## Meeting log: 4th January

# 1.WSF planning

Attendees: Ashish Kothari, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Pierre Beaudet, Feroz Mehdi, Rosy Zuniga, Franco Augusto, Francine Mestrum, Marco Ulvila, Justin, Shrishtee Bajpai, Christophe Aguiton, Yousef Habache

23rd| 2-3 minute video for the opening day: The different processes + asingle message (Ashish to share draft text of his opening points
-Next stepsLogos to be shared by everyone) Onevideo for the opening panel will be from 2-4 pm UTC.
 
-Other videos through at different times through the days Rosy The videos must be 2-3 minutes long including music, scenes from social actions. 

-Should be a group of people on screen, not only one person talking in camera; The context being the 24hrs march, which will include the opening panel Deadline for videos: Next week; 13th or 15th; To be sent to: forumvirtual@wsf2021.net

-Registration for SessionsDeadline is 7th or 8th January 

-Official panels do not need to be registered; self-organised ones do, but deadline not clear 

26th | Education, Culture, and Communication
12pm UTC Dialogue about education, democratic processes and alternatives | 
Varsha, Rosy, someone from GTA core team (?)

28th | 2 consecutive panels: Democracy and Fascism Panel: 6 am to 8 am Mexico time (Action: Make official panel) | 
Srishtee, Franco, Justin, Rosy
Ashish: swing towards fascism as well as radical efforts to resist Francine: Risk of focusing only at grassroots level and allowing for national anti-democratic policies.

Varsha and Mehdi: Make it about sharing lessons in resistance from an internationalist perspective

Rosy: Someone from Brasil? 

Yousef: Someone from Palestine/Egypt region? Francine: perhaps Boa Ventura? 

Social Justice Panel: After the Democracy one (Prep already underway) | 

Francine to inform if there is any slot available To confirm: A potential third panel on solidarity and social action? 

Mabrouka / Ana Cecilia to inform

29th | Ecology and Climate Community resilience | 
Vasna, Franco, Christophe
Conversation with community organizers to share how they've been planning and learning through Covid
Panel discussion action: Vasna and Franco to follow up with Christophe and Justin

30th | Assembly of all processes
Ashish: Open call for other global processes to join us Format: A form of relay and some shared thoughts and continuity by capturing the discussion from the first and using it as the basis for starting the second; 
2 different time zones to accommodate all regions: 2 hour sessions at 6am UTC; 6pm UTC

Hamouda, Ashish, Marco, and others to brainstorm and get back to the group

Next steps: Teams to circulate a short note in the next 2-3 days
Deadline for registering self-organized sessions? There is no deadline, but we should try to it before 15th
Announcements.

Communication regarding all the events should go out soon

next meeting 18th January, 2 pm GMT

# 2. Beyond WSF January Steps 

through the year as part of WSF Initiatives; and preparation for presencial WSF in Mexico, 2021: to be discussed in next meeting to also present at Assembly sessions on 30th