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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 received a "No" voting result. The Lead facilitator, [[Aleco Christakis]] as asking the participants to decide 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". This was not the case here, as shown by the gesture of [[Yiannis Laouris]], in the middle, who was in charge of entering the outcome of the voting in the [[Cogniscope Software]]. [[Elia Petridou]], on the right, was in charge of transmitting her[[Cogniscope Software]] 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). | The picture below immortalized a moment during which the 3 Facilitators based in Cuprus received a "No" voting result. The Lead facilitator, [[Aleco Christakis]] as asking the participants to decide 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". This was not the case here, as shown by the gesture of [[Yiannis Laouris]], in the middle, who was in charge of entering the outcome of the voting in the [[Cogniscope Software]]. [[Elia Petridou]], on the right, was in charge of transmitting her[[Cogniscope Software]] 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). [[Gayle Underwood]], based in Michigan, was in charge of counting the votes and also holding private one-to-one communications with participants who were requesting support. | ||
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