| From: | wddm(at)mkolar.org |
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| Date: | Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:26 -0400 |
| Subject: | Phoenix Project |
Dear all,
I am writing from Equador from this Phoenix Gathering:
http://www.wakingthephoenix.org/2008/03/roster-of-participants.html
(organized by Richard Moore).
A lot a new interesting information here! A preview:
Among others: Equador seems to be at the fore-front of building participative democracy from the grass-root level. They have a constitutional assembly preparting new participative constitution.
It was reported that a variation of the troika system proposed by fred (http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/forum/read.php?23,541,549#msg-549) has actually been implemented in Cuba for some time and is working well. Instead of a group of three people, the basic group consists of about 7 to 12 families who select one representative to a higher (block) level. It takes about 7 levels to get to the national assembly. They reportedly also have the following recall system: if a family decides not to support a representative they elected from their basic group, it is recalled from whatever higher level he/she was promoeted, and somebody else has to be chosen in his place.
Equador is said to be in the process of implementing a very similar system.
The Phoenix project site (http://www.wakingthephoenix.org) is planned to be filled with a lot of information we heard diring this meeting and soem final document, and perhaps proposed actions. So check it out in the near future.
Greetings, Mirek