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1 -Based on accumulated sfex experience since 2008 , one can distinguish VARIOUS CASES of activities with regards to "extension". 2

Progressive extension of social forum  events means that. 3

2 - Now let us review, along those types ,  the CURRENT ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE, as documented in sfex since 2008  3

Local face to face activities_______________________. 3

DR  distance encounter activities ( face to screen)_____________________. 4

DP distance participation activities  ( face to screen)_______________________________. 4

3 - including the various type  of activities in  the wsf2011  registration interface. 5

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Integration of distance participation in activity registration  for wsf2011 has been agreed in dakar seminar , following discussion occurred in  SOC+ ASF + Comcom communication meetings ( to be confirmed by participants there)

it is point 5 of  a proposed  Dakar expanded check list that was circulated in comcom and in SOC comcom( whereas the general discussion on extended forum  held on Sunday 25th reported by Giuseppe  refers to a more general  point 1 )

http://openfsm.net/projects/sfexintercom/daket-checklist

Now let us see what does that may mean concretely

Integrating upfront “distance participation” in the registration process  is not giving  a simple   "yes/no" question at the end of the form such as  " are you willing  to have distance participation ? "  (This has been done in Belem activity registration form, with no practical results)

Integrating up front  “distance participation” means two things

That the website explicitly mention possibilities of distance participation from its initial page

( as an example see palestine wsf example http://wef-palestine.org/node/144  and http://wef-palestine.org/node/45  , and this could be made even more visible

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 That a common interface/ form is used to explicit the contents and logistics elements of all activities

 Logistics and contents  elements ( who ? what? where? when? ) considering the various  types of activities that can occur in “an extended social forum process with a center event”  , and not just  the activities in the center event

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1 -Based on accumulated sfex experience since 2008 , one can distinguish VARIOUS CASES of activities with regards to "extension"

 

Please bear with the notations here  ;-)  :

  • 1  > means "centric location"   i-e Dakar in wsf2011
  • 2 >  means "surrounding location"  i-e anywhere in the world
  • L  > means local = face to face ( including all cases of face to face : i-e  a conference with 10 speakers and 5 mn for audience questions,  or a very participatory workshop sitting in circle)
  • DR > means distance encounter ( not face to face but face to screen)  between two or more groups -
    The DR activity practice is mostly today between  two groups / two location through skype video, and it can be between several groups/several location  through bigbluebutton , or through skype audio  etc..
    Note that practice of global activities (i-e several  location  with no "center") which already exist in many networks   can develop as DR activities outside the moment of a center  event which naturally tend to be the center

 

  • E > means "extension by mean of IVM or IRT "(i-e "instant video and messaging" or "instant radio and telephone" - this  allows distance watching /listening ( through video or radio) and "distance participation" to the activity,   thanks to a person in the activity room having the role of  " internet contact " or "telephone contact" , who is able to speak in the activity face to face room in other people's name sending their inputs through messaging or telephone call
  • DP >  means collective distance participation in a local  activity that is extended ( E) through IVM or IRT

 

That set  L LC LE LCE - DR DRE - DP is already a rather complete set of possibilities , taking into account the basic difference between  “face to face” and “face to screen” communication inside the activity rooms

- L LC LE LCE  activities which can be Extended or Connected,  are mainly "face to face"  and can go on even if the connection is interrupted ( and correspond to the existing practice in social forum events

 and

- DR  DRE and DP activities which can be Extended are mainly “face to screen” and depend completely on quality of connection, and correspond to a new practice in social forum events

 

Progressive extension of social forum  events means that

Proportion of  DR DP activities related to L activities will grow progressively

Proportion of LC LE activities related to all L activities will grow progressively

Note that whenever there is a L2 activity organized , the number of people involved in L2 activities is  greater than the number of people involved in correlated DR and DP2 activities  linked to this L2 activity  ( i-e local dynamics are greater than just distance participation to center event – this is the expansion effect  where distance participation possibility acts as an incentive for local organizers to set up bigger L2 activities

