Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of cop16

Timestamp:

Jul 6, 2010, 3:32:26 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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 The COP 16 in Cancun from November 29 - December 10 2010 represents the next step in the mobilization effort.
 
-However, despite major advances with the Internet and alternative media, we are only reaching a fraction of the people who want to participate in this movement and whose involvement is critical to our success.
+The Cochabamba tech team made significant progress in involving people from around the world by providing live video and audio streams of the major events and an easily navigable web site pulling in thousands of articles, recordings and images of the event. Despite the high web site traffic numbers during Cochabamba, however, we still only reached a tiny fraction of the people who want to participate in this movement and whose involvement is critical to our success.
 
-The Cochabamba tech team made significant progress in this regard in Cochabamba by providing a live video stream of the major events and an easily navigable web site pulling in thousands of articles, recordings and images of the event, which allowed thousands of people, who were unable to physically attend, the ability to participate. However, we still face obstacles including:
+The untapped potential in Cochabamba included:
 
  1. Most tech and video organizing happened onsite, limiting our capacity to the technologists able to travel to Cochabamba.  
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  1. Not enough people are notified about the video schedule with enough advance notice to organize screenings or otherwise plan to watch
 
-Additionally, we expect new opportunities in Cancun that were not available in Cochamba:
+In addition to this untapped potential, we expect new opportunities in Cancun that were not available in Cochamba:
 
  1. More protest/demostration oriented events instead of forums. These events, when provided via a live video stream, can make a significantly more emotional impact than when viewed on demand
  1. Simultaneous actions in other cities. Based on initial organizing events, we expect to see major demonstrations in other locations, providing an opportunity for us to display, live, events happening in concert from around the world.
+ 1. A global movement more organized now thanks to the Cochabamba event
 
 With increasing participation in the convergences world-wide (and their increasing number) and the broadening participation from so many countries, we need to broaden and improve the number of both video creators as well as video consumers.