(automatic translation from the portuguese version : http://openfsm.net/projects/fsm2009interconexoes/projeto-para-o-espaco-em-belem-revisoes-na-ortografia-da-versao-em-portugues )

Design and space "WSF 2009 - Interconnection with Expanded Bethlehem" - Presentation and needs (see 3-19 August 2008)

The process of the WSF moves toward decentralization, and this is possible through the use of information technology and communication as the Internet.


The concept was born in Bethlehem in discussions Expanded Council International (CI) in Abuja (Nigeria) and will be finalized at the International Council of Copenhagen.


This project is to broaden the participation of FSM-Bethlehem to all organizations that want to organize activities decentralized wherever they are in the world, thus showing their active participation in the process of the Forum.


"Bethlehem expanded" can be regarded as the set of all these activities decentralized, aggregated to "Bethlehem", to all the activities that occur within the WSF 2009 in the town of Bethlehem, becoming a constituent part of the process of the Forum.


Many of these decentralized activities can organize a "moment of connection" with "Bethlehem". And now, with the development of means such as chat via the Internet to spread widened by allowing to take place, with ease, this connection as a "moment of connection" with interactive chat via the Internet, be it a chat by using text, audio or video.


The fifth project of GT Communications WSF 2009, called "interconnection with Bethlehem FSM2009 expanded," has been formed during the meeting in July in Bethlehem to take care of an area devoted to interconnections via the Internet with "Expanded Bethlehem" and visualization of a program of connections in FSM2009.


This is an action to support intercom, organized within the committee of communication, within the framework of a larger concept (and consequently with involvement of other committees) that is "Expanded Bethlehem."


The project consists of people who have practical experience in organizing moments of the Internet connection between organized groups, accumulated since 2006.


Below are the logistical needs in accordance with the objective of the project.
Purpose


Encourage the expansion of the World Social Forum process, developing the use of technology to chat (chat) with easy access via the Internet to spread the creation of moments of connections between activities / organized groups that have the interest to intercommunicate in within the forum, focused on the territory of the event itself.

Specific Objectives / Tasks

* Before Bethlehem: verify what activities occur in Bethlehem and out of Bethlehem in order to identify which organizations would be interested in achieving a moment of connecting with the audience in Bethlehem, planning and preparing for these moments.

* Update progressively a "program of interconnections WSF 2009" to be shared on the Internet and in printed form in the program of Bethlehem FSM2009

* Facilitate contacts, before the forum, among groups that are out of Bethlehem in need of partners to make a point of connection "with Bethlehem." Facilitate dialogue between groups in Bethlehem who want to establish contacts on subjects with a decentralized activity.

* Providing information on existing technical solutions including software tools and chat with support for audio and video.

* During the forum of Bethlehem, inform the participants in the Bethlehem area WSF about the existence of action "expanded Bethlehem" and encourage them to interact informally with groups from the rest of the world.

* Power welcome and support from 100 to 300 times of connections during the days of Bethlehem

* Assist with logistical support and animation, various forms of connections between the Internet "Bethlehem" and "Bethlehem expanded" since a symbolic connection of fifteen minutes between a decentralized activity with the public space "Bethlehem expanded" in Bethlehem, and without partnership with other activity in Bethlehem), by a "teleoficina" well prepared, for two hours or more between two activities partners: one in Bethlehem, another in "Bethlehem expanded."

* To disseminate the idea that the development of intercommunication and decentralized self-organized by the Internet in the process of the WSF is an element of the expansion of this process.

* After Belem, stimulate the rapporteur of shared moments of interconnection during the event of the WSF 2009.

* Collect experience, knowledge and ideas about the actual organization of the moments of interconnections (technical issues, organizational, leadership and content).

* Publish a rapporteur's public experience of GT interconnections to transfer it to the GT intercommunication committee's communication of the WSF.

Physical space for the "interconnection with Bethlehem WSF 2009 expanded"

We ask the Group Facilitation (GF) to grant a space for the "WSF 2009 interconnections expanded Bethlehem," well within the territory of the WSF, given that the concept "Bethlehem expanded" is bound to be innovative and dynamic expansion of the actions of the Forum .


This area must be well integrated into the territory of signaling FSM2009, with good visibility on the map of the territory so. It must also count with a sign at the entrance of space.


This space would be composed of:


A) A space "common"

- Within easy reach, on the ground floor

- Air (with roof that gives the interior target for the "street of the Forum," with little natural light, which allows the viewing of projection screens with capacity for 150 persons received static or sitting on the floor and with 50 more stools for move easily between them, 20 chairs and 10 tables to facilitate mobile reception of the participants. There install the point of reception, with a projection screen that displays the updated program of interconnections, and two spaces for animation for connections to public.


