotely an activity that is or is not advertised as extended .

WITH WHO?

• By the decision and therefore the commitment of the group facilitation in Montrealwhich affirms the right to participation in the WSF, assumes the leadership of the extension, and raise local teams, is setting up a team in Montreal and proposes ways internet access in the World Social Territory
• By the action of mobilization GTwhich explains the extension to support committees embryos participation and suggests the setting up support team of local extension.People mobilization groups establish links with local-run committees whose members are also orgnisateurs local or TSM Business operating or active volunteers in local support groups extension, this should result in theprogressive development of the involvement Facilitators of the GT mob in Montreal extension support teamas a measure that approximates the évement 9-14 August
• By the action of local support committee participation,which have the extension and provide support for training and assistance to local events organizers
• Bythe action team "extended support" WG service to Montreal and then TSM participants throughteams of volunteers gradually extension.qui welcome the enlargement of wills "TSM" activities and participation of wills distance TSM's activities to where there is no local team
• By the action of these volunteer teamsforming the organizers, ensuring enlargement gestures and also invitingSolidarity direct participants to the remote participants.

WITH WHAT?

• With internet accessible in the World Social Territory,(connection in theaters in Montreal and also in the common times)in places of local activities(responsibility of the organizers)or via personal mobile connections(volunteers or solidarity participants) or by small films loaded quickly on the internet.
• With the equipment of participantssmartphones and computer extension volunteers and several direct participants, and people have entrusted their organizations to expand their activities.
• With the homepage WSF 2016,which shows a remotely accessible WSF 2016 program
• activities as announced expanded online (accessed remotely)
• the links to these activities extended to skype rooms to make contact in advance with the "guest people" hosting or hosting remote participants,
• links to streaming video channels that will work when these activities take place.
• OpenFSM.net with the site, which allowsvoluntary groups or local TSM to create spaces where organize and make visible participants in their area they propose to support for remote participation.

HOW?

• By combining in the local activities of direct intercommunication situations and distance, sothat the participation of people experience out of Montrealis varied and interesting (see table)
• Respecting in local activities and support to the extension that they can be made, the principles of the WSF
• By making visible on the website
• Creating a local extension support team as soon as a dynamics of local participation is emerging and making it visible on the Internet (example of collaborative space "self-directed support committee has participation)
• Recalling that the extension is a collective dynamicthat makes the WSF process locallyaccessible and also more robust, thanks
• the practical cooperation which contribute to the holding of local activities and their expansion
• the practical cooperation which contribute to theRemote participation in these activitiesand in activities in the TSM Montreal

OR

• Wherever SM 2016 held activities(preparatory, preliminary, local, including activities "coffee WSF 2016 in my city" which are an opportunity to connect to the diversity of the WSF 2016.
• In the World Social Territory in Montreal that welcomesparticularly interesting activities for all participants WSF 2016.

WHEN

• During the preparation phase:creation of local support teams, or TSM team and developing a collective expertise in these teams
• people invested in the GT and GT mobilization programmingdevelop M-12 to M-3 trade with the future activityorganizers, facilitators and presenters sets of activities to support teams expansion in local councils support to participation.
• They will accompany these people up during and after the event in Montrealandsome willstrengthen M-3 operational presence in the TSM extension support team. They will form a senior volunteer from M-3 to lead teams and maintaining relations with geographical datathemselves in relation to coordination and local teams able to coachvolunteersfrom-15 to Jfor local intercommunications> Montreal and local-local.
• During the WSF 2016 event in July in Augustwithextended
• local-local interconnections to M-1 and M + 1 (consolidation of ties Montrealwill take place throughout the world, with synchronized preparation in two or more places (bi-premises activities) or participations distance crossed in two activities has held various dates
• of Montreal intercommunications> LocalMontrealers will be offered to future participants, led by the mob of people and prog GT.They will take place in mobile tele-centers in venues in various places, and enable investments in local activities before and after the August 9-14 .. Or they will be the WSF coffee while many activities are accessible remotely .. During this period, the TSM does not yet exist, or longer, and Montrealers are participating remotely in the WSF 2016 expanded activities
• During the event in Montreal Aug. 9-14t with local intercommunications> Montreal
• extension support team in Montreal possible coordination with alternative media for streaming video coverage attendexpanding joint activities and moments in the TSM Montreal
• Teams support the local extension and their local committees organizecoffee WSF in their city, giving to see the diversity and size of trade