Color Code : Items of the glossary in Red - Mention of those item in another item text is in yellow

 

26th monthly meeting  :  A general meeting inviting participants subscribed in the  info mailing list  meeting - Some reports available in general meetings page  Subscribe  in the join the process page 

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Account : in the APSF website  - an account ( account name visible on top right of site  after logging in)  allows  access to a  Participation menu   where to make visible an organization page , and  several activities and action pages

 

 

Action page:  description of a public action on a specific issue and date throughout 2022 and beyond, assumed by one or preferably  several organizations - The form of an action can vary a lot - An action has a descriptive page in the website with a URL, which are listed in summarized form in  https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions - An action  can be part of the action plan  of  a more or less durable initiative of action,  which may be described in the context part of the action page  and  the WSF  join forum platform https://join.wsforum.net/initiatives .

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Activity : it is a moment of on line public discussion or performance ( Cultural activity)  in the APSF event with a duration of 1h30mn  around a topic prepared and convened by one or morye organizations .  An activity can be described in the website ( Account and  Participation menu)  and included in the event program - it is visible here  https://www.asiasocialforum.net/activities and clicking on the red document icon you access the complete description page  with an own URL

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Act of participation : it is something that an organization  participating in APSF or WSF event or process can do voluntarily using the Participation Menu  in the website or platform like  " join the process"  , then edit an organization page , an activity page, an action page,  document the activty with video records and notes  

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Agora of futures  : see Space of Futures -  (Agora is the main square of a city in ancient Greece where many groups discuss in parallel) it is notion in WSF process   linked to initiatives of action see  https://join.wsforum.net/agora

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"Announcing organization" for an activity or an action in APSF  - when several organizations agree on proposing an activity in the APSF event,  or  on assuming an action on a certain date in 2022,  they agree on which of them will be the announcing organization that will create the activity  or create the action in the participation menu of its account  in APSF Website , and mention the others as co organizers or co initiators 

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APSF -Asia Pacific Social Forum, event, space, and process. The APSF website welcome  organization page, activity pâge in an event and outside events   and action page

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APSF February 2022 online event -Asia Pacific Social Forum online event with over 40 online activities . see memory   program page, flyer pâge   a nex

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APSF event 2023 event in Nepal -Asia Pacific Social Forum in person and possibly hybrid event to be confirmed  .

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APSF general monthly meeting - it is the general meeting about the build up of APSF and participation from Asia in WSF 2022 - it takes place every 26th of the month.  participants subscribed to infomailing list receive notification

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Asia pac WSF process 2022 Group - it is a whatsapp group with people/organizations interested to participate in ASPF and WSF 2022

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Calendar of actions dates :  it is a calendar that is visible here in the case of the WSF process: https://join.wsforum.net/actions-calendar It is visible as the action page in the case of APSF: https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions

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Calendar of events    : it is a list of events ( gathering of activities)  updated here : http://openfsm.net/projects/wsf2012-support/wsf2021-calendar/#lista -.  Various categories of event are distinguished ( see the second column) 

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Cultural activity :  it is an activity which consist in showing  a cultural performance, it is described the same way as another activity

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Declaration :  A public declaration  is an action consisting in making public a declaration by written - The date of the action is the date of publication of the declaration - As per WSF principle 6, there is no final global declaration in a social forum event, while it is possible to propose as an action,  in the action sharing assemblies and in the Agora,  a declaration to be signed by many of the participants in the event, and by other organizations after the event.

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How to use the APSF site ; see indications in the lower part of the home page , see the buttons to move donw here at the top of home page 

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Hybrid ; this adjective shows that there is a combination of  phyisical and online participation.  if an activity is presential and welcomes also  online participation it can be said "extended activity" or "hybrid activity". If the event is hybrid  it means that there is a combination of  purely physical activities, of extended activities based in Mexico , and of online activities 

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Extended activity ; it is an hybrid activity which is based in a physical place but also  has a logistics that welcomes remote participation in the activity , allowing remote participants to interact with physical participants

 

Event ; it is a gathering of activities  convened by a facilitating group,  that may include panels, assemblies ,    see calendar of events

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Event (macro) program ; it is the schedule of activities proposed in the event  days hour room. program page, flyer pâge 

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Facilitating group APSF event build up: is the group of organizations that propose to take charge of implementing the social forum event with the help of participants volunteering for all kinds of tasks.  APSF facilitating group is formed by signatories of invitation visible in https://www.asiasocialforum.net/info  and facilitators of thematic connections spaces 

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Info mailing list APSF ; list giving information to who has joined the APSF process,  in particular on occasion of Monthly General meetings.  

