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sfex activityᅡᅠtypes
last modified August 18, 2010 by facilitfsm
Index
Progressive extension of social forum events means that
Local face to face activities_______________________
DR distance encounter activities ( face to screen)_____________________
DP distance participation activities ( face to screen)_______________________________
3 - including the various type of activities in the wsf2011 registration interface
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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 ;-) :
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1 > means "centric location" i-e Dakar in wsf2011
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2 > means "surrounding location" i-e anywhere in the world
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
L1 "face a face" activity in dakar DR Distance encounter activity L2 Local face to face activity out of Dakar
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 2009 - 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 :
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L1 face to face in event with no connection no extension NEARLY ALL PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES UP TO NOW ( thousands of cases !) ,
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LC1 Osaka (1 case with Hong Kong) http://openfsm.net/projects/osaka-expanded/project-home
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Detroit expanded experience ( X cases among 40) http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/dex#Schedule
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L1E( i-e + IVM) Dunas-brasil(4 cases) http://openfsm.net/projects/fs-exp-periferias/project-home
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Palestine march seminar, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wef-meeting
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Mexico ( 5 cases) , http://openfsm.net/projects/fsmmexx/mexexp-divip-es
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detroit ( 40-X cases ) , http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/dex#Schedule
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bordeaux, Dalar seminar http://openfsm.net/projects/atelierfsl-crid/dakar-a-bordeaux
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 :
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L2 belem expanded decentralized activities ( 18 cases), http://openfsm.net/projects/fsm2009interconexoes/belexworldprogram among them one good example is here
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LC2 belem expanded ( 2 cases mexico and stuttgart including a connection with belem as a moment in a co-organized activity ) http://openfsm.net/projects/fsm2009e-stuttgart/project-home y
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L2E ( i-e + IVM extension) (stuttgart openfair in 2009) and probably others undocumented –
2 - 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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DR : 2008 day of action (40 cases with short duration),
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Belem expanded (29 cases ), http://openfsm.net/projects/fsm2009interconexoes/planningbelex
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Ecosol ( 3 cases) http://openfsm.net/projects/ecosol-expandida/project-home
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Mexico expanded ( 9 cases ) http://openfsm.net/projects/fsmmexx/mexexp-vireu-es
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Detroit expanded ( 3 cases?) http://ict.ussf2010.org/wiki/dex#Schedule
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Cases of participation between more than two locations are reported in Belem expanded (1 case audio connection with several locations in mexico and in bordeaux - local social forum audio encounter ) and probably more case exist http://openfsm.net/projects/atelierfsl-crid/rencontres-ffsl-video
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DRE (i-e with IVM extension) ( 4 cases in mexico without previous notice and internet contact )
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