"Gene Warren Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Gene Warren Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: LA Social Forum planning retreat - July 29 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:49:29 -0700
All, This meeting should tell us alot about the possibilities of holding a social forum in LA next year. Hope some of you can make all or part of the event. Gene >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: LA Social Forum planning retreat - July 29 >Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:16:44 -0400 > >--Apologies for cross-postings-- > >Please join us Saturday, July 29 downtown LA for a LA Social Forum planning >retreat. > >People are planning a Social Forum in Los Angeles in the spring of 2007. >This will be a city and regional affiliate of the World Social Forums. >http://www.socialforumla.org/ > >The World Social Forum and its local and regional offspring are open >meeting spaces where progressive social movements, networks, non-profits >and other civil society organizations get together to pursue their >thinking, debate ideas, formulate strategies and proposals, share >experiences, and network for effective action. The forums bring together >people who want to build a more peaceful, sustainable, and participatory >world. They are characterized by plurality and diversity; they are >nongovernmental and nonpartisan. A social forum is what you make it - a >meeting place, a debating forum, an exchange of ideas and solutions, a >theater stage, a celebration, a festival, a bazaar - it can be any or all >of these. > >Here is a schedule for our retreat: > >LA/So Cal Social Forum planning retreat > >Saturday, July 29, 2006 > >MALDEF Building/American Friends Service Committee >1st Floor Conference Room >634 S Spring St >Los Angeles, CA 90014 > >Agenda > >10:00 AM - Room opens >10:15 AM - Introductions >10:20 AM - Background on World Social Forum: Scott >10:40 AM - local Social Forum efforts & retreat goals: Ellen and Elia >11:00 AM - Vision exercises: Faramarz >11:45 AM - Theme brainstorming: Marshall >12:15 PM - Potluck lunch/discussion of mission statement in small groups >1:00 PM - Mission statement discussion: Steve >1:30 PM - Decision-making process (including website content): Gene >2:30 PM - Logistical timelines: Steve and Ellen >3:30 PM - Wrap-up/Next steps: Steve and Ellen >3:45 PM - Cleanup > > >Please Join us. > > >For more information contact: > >Steven Gibson >AFSC - 3rd Floor >213-489-1900 ext 114 > > >-- >If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, >http://lasocialforum.org/network/?p=unsubscribe&uid=9268fb6f101d25ae051f394bfdef2b59 > >To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit >http://lasocialforum.org/network/?p=preferences&uid=9268fb6f101d25ae051f394bfdef2b59 > > >-- >Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com -- > > --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
