[Fsf-friends] Re: Invitation for Asian Social Forum 2003

[FREDERICK NORONHA]

A whole set of contacts for the Asian Social Forum at Hyderabad in=20
January 2003. Thanks to a friend, Juha Rekola (former journalist in=20
India) from Finland. We *really must* try to have some presence=20
there for the FSF-India. What say? FN

PS: Linking up the Free Software world with NGOs could make for a=20
powerful alliance...  The Free Software debate has important=20
implications to currently-accepted (?) norms regarding the ownership=20
of 'intellectual property'....

On Tuesday 26 November 2002 15:08, you wrote:
> Hi Fred,
>
> Check http://www.wsfindia.org/
> They have an register your event -form at
> http://www.wsfindia.org/org_RegisterUI.php
>
> WSF Hyderabad
> 1st Floor, Green Channel
> opp. Nasar High School,
> Khairatabad, Hyderabad - 500 007
> Andhra Pradesh, India.
> Ph: 91-40-3392726.
> Email: wsfhyd@hotmail.com
>
> WSF India Secretariat
> 204, Elite House,
> 36 Community Centre, Zamrudpur,
> New Delhi - 110048
> Phones: 91-11-6476580, 6473425
> email: wsfindia@vsnl.net
>
>
> Just got the following invitation from a good friend of mine, JP
> (Jayaprakash) from Delhi Science Forum, who might be/know a
> contact in this. jpdsf@hotmail.com
>
> Another friend, Jai Sen, whom you also knew, was in the interim
> secretariat formed last April. (He will be travelling, and I'll
> probably meet him on the 4th. Send him e-mail to both
> jai_sen2000@yahoo.com  and  jai.sen@vsnl.com ) So was Vijay Pratap
> of CSDE. Send the same to vijaypratap@vsnl.net
>
> Say Hello from me to all these.
>
> -Juha
>
> ***
> From: WSFINDIA <discuss@wsfindia.org>
> Reply-To: WSFINDIA <discuss@wsfindia.org>
> Subject: Invitation for Asian Social Forum 2003
> Date: 22 Nov 2002 11:18:41 -0000
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Greetings from WSF-India.
>
> We take great pleasure in inviting you and your organisations to
> participate in the Asian Social Forum that is being held in
> Hyderabad from 2nd =96 7th January, 2003.As you might be aware, the
> Asian Social Forum is a follow up of the two successful World
> Social Forum events organised in Porto Alegre and the decision to
> have regional and thematic events.
>
> The Asian Social Forum (ASF), being organised by WSF India, will
> be held in the city of Hyderabad, in the Southern Indian State of
> Andhra Pradesh between January 2nd to 7th, 2003. It is an open
> forum: the only criteria is that the participants be opposed to
> imperialist globalisation as well as religious sectarian violence,
> and have a commitment to democratic values, plurality and peace.
>
> We hope that the ASF will provide an inspiring space where
> movements/ organizations/ groups/individuals / will come in from
> all over India and Asia to carry the message of the World Social
> Forum. We expect about 7000 delegates to participate in the ASF,
> out of which about 1000 would be from outside India. Organisations
> both in India and Asia and also the rest of the world, are invited
> to participate by organising conferences, seminars and workshops
> broadly falling under the themes of the ASF.
>
> Main Themes of the ASF are the following:
> =B7	Peace and Security
> =B7	Debt, Development and Trade
> =B7	Nation State, Democracy and Exclusions
> =B7	Ecology, Culture and Knowledge
> =B7	Social Infrastructure, Planning and Cooperation
> =B7	Alternatives and Peoples Movements.
>
> The events that are envisaged over a period of 6 days, from 2nd to
> 7th January are:
> =B7	2 public/ plenary sessions, i.e. opening session on 2nd
> afternoon/evening and closing session on 7th morning.
> =B7	2 conferences daily (total 6-8)
> =B7	25 parallel seminars daily (total 50-100)
> =B7	Up to 50 workshops daily (total 100-200)
> =B7	Testimonials, and open "spaces" for mass movements
> =B7	A Youth Camp
> =B7	Cultural Events
> =B7	Film Festival
>
> The Opening and Closing plenary session will be open to the public
> and will be organized on 2nd (afternoon-evening) and 7th (morning)
> respectively.
>
> We hope that you and your organisation will participate in the
> Asian Social Forum event. More details of the event including
> organising seminars and workshops, registration details, etc., cab
> be found in the website www.wsfindia.org. Please write to us for
> any further details that you may require. Those who would like to
> be kept informed about the Asian Social Forum event can do so by
> going to the website and registering for the Asia Social Forum
> newsletter or giving a mail to wsfindia@vsnl.net
>
> Do circulate this mail to other organisations or individuals that
> may be interested in the Asian Social Forum event in Hyderabad.
>
> You can log on to our website <www.wsfindia.org? for delegate
> registration and other information. The registration fees need to
> be paid at the conference venue only. The registration amount is
> Rs.100/- per delegate.
>
> Thanking you
>
>
> WSF-India Secretariat
> 204 Elite House
> 36, Community Centre
> Zamrudpur, G.K.-I
> New Delhi-110048
> Tel : 011-6221870, 6285744
> Email : <wsfindia@vsnl.net>
> Url : <www.wsfindia.org>