Re: [WDDM] RE: Season greetings and wishes for a new WDDM Congress in the New year!

["Ted Becker" <becketl(at)auburn.edu>]

Happy New Year to all:

I get distressed just about every time I log into one of the WDDM
"conversations," the last one being the World Government conspiracy one.
 There may well be such underfoot, but who cares.  These guys can't even
run their own, much less a world, one.

The question remains as it did 10 years ago: how do we organize and get
funds to help develop forms of global and national democracy.  This
forum never seems to get much  beyond haggling over definitions.  Why
don't we stick with Aristotle's?  I do.

I offer two "real" projects that engage citizens globally about
democracy (forget "direct", it's redundant).  Add "deliberative" because
it modernizes and supplements the concept.  So, how about you folks
reading my book and making that at least one subject of your
"discussions."  Why not "deliberate" on it instead ?  Try me at
www.last-lost-empire.com.  It is the web marketing tool for the book.
It will become much more interative by the end of January.

Also, check into www.americaspeaks.org and check out their latest
project, in connection with the UN, in using this superb model of
electronic democracy at the global level on global issues.

Maybe 2010 will find us discussing something of substance.

As for the Conference George, if I can't make it there in person, I can
sure be there via computer...and you should be thinking of how to engage
people around the workd that way as an important part of the face to
face conference.  My online course in Political Economy uses streaming
video of classroom discussions, online materials, and emails from the
distance participants during the face to face discussions.

Hope ya'll take this in the spirit of comradeship.  Time is running out
for our species.

Ted.

> > > Δικηγορικό Γραφείο Γ. Λ. Κόκκα & Συνεργατώ ν <geoko(at)otenet.gr>
12/29/09 9:49 PM >>>


       My dear  Miroslav,

      You  have  also  my  best and  warmest  wishes  for  the  New
year
2010, that  happens  to be  the 10 years Jubileum  since  the
Establishment
of WDDM in Delphi, GREECE and  we plan  to  organize  in Greece  the
5th
Int. Congress on DD from Sept. 15, 2010 (International  Day  of
Democracy )
until  Sep. 19, 2010.

      Are  you  going  to participate and  assist  us  in the Organising
Committee  of this  event? Everybody  interested may  express  his
interest
for a small lecture, ideas  for the  agenda and participation in this
Organising  Committee of the  next WDDM  Congress during  next  January.

      Can you assist us  Miroslav by  publishing this open Invitation
for  a
direct democratic  debate about   this  Congress through  all  WDDM
electronic  channels (site, Forum etc.) ?

Best regards

George L. Kokkas

N.G.O Forum for Citizens' Democracy
Ippokratous str. 42 - GR-10680 Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 2103648300 - Fax: +30 2103610882
geoko(at)otenet.gr
www.dimopolis.gr <http://www.dimopolis.gr/>



Have a happy winter solstice holidays (a.k.a. Christmas, Hanuka,
Kwanzaa, ...)
and a very good year 2010. Let us hope that the mankind will finally
wake up
and start the transition to a truly democratic and sustainable
zero-growth future.

Miroslav
www.mkolar.org