[p2p-research] Conference postponed, implications for Brazil and Colombia lectures (the lecture tour from hell)

[carolina botero]

We have not yet payed the ticket... but we could try to switch it for Europe
doing other arrangements
Michel, do you have a phone number? if Bahia is not on the road will your
trip be only Rio and Bogota? who else from this list is affected? i might
have a solution... but need to have more details
carolina

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Carolina, Frederick, and other p2p lecture organizers,
>
> I have just received a dramatic (for me, and I'm sure for you) message, see
> below. This has been the bad luck trip of the last four years. First,
> funding for the originally planned trip to ARgentina failed to materialize;
> second, Coimbra had to cancel three lecturers coming from abroad, including
> me, for the same reason. AND NOW, out of the blue comes this message, that
> the State of the World Forum won't be paying the trip to Salvador. For them,
> it's the second time in a row, a previous trip to Washington was cancelled
> last year, also for postponement.
>
> This has important implications for my own livelyhood, as lecturing is my
> only income again this year. Not only will I forego a number of lecture fees
> and I have to sustain myself extra days here in europe, but I have no way of
> funding my tickegt to Bahia, and hence the implications for Colombia and Rio
> ..
>
> I'm staying in Milan with a friend and scholar Cosma Orsi and a return
> ticket from venice to bkk on June 8,
>
> I have no internet connection in the appt and there are no cybercafes in
> the neighborhood, nevertheless, I will attempt a daily 30 minute connection,
> in case someone has a solution ..
>
> Michel
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jim Garrison <jgarrison at worldforum.org>
> Date: Sat, May 15, 2010 at 3:39 AM
> Subject: Conference postponed
> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>
>
> baDear Michel,
>
> Unfortunately, I have bad news. The Salvador conference has been postponed.
> The reason is that we have encountered corruption in the state government
> here, something that has seriously complicated our situation since the
> government had committed R$ 1 million (about $500,000). This money is not
> now forthcoming so our capacity to convene the conference has been seriously
> compromised.  The problem is that there is so little time to sort things out
> and put them on the correct track, especially in an election year when
> things are already complicated with the electoral process.  I can't tell you
> how anguished I am about this last minute complication. It is my first
> direct experience of corruption in high places here.
>
> The extraordinary thing is that Brazilians generally are so highly
> motivated to tackle seriously the issue of global warming, which is why we
> have centered our 2020 Climate Leadership Campaign here. The strategic
> imperative for what we must do is as clear now as it was when we started:
>  we must mobilzie a radical reduction in CO2 emissions and a radical
> reframing of our political economy and way of life, most especially in our
> cities.  This is in fact clearer to me now that it has ever been, as is the
> reality that the very corruption of the system that is producing such a
> colossal catastrophe to the planetary ecosystem is also infecting the
> politics within which we must operate.
>
> We will re-schedule the conference for sometime after the elections here in
> October and in the meantime develop the initiatives we were going to launch
> at the conference.
>
> As it turns out Globo TV will be starting a 120 day ad campaign May 15th on
> global warming built around ads on climate leadership, sustainable
> lifestyles and climate prosperity that we designed with them, so the fact
> that the conference has been waylaid will not retard either our commitment
> or the progress that must be made.
>
> I thank you for your willingness to come and your flexibility along the
> way. I will keep you informed.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Jim
>
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