This space would give access to:


B) 10 classrooms of (size of number of rooms and capacity of connections)

- 30 to 50 people equipped with connections for mobile chairs and tables, suitable for connections to regulate the level of light, well ventilated, which can be closed.


C) one or two stores of sufficient size located on the same floor as the rooms without windows, tightly closed to collect kits of mobile connections at night. (assess in detail)


Note 1: 10 classrooms of 5% of the capacity of rooms in the territory, which has a capacity of 200 x 4-day forum x 3 shifts = 2400 activities in classrooms.


With 120 spaces for three hours in those 10 rooms it is expected to reach capacity of 300 moments of connection, since many of these moments last for less than three hours. We have to rely on the time for testing and also check the time in which these spaces will not be used because the agendas of decentralized activities will not be allocated on a uniform during the course of the day of the WSF 2009.


The connections with Latin America may occur every day, the connections with Africa and Europe may occur in the morning and afternoon, as the connections with Asia aconteceriam only in the morning.


It is understood that the hours of use of space should be adapted (there is the possibility of making the connection until 22h moments of the night?).


If the lifting of the activities met in January show that the interconnections Scheduled need fewer rooms, you can tailor the program to the committee for the scheduling of some activities not in need of connection that comes after the completion of the program.


Note 2: The space "Bethlehem expanded" aims to:

- Supporting organizations that are interested in conducting collective connections, and

- View a program.


However, these spaces are not meant to be the only places where connections were during the Forum.


Other connections registered in the program of interconnections provided by GT will occur outside of this area:

- Connections made so unattended in other rooms of the territory away from space with equipment brought by the organizations responsible for the activity (it is worth registering the rooms in which the connections occur)

- Connections made with support from other areas such as GT Free Software.

- Connections that require more ambitious material and professionals made in large rooms or in stages.


And it may happen many other connections not entered / registered in the program of interconnections of the "Bethlehem expanded." Places like the cafe or laboratory for free note.

Volunteers - Participants of the GT

We need the organizations that are participating in this GT, located in Bethlehem and in all the world, can provide 30 volunteers responsible for activities in classrooms and common space. Who knows, if possible:

- Manipulate the software to realize skype chat with audio / video, and in some cases, with video chat on free software (if both parties accept the use of) and support the computers.

- Conduct, complementary or supporting the animation of moments of connection, if necessary.

- Translate to another language, with the assistance of volunteer interpreters.


The volunteers would be incorporated into the GT as soon as possible to share the vision of the group and take part in the process of dialogue with the expanded activities of Bethlehem and Bethlehem in dialogue with those who want to achieve moments of connection before January.


Technical support / logistics and maintenance of computers with connection kits: two volunteers.

Received support in space.

Equipped with two shifts (20 persons on each shift) - morning / afternoon 8:00 a.m. to install up to 14 hours and afternoon / evening 13h-21h to save the equipment.

We need a person in Bethlehem to do the preparation of logistics group, register the selected area, make sure the kits are ready for connection etc. ....

Translation


We need about 10 volunteer interpreters to translate without equipment between four languages Portuguese (PT), French (FR), English (ENG) and Spanish (ES).


The resources below are indispensable to the achievement of legal connections (group larger than 5 or 10 people) in good condition. The team of GT will be available for testing and evaluation of the possibilities and options available to end.

Equipment for the interconnections

* Priority access the Internet in space and telephone connections.

* Access to broadband Internet guaranteed throughout the common area and in the classroom. If possible, provide access to a connection inside the cable with a long cable into rooms and the common area. Thus we have problems if many people are using the wireless network (WiFi).

* The basic premise of ensuring 12 streams with video chat on an international scale. The transfer would be carried out with a resolution of 640x480 pixels with good fluidity, so we need a right guaranteed access to a good local provider outside the UFPA, with good international connexoes.

* Wifi in the common area (which is always good to have everywhere, but not using the same network).

* 5 Switchs (10 x 5 in connection with the high-speed Internet) (assess).

* 12 phone lines simple, one in each room able to receive calls from outside, without being able to call (directly if possible). with powerful speaker (to be heard by 30 people and be a means of communication in case of having problems with the sound quality of Internet)

* 2-line telephones capable of international connections with limited budget (access system to determine - code?) And ability to communicate with the 12 lines that are in the classrooms, and transfer international calls for them.