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2 - Now let us review, along those types ,  the CURRENT ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE, as documented in sfex since 2008

         daket-face-a-face.jpg   20090308-audition-et-la-mare-062.jpg   daket-forum-local-aix.jpg

L1 "face a face" activity  in dakar          DR Distance encounter activity             L2 Local  face to face activity out of Dakarmexico2010-166.JPG  march-wef-2.JPG
DP Distance participation to these three types of activity is possible if they extend through IVM ( instant video and messaging) or IRT (instant radio and telephon

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1-  face to face in belem WSF 2009daket-face-a-face.jpg   daket-forum-local-aix.jpg  - on the street in aix during belem WSf2009

Local face to face activities_______________________

L -Dakar face to face activity ( L1), + option of connection moment inside it  (LC1), + option of  IVM or IRT extension of it ( L1E) (i-e instant video and messaging or instant radio and telephone - allowing distance participation  to the activity, either personal or collective ( DP) 

 

Accumulated experience here  is  :

Palestine and Osaka are to date two well documented L1E cases ( substantial chat room log)  with a group of distant participants, warned in advance of IVM and interacting in a chat room and having an “internet contact” person sitting in Palestine and Osaka rooms )

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L2 -decentralized face to face activity out of center/ dakar +LC2  option of connection moment inside it , +L2E  option of   IVM or IRT extension of it  (i-e instant video and messaging or instant radio and telephone allowing distance participation to the activity

Accumulated experence for this is :

 2 - 20090308-audition-et-la-mare-062.jpg encounter rio - ivry mars 2009

DR  distance encounter activities ( face to screen)_____________________

DR -Distance encounter activity between Dakar and some place , or between two places out of Dakar (or RD in French)  + DRE -  IVM or IRT extension of DR  (i-e" instant video and messaging "or "instant radio and telephone" - allowing distance participation to the  encounter activity

Accumulated experience for this is : 

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Video+Chat Extension of  WEFPalestine Seminar March10 - Video Extension of Mexico -Dakar Encounter May10 - Video Extension of bordeaux Seminar July10

DP distance participation activities  ( face to screen)_______________________________

DP1 - Distance participation activity organized in the center /Dakar , consisting in attending collectively an L2E activity through IVM IRT

DP2 - Distance participation activity organized out of  center/Dakar, consisting in attending collectively an L1E or another L2E activity through IVM IRT

No experience for this yet,

PD1 will most probably appear in Palestine WEF ( e-g a group in Gaza venue attending remotely an activity L1 in Ramallah venue with IVM extension ) - the question of inter-venue participation and encounters is key for WEF dynamics which is spread in 5 locations

PD2 should be equally appearing in Palestine WEF ( e-g a group in Montreal attending remotely an activity L1 in Haifa venue with IVM extension,

Both PD activities  will develop  as  organizers of activity  L1(center)  or L2 ( rest of the world)  begin more and more  to self organize and  announce in advance on the website in their activity form that  they will do  IVM IRT extension of their activity, with which channel and with which contact   ( this is the case for Palestine website)

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3 - including the various type  of activities in  the wsf2011  registration interface

A proposed  Dakar expanded check list http://openfsm.net/projects/sfexintercom/daket-checklist

is coming with a activity registration form proposal http://openfsm.net/projects/sfexintercom/daket-form-en2

It illustrates, through Sfex accumulated experience, what an upfront  integration of distance participation activities  ( encounters , distance participation , decentralized activities )   in activity registration can look like

This is most useful as discussion input since, so far, activity registration have addressed only L1 case

Of course such an interface can have many versions :  the proposed one is one among various  possible ,  and the  wsf2011 / portal one will be result of a collective teamwork

Another input is the interface developed in Palestine wef http://wef-palestine.org/

Palestine wef web team has developed two twin registration interfaces

- one for Palestine activities L1  + interlink option C+ IVM extension option E

- one for expanded activities  L2 + interlink option C + IVM extension  option E

http://wef-palestine.org/taxonomy/term/37

These two registrations forms require  still some logistical tuning – practice will be developed in the coming monthes