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v10 v11 15 15 * How do we expect the Obama presidency to affect the left? What positive effects? What effects should be prepared to fight against? 16 16 17 === Propos als===17 === Proposed sectors to focus on === 18 18 19 * What sectors are under-represented in our current Membership that should be better represented? 20 * Which movements should we be following? Which movements should we be trying to shape? 19 * Youth 20 * Alternative Media 21 * Indigenous movements 22 * Farmworkers/Migrant workers/Immigrants 21 23 22 24 == Inreach == … … 24 26 === Project: Membership constituency workshops === 25 27 26 Goal :28 Goals: 27 29 28 Make membership more conscious of technology capabilities in their work; 30 * Make membership more conscious of technology capabilities in their work; 31 * Make members more conscious of what membership actually means and what this organization is doing and capable of doing; 32 m* Develop a new and more "democratic" approach to technology development. 29 33 30 Make members more conscious of what membership actually means and what this organization is doing and capable of doing; 31 32 Develop a new and more "democratic" approach to technology development. 33 34 Explanation: Dividing our membership into "constituencies" (labor, community-based, arts, etc.), we would bring together these members into workshops during which we would discuss how the current capabilities we have can be better used by them in their "area-specific" work and what other capabilities they feel they need from MF/PL. 35 36 Flowing from this discussion, we would then work to develop these capabilities. 34 Proposal: Dividing our membership into "constituencies" (labor, community-based, arts, etc.), we would bring together these members into workshops during which we would discuss how the current capabilities we have can be better used by them in their "area-specific" work and what other capabilities they feel they need from MF/PL. Flowing from this discussion, we would then work to develop these capabilities. 37 35 38 36 This would be the first time that MF/PL has actually sought to involve all its members in a unified activity, something which can become very significant in the coming period.