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Initiative of action ; is a line of action  in time that can be a struggle, a campaign, a transformative project, a common agenda , which is  assumed by a group of organizations  that have in common a goal, an action plan, see https://join.wsforum.net/initiatives .  In  the   description of an  initiative certain public action dates can be outlined  and  described as action in the website  see   https://www.asiasocialforum.net/actions

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International council WSF  ; it is a facilitating body initiated in june 2001 for caring about continuity and development of WSF process as described in the  WSF principles. Around 50 organizations are part of it.  It is currently meeting mostly online and is making decision through a consensus protocol . More information here http://openfsm.net/projects/wsfic_fsmci  and here http://openfsm.net/projects/ic-extended

 

Jitsi :  is a free software tool  used for oneline  meeting rooms  for thematic connections spaces and for actions meeting rooms for the  Space of futures / Agora  of futures

 

join forum platform :  https://join.wsforum.net/  it is a website proposed by WSF facilitation collective used i WSF 2021 and WS2022 events  and available for interevent periods,  where descriptions of organizations, activities, initiatives of action can be shown and edited. There is a diapositive set indicating how to use it in the context of APSF see: https://bit.ly/3HIoreP

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join process invitation : it is the text visible here : https://www.asiasocialforum.net/info   answering the invitation is done  in Join page  - Joining the process starts with being subscribed to info mailing list.  and then come and participate in general meetings and  being  ushered in thematic or  geographic connection spaces 

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Next steps Assembly :  it is an activity  in APSF event which consists in a round of presentation of next steps proposals about the process facilitation,  or initiative/action announcements  assumed  intended or proposed by organizations participating in APSF-It  allows to be informed of existing or proposed actions, including  declarations,  before  choosing with which  action initiators/promoters to speak with  in the Agora . in the APSF event structure there is a time for such assemblies  prepared by groups of organizations emerging  in meeting that can be held  in thematic connections spaces

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Online activity : it is an activity which is done completely online. There is no physical central location for the discussion moment.  All activities in WSF 2021 virtual event  january 2021 and all activities in APSF event  february 18-20 2022 are online.  Part of  actviites in  WSF2022 hybrid event in mexico will be online 

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Online  participant : it is a person who is participating online  either in an online activity or in  an extended activity ( it can  then be named a  "remote participant", distant from the place of the activity 

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Openfsm.net platform :  This website http://openfsm.net/ was started in the communication commission of the international council WSF in2008, as a tool for WSF participants and International council. It is dedicated to documentation of WSF process by its participants, who can create  and edit independent spaces in it.  

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Organization page : it is a page with a specific URL internet address that shows the description of an organization participating in APSF . It is created through the Participation Menu  "create organization profile" and modified through "update participation profile" 

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Pad :  pad is a page accessible in internet through a simple link  allowing  to write in it  - it is a base tool for taking notes from meeting in jitsi rooms held in  the thematic connection spaces   

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Panel  in APSF : is is an activity  with a format which consists in inviting a few speakers and give them time to speak and answer some questions from the public. In the APSF2022  event structure there was a time for such panels prepared by groups of organizations emerging  from exchanges in  thematic connections spaces  

 

Participant organization  organization which is visible in the organisations page.  Active participant organizations are those who propose and organized  activities or assume initiatives and  actions 

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Participant person  person  having joined the process ,and attending  activities held in APSF event/process

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Participant guide  it is a document edited by facilitating group whch gives indication about how to participate see  example https://wsf2021.net/guia

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Participation menu in APSF website   is acessed through logging in the APSF site with an account. It allows to make visible an organization page, to announce activities,  and to announce actions

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Priniciples of WSF : these are a series of elements to be understood and respected as common reference between participants about what is a social forum,  what are the values of its participants,  and some rules for operation - See page  FAQS and  page  https://www.asiasocialforum.net/wsf-principles. Principle 1 is establishing nature of space of encounter of  WSF , principle 6 is excluding speaking in the name of this space  and principle 7 is committing facilitators to give visiblity to decision made between participants 

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Simultaneous activities -  activities which take place at the same time during the event. Participants have to choose between them

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Self-organized activity : means that  topic, methodology, moderation,  online logistics ( online meeting room , broadcast, interpretation) , outreach, documentation are taken care of by those organizations who propose the activity, with or without support from facilitating group

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Structure of APSF event :  it is vislble here : https://www.asiasocialforum.net/3-day-event

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Thematic connections space :  There are 9 thematic connections spaces for the buid up of APSF. Each one  is a whatsapp group + a meeting room in Jitsi where participants can meet and exchange expectations and intentions of activities and actions  , and may prepare  a panel and  an next steps  inter assembly - see guidelines here ; https://www.asiasocialforum.net/tfgs

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TVAgora :  This is the video coverage of the Space/moment of futures-  a TVstudio distributes the time between reporters that are visiting various action meeting rooms in the Space of Futures/ Agora of futures . see here experience in WSF 2021

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WSF Global process : is a notion gathering the set of existing social forum processes inspired by WSF world process 

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WSF world process : has been mainly the series of WSF world events since 2001 to date. 15 events from WSF2001 porto alegre to wsf2022 in mexico 

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WSF world inter event process : it is what happens in between  WSF events periods. Organization can make themselves visible in the join wsforum platform, https://wsf2021.net/organizaciones-participantes-2021/  -https://join.wsforum.net/organizations. They can announce activities  in any date and place in the world, https://wsf2021.net/gtagora-1actividades2021/. They can announce initiatives of actions https://join.wsforum.net/initiatives

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WSF world  event virtual  january 2021 : it is gathering of online activities that took place January 23 to 30th 2021 - more info here https://wsf2021.net/programa-evento/

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WSF world  event hybrid   May 2022: has been both  a  gathering of  physical activities  announced in Mexico city on May 1-6 , part of which made extended activities by their organizers,  and a gathering of purely online activities around those dates. Hence the name hybrid event  

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