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v8 v9 4 4 At the WSF 2009 in Belem, Brazil, an expanded format to the Forum process was introduced. Organizers for all corners of the globe were encouraged to participate in the Belem Forum from their local communities via Internet media. At the first United States Social Forum in 2007, technologists collaboratively developed a progressive approach to maintaining the Internet as a secure and open platform for movement building. These two processes have merged in what is known as a Techie Congress, an open virtual space led by progressive technologists. The ultimate goal of the Techie Congress are to address issues related to problem-solving global crisis, building bottom-up strategies through local representation, and building sustainable social movements by organizing the Internet; maintaining an open virtual space. 5 5 6 Global Crisis: problem-solving collaboratively as a response to late-capitalism crisis, expand social forum, and to reduce cost of travel 6 Principles: Create accountability. Respond directly to the causes of global crisis enabling fully collaborative and democratic problem-solving in response to late-capitalism crisis. The format and nature of social forum versus civil responsibility. Fortify the movement in the face of deepening crisis, severe rationing of resources, and reducing costs for communications and convergences. 7 7 8 8 Vision & Strategy: International Convergence with a focus on women and the global south lead by ICTs 9 9 10 A pproach: Ongoing project, building, open virtual space10 Action Approach: An international convergence of technologists creates a network of access. The Techie Congress is an ongoing project, which builds sustainable open virtual space. The building process begins with core activists able to mobilize networks of techies all over the world. Dovetailing with open, simultaneous convergences of technologists, the growing network aims to empower politically-engaged technologists to embrace principles for implementing open virtual space. While growing the scope of the techie congress, focus is given to increasing access to technology in as many regions of the world as possible. Increased access carried out by empowered community leaders enables for an open online convergence with the highest degree of democracy ever seen in humanity's history. 11 11 12 The tools developed for the Techie Congress will be available and appliedin all social forum, and forum-like events. While growing our own network and building our campaign, we will be enabling, technologically, for similar movements to use our tools to connect activists and communities across the globe.12 The tools developed for the Techie Congress will be free, open, and available for application in all social forum, and forum-like events. While growing our own network and building our campaign, we will be enabling, technologically, for similar movements to use our tools to connect activists and communities across the globe. 13 13 14 14 Open weekly meetings are being held between Social Forum activists to plan Principles & Goals, Vision & Strategy, and building open Tools for expanded formats. A year's campaign will begin with the First Congress in Paris for early sponsorship and capacity building of the project. The first major, global Forum-endorsed event will then be held at the Social Forum of Alternatives in Mexico, City. The Techie Congress of the US Social Forum will be a major event centered in Detroit, Michigan. A few more events will be scheduled in 2010 with the current stage's final event at the 2011 WSF in Dakar, Senegal. Each event will grow stronger networks of progressive technologists globally with one another and locally between techies and the movement.