Re: convergence conversation

[Judith Hanna <jehanna@gn.apc.org>]

making the journey as productive and sustainable as the arriving -- a
wonderful idea -- and wonderful to have the time to participate in such a
pilgrmage/travelling show...



At 18:23 13/06/00 -0300, you wrote:
>> Now, if everyone walked or biked to the convergence...carrying placards
>and
>> banners and literature to sell along the way... ;-)
>>
>> John Schinnerer
>>
>
>For our Latinamerican Congress here in Bahia next year, I  hope to crank up
>a sort of  motorized  convergence, with busses coming from the four corners,
>picking up people on the way, stopping off at towns and villages to show
>videos and talk to people, and basically otimize the transport as an
>educational tool the best we can-- and bring down the expense for the
>participants at the same time... (As they would receive  dormitories, food,
>and gasoline in return for their presentations...)Much more efficient than
>each trying to get here on his/her own, and more fun too... (Greatly
>inspired by our unforgettable PC bus tour through Scandinavia  when the
>International Convergence was in Denmark...)
>
>Marsha
>
>
Judith Hanna
jehanna@gn.apc.org
15 Jansons Rd, Tottenham, London N15 4JU