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In the context of Obama's vision for engaging stakeholders from all walks of life in a bottom-up democracy employing Internet technology, what factors do we anticipate, on the basis of our experiences with SDDP, will emerge as inhibitors to the actualization of his vision? | In the context of Obama's vision for engaging stakeholders from all walks of life in a bottom-up democracy employing Internet technology, what factors do we anticipate, on the basis of our experiences with SDDP, will emerge as inhibitors to the actualization of his vision? | ||
The picture below immortalized a moment during which the 3 Facilitators based in Cuprus were captured at a moment when the result of a vote was "No". | The picture below immortalized a moment during which the 3 Facilitators based in Cuprus were captured at a moment when the result of a vote was "No". The Lead facilitator, [[Aleco Christakis]] as asking the participants to respond whether one of identified challenges was aggravating another. In such a dilemma, a "Yes" is taken only when more than 2/3 (or sometimes 3/4) of the participants vote for a "Yes". In this case, not enough, as shown by the he resultgesture of [[Yiannis Laouris]], in the middle, who was in charge of entering the outcome of the voting on the [[Cogniscope]] software. [[Elia Petridou]] on the right, was in charge of transmitting her (cogniscope) computer screen to all participants, while [[Maria Georgiou]], on the left, was documenting the discussions and periodically updating, printing, and posting notes in front of the facilitators (shown on the window). | ||
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