<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Becky Lentz</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca">roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>></span><br>Date: 2015-08-18 19:36 GMT+01:00<br>Subject: World Social Forum (WSF) 2016 Montréal Open Assembly on Saturday, August 29th 1-4pm at McGill University<br>To: Becky Lentz <<a href="mailto:roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca">roberta.lentz@mcgill.ca</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div><i style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Please post/forward as appropriate, and excuse any unavoidable cross-postings [French version follows]</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">You are cordially invited to the next WSF 2016 Open Assembly, which will take place on Saturday August 29.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Where:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>McGill University Arts Building (west side), 3rd floor, Room W-215<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">When:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>1-4pm<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">How to get there:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#800080"><u><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/arts-building" target="_blank">http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/arts-building</a></u></font><span style="font-size:11pt"> (please use the Southwest or Southeast building entrances because the main entrance is closed for renovations)</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">For questions contact:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:info@fsm2016.org" target="_blank">info@fsm2016.org</a></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Website for the WSF2016:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#800080"><u><a href="http://www.fsm2016.org/" target="_blank">http://www.fsm2016.org/</a></u></font><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">This Open Assembly will be a chance for people to learn about the WSF, how and why Montreal was selected as the 2016 host city, and how to get involved in helping plan the next stages of getting ready for the WSF scheduled for August 9-14, 2016. Particular attention will be given to collaboration between the WSF 2016 organizational process and the partner organizations that are supporting Montreal’s hosting of the WSF.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">We remind you that the World Social Forum (WSF) is the largest gathering of global civil society, aiming to find solutions to the problems of our time. The Montreal WSF 2016 will make a mark on history as the first event of its type to take place in a Northern country. In fact, since its creation in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2001, the WSF has only taken place in Southern countries (Latin America, Asia, Africa). The objective of the WSF 2016 is to gather between 50,000 and 80,000 people, representing 5,000 organizations from local, national, regional, and worldwide civil society, in downtown Montreal from the 9th to the 14th of August 2016 to participate in more than 1,500 self-managed activities, with opening and closing processions, a youth camp, and extensive cultural programming.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">The agenda of the assembly and the documents will follow next monday.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sincerely,</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">The WSF 2016 Organizing Collective</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br></div></div></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#b5c4df 5 solid;PADDING:0 0 0 5;MARGIN:0 0 0 5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><b><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri">Venez participer à l’Assemblée ouverte du Forum Social Mondial (FSM) 2016, Samedi 29 août, 13h-16h - Université McGill</font></b></div><div><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri">---------------------------------------------------</font></div><div><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri"><br></font></div><div><i><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri">Faites suivre et partagez cette invitation largement !</font></i></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri">Vous êtes chaleureusement invitéEs à la prochaine Assemblée
ouverte du FSM 2016 qui aura lieu le samedi 29 août.</font></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Où:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Université McGill - Arts Building (côté ouest), 3ème étage, Local W-215<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Quand:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>13h-16h<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Comment s’y rendre:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/arts-building" target="_blank">http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/arts-building</a><font color="#800080"> </font><span style="font-size:11pt">(Utilisez les entrées sud-ouest ou sud-est du pavillon car l’entrée principale est fermée pour rénovation)</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Contact:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:info@fsm2016.org" target="_blank">info@fsm2016.org</a></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Site du FSM 2016:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#800080"><a href="http://www.fsm2016.org/" target="_blank">http://www.fsm2016.org/</a></font><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">Cette Assemblée sera l’occasion de faire le point sur l’état
d’avancement du processus d’organisation, les prochaines échéances et les
besoins qui émergent à cette étape. Une attention particulière sera portée à la
consolidation de la synergie entre le processus organisationnel FSM 2016 et les
organisations partenaires qui appuient la tenue du FSM à Montréal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri">Nous vous rappelons que le Forum Social Mondial (FSM) est le
plus grand rassemblement de la société civile globale, visant à trouver des
solutions aux problèmes de notre temps. Le FSM-Montréal 2016 marquera
l’histoire comme étant le premier événement de ce genre à se tenir dans un pays
dit du Nord. En effet, depuis sa création à Porto Alegre (Brésil) en 2001, le
FSM n’a eu lieu que dans des pays du Sud (Amérique latine, Asie, Afrique). L’objectif
du FSM 2016 est de rassembler entre 50 000 et 80 000 personnes au centre-ville de
Montréal du 9 au 14 août 2016, dont les représentantEs de 5000 organisations de
la société civile locale et mondiale, pour participer à plus de 1500 activités
autogérées, avec des marches d’ouverture et de clôture, un campement de la
jeunesse et une vaste programmation culturelle.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:15px">L’ordre du jour de l’Assemblée et les documents de
préparation suivront lundi prochain. </span></font><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Solidairement,</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Collectif FSM 2016 Montréal</div></div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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