Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of proposals/international-tech-support


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Mar 14, 2011, 12:20:17 AM (14 years ago)
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Jamie McClelland
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    11= International Technology Support =
    2 ''Proposal for funding May First/People Link's work with international convergences such as the World Social Forum (WSF) and Climate Justice movements in 2011 - 2012.''
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    4 '''Total sum requested: $26680.00'''
     3May First/People Link seeks funding to democratize and expand participation in the World Social Forum (WSF) and Climate Justice movements through the Internet.
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     5As [https://giuseppecaruso.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/talking-about-the-world-social-forum-beyond-mainstream-media-and-movements-hegemonic-leaderships/#comment-129 Peter Waterman points out]:
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     7        The WSF still has one foot firmly in the 20th century: NGOs, Organisations, Institutions, Funding Dependence, Ecologically destructive transcontinental flights and equally anti-ecological forum sites. It has also been having the greatest difficulty, I think, in placing its other foot in the agora offering the greatest freedom – cyberspace.
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     9For the last several years, May First/People Link has sent teams of technologists to build bridges between global convergence attendees and the vast majority of people unable to attend in person, via live video and audio streaming, multi-media web sites, and our collaborative democracy tool. Through our work, we've prioritized building local capacity for supporting the technology and have contributed to a culture of inclusive participation into the very planning of international gatherings.
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     11May First/People Link cannot sustain this work without funding. There are three critical meetings in 2011 - Cochabamba + 1 in Montreal, the Paris World Social Forum IC meeting, and the COP17 convergence in Durban, South Africa. May First/People Link is seeking: $26680.00 to help build truly international participation in these meetings.
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    613== About May First/People Link ==
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    715May First/People Link is a membership organization based in the United States. It is one of the oldest progressive providers of Internet to non-profits in the world. Our membership consists of over 500 members, most of which are organizations, while others are individuals. By joining as a member and paying yearly dues, an organization receives free, unlimited website and email hosting. Our vision is to build a network that values an Open Internet by committing to the use of Free and Open Source Software and making principled decisions regarding policy and practices that affect online communication.
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    1119== Our Work: Technology within the WSF ==
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    1221Humanity has been forging ahead in doing that with world-wide efforts like the World Social Forum and the Climate Control movement and, of course, the Internet.  The Internet, a community of more than 1.9 billion people world-wide, is among humanity's principle responses; it's humanity's way of facilitating the communication necessary to make all this collaboration possible.
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    1827== Goals for Ongoing Work ==
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    1929This year, our work will focus on reaching our goals of:
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