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welcome
last modified November 29, 2010 by Trotzki
Welcome message in the WSF extended process
Hello everyone
Thank you for your message of intent sent to our email facilit.space.wsf.extended (a) gmail.com, it comes with number xx in the Anglophone extended activity list
or
You have been included in the Dakar extended dynamic following our telephone conversation or contact via Skype
or
We have seen that you have registered on the site FSM20011.org an activity that you mentioned as extended ( you tick in the last item of the activity form)
Welcome! ,
Here are practical indications that may help you to participate actively in the process and to properly prepare your extended activity
1 Your activities page in openfsm
Your activities page is created in the anglophone welcome and info space for WSF extended AngloExtList
An activity page may host various activities combined that will have the same number and index
Example: daket en1-1 and daket en1-2 are two different activities described in page daket en1
We understand from reading your message or your activity form that you intend to organize
x local activity
x remote meeting – distance encounter
x participation activities in Dakar, which will be broadcast on internet
We are available to help if needed by explanations and advice contacts
if this is not accurate please tell us
Guidance on how to navigate the site OpenFSM are given here, link to the home page of the site
http://openfsm.net/projects/openfsm-info/project-home
2- facilitation team contact
I will be your reference contact until after the forum -
my phone
my skype name (you are welcome to ask to establish the "contact" with this name in skype)
You can write to us to the anglophone address indicating the number of page activity and attention xxxxxxx or to my personal address
facilit.space.wsf.extended (at) gmail.com
The Dakar extended team is multi-localized in Dakar and in several countries
http://openfsm.net/projects/Dakar-etendu/equipe-team
3 - Visibility of your activities in the Dakar expanded spaces
Your intention is now visible in the list of intentions (in chronological order of arrival)
The link to your activity is in the left column in the list of intentions of anglophone participation
http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf-extended/prog-en
Once you have fixed the day of an activity, the corresponding line will be migrated further down the page under the corresponding day
it will then be copied into the general Dakar extended program in central Dakar extended space
http://openfsm.net/projects/Dakar-etendu/planning-Dakar-salles-salas-rooms
4-Registration of your extended activities on the site FSM2011.org
You have registered your organization and Your activity is already regsitered on the site, with limited information on the extended portion
or
Your organization needs still to register at the site then -
Your activity must be registered by you on the WSF site, taking into account the fact that its extended characteristics (type of activity, location, hours) are not necessarily accurately described in the standard registration form, we will explain how to appropriately fill it
do not hesitate to contact us on this subject
There will probably be a reduced or voluntary registration fee for participation from outside Dakar
5 - Partners and preliminary meeting
If you know partners with whom you cooperate during the extended activities, please give us their contact details
If you are looking for activities in Dakar addressing theme that interest you and that will be extended Internet to allow remote participation or if you are looking for partners in Dakar or in other countries for encounter distance, please describe their characteristics, it can help us to help you find them
Preliminary Meeting
We advise you to contact us on skype, us the team facilitation (see point 2), and also to schedule later a skype contact between organizers of both sides –
During these contacts. you establish a relationship of cooperation and preparation of your activity, define all its content and its development, the type of audience and active participants, address translation problems
All this will make the activity during WSF more prepared and successful
Also you will allow Dakar WSF organizers to communicate on preparation of the forum
So after a first contact skype with us, we do not hesitate to propose potential dates in the calendar of preliminary meeting :
http://openfsm.net/projects/dakar-etendu/rencontres-preparatoires
6 - Information on remote connection Techniques
We prefer to use simple websites tools skype, ustream and livestream,
If you want to use other site / means we see, if you send the documentation we
Technical guidance on ways of connections are available on
http://openfsm.net/projects/tecnointercomfsm/project-home
(This page is being improved . pls send us contributions ..)
7 – Your in kind Contribution to Dakar extended
If your organization goes to Dakar and is willing to contribute to making Dakar extended possible, your computer equipment , video projectors and your presence will be most welcome (see link contributions) Please indicate the days on wich you can entrust us with the material or volunteers, . We will put them in the table, it will help us a lot
http://openfsm.net/projects/dakar-etendu/materiel-fsm
We have only part of the equipment and aim to work in parallel on 20 rooms and we try to have a pooling of resources in a spirit of cooperation
8-Communication with other English speaking Dakar extended activity organizers
Your email is included into the exchange list (this is a public list –on internet so do not communicate private address or telephone number)
adress Wsf-extended-discussion@lists.openfsm.net
message page http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf-extended/lists/wsf-extended-discussion
who is member? http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf-extended/lists/wsf-extended-discussion/membership
Chatroom
As soon as we are in skype contact you will be integrated into the skype chat room for Anglophone Dakar Extended
For remote meetings/distance encounters , contacts will be made with a room name on skype daket1 daket2 which correspond to the rooms of the program extended Dakar
9 - Autonomous space in OpenFSM to prepare and follow up on your activity
This is a possibility that might interest you : www.OpenFSM.net website is designed to host thousands of autonomous spaces and functions as an open space contributing to the practice of world social forum –
You can collectively, after recording your personal profile or group,( create account) create a space ( click on the triangle next to the "openfsm" word in the black banner) where you can co edit content, exchange on mailing list that you will be administering, have a blog
Guidance on how to use the site OpenFSM are given here, link to the home page of the site
http://openfsm.net/projects/openfsm-info/project-home
10 - Memory of your extended activities
Your extended activities are part of the Forum 2011, as such we recommend that you think about documenting them by written reports, photographs, video recording (if you're streaming over the internet with a simple webcam you keep the memory of it) or by camera, log of chat rooms (if you arrange for distance participation), etc. .. we will get back to you after WSF and review your activity pages so they have links or photos to these documents
see you soon!
xxxxxx
http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf-extended/project-home