* Cell phones' organization WSF 2009 "for six people to be called and with limited credit for making local calls


* 13 kits for connecting mobile

* 13 computers with reasonable quality and can do the same for transmission of video chat with 640 x 480 with good fluidity (minimum quantity) all with wireless connection - and with two operating systems: MS Windows and Linux (point to give with the experts) - Consider using Skype, where we have good experience, and a system of free software friendly to the extent that the activities outside of Bethlehem are willing to use or understand that our priority is to establish the time of connection, although with proprietary software.

* 13 electrical extensions of 10m with 4 taken (computer, video projector speakers, taken by second extension) to position the kit for connection in the room where it is convenient.

* 13 electrical extensions of 2m taken with 4 (speaker to Bethlehem, spotlight, for computer draftsman, making free).

* 13 boxes of sound with good power for computers (and listen to the voice of those who are out of Bethlehem in public spaces).

* 13 sets of portable flipchart with tripod to advertise the program in each room, added a further announcement in the announcement on projection screens in the common area.

* 13 microphones (the best wired with high-low-power portable speakers to amplify the voice of those in Bethlehem, to the other participants in Bethlehem and listening - are essential if more than 10/20 people - those who would talk time two microphones in their hands together, the computer and the speaker of the room).

* 13 micro hf systems with wireless portable speakers with more power (for power amplification of voice and animation in the common area, and can be heard from the "street" of the forum).

* 13 of computer microphones, with extensor yarn 5m (to move the microphone between participants in the rooms).

* 13 identical high-quality webcam with minimum setting of 640 x 480.

* 13 video projectors identical (with 5 lampadas reserves).

To give you design the rooms and common area offer white walls of the beige color in the area with little light, with the chairs in Host-theater around the line

* 3 Pantallas-sized portable 2m x 3m - (for the common area, means that the rooms do not need).

* 5 Sheets white 2m by 3m Pantallas to do if the walls were not of good color

* 15 spotlights with vertical pole but for the less powerful to be able to give to people who speak Joseph in Bethlehem, for them and be viewed by the webcam and not dark image to convey those miramar expanded in Bethlehem

* 30 security cables to connect computers and video projectors to a mobile heavy in the room during the day. second chance to close the rooms, lay tables with wheels to take video projector and computer and two speakers and run all day until the end of a closed store without having to disconnect everything).

* 13 tables as little more size 1m x 60cm with wheels, with low floor and high floor to install the kit to connect (computer and video projector above to 70 cm from the ground, loud speakers and expanded electrical microphones to 15cm below the ground )

This allows the kit to carry all the store without disconnecting the numerous cables, as far as the storage and at the same level as the rooms


Equipment translation


1 to 2 of the rooms could be equipped with equipment for simultaneous translations of FSM2009 to the activities of connections but compiled

It announced the capability of translating the GF and 30 rooms with translation, thus 1 hall and 3% of the total - This room could provide from 12 to 20 times of international connections developed during the FSM2009 with simultaneous translation


Organization Management of the space / update the program of interconnections


GT was formed in the communication of Bethlehem (visible in www.openFSM.net with name "FSM2009 interconnections expanded Bethlehem," a GT which is part of the 5 projects of communication shared in the WSF 2009 (alternative media, radio tc, free knowledge, interconnections )

He is responsible for the management and facilitation of space "Bethlehem expanded" and the publication of the program to connect to the FSM2009 in Bethlehem, He has participation of people from the office of the WSF


First organizations and volunteers participating in this GT to manage the space

* Caritas France

* Instituto paulo freire

* Nova
* And other organizations on the GT FSM2009 communication to be joined in coming months

Activities to be undertaken in the classrooms and the common area of space

-Moments of connections with the audience present at the Bethlehem area expanded at the request of activities outside of Bethlehem recorded in Bethlehem expanded - in the common area in a room in case of simultaneity, with public in this area at the time that the connection takes place

Moment of connection-specific activities at the request of Belem (the moment of being connected with a group of people in this activity more out of turn this activity in the program of Bethlehem) in a room-or second common area and possible baby

-Moment of connections between two activities occurring during a round of them in Bethlehem means "teleoficinas" - in a room

(to the extent that the logistics of the program of Bethlehem takes the connection to the announcement and the activity located in a room of Bethlehem expanded interconnections at the WSF 2009 "
Notably, as already mentioned, some teleoficinas may well be completely self-organize and choose not to be scheduled in space "Bethlehem expanded" by several valid reasons

-Informal workshops on animation moments of interconnection, and connections of interest to the WSF process with participation "of delegates connections" of activities and using space "Bethlehem expanded" and the public this

-Informal sessions with the public present on the Internet WSF (submission Internet sites designed and operated under the CI and the ways to develop the use of them


These sessions may be scheduled at times where there are many connections programmed, and thus maintaining activities to the public in this area.