Evenimente de care OSC-istii ar putea fi atrasi, Simpozioane, colocvii, intalniri si altele Options

[study_nature]

Din ciclul D'ale carnavalului, doua evenimente imediat urmatoare si de o oarecare importanta:

The World Cup begins this Friday, the 11th of June. The 59th Session of the General Conference begins on Wednesday, the 23rd of June, when the tournament will have started to get very interesting.

in 2000, the 57th General Conference session in Toronto did slightly overlap with the quadrennial European Championships. One senior GC official recalls that a prominent Brazilian official arrived too late to take part in one vote (on a matter of no particular importance it should be said), and expressed his frustration since had been watching the European Championship Final between France and Italy and had left just before the end of the match, yet still hadn’t arrived in time to vote. But he was at least confident that Italy (which he supported, reflecting his ancestry) had won. To his chagrin an even more senior GC official informed him that France had equalised in the final minute to take the final into injury time. (For the record, France went on to win.)

What might happen when the countries with very large Adventist populations—Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana—are actually playing? And playing for the championship of the world that that? Even given that Adventism’s traditional allergy to competitive sports will mean many delegates will care little, it is certain that there will be many other delegates who care a great deal.
So here is the low-down on GC business sessions that compete with World Cup matches. In hindsight it will be interesting to see whether any unexpected decisions (and there are always some) coincide with World Cup match-ups that might have distracted a considerable number of delegates.

Acest adventist istet a realizat deja niste scenarii detaliate:

Sabbath June 26 has no business sessions of course, but does see the first play-off round of the World Cup. Thereafter, every match is crucial because the loser is out. The next business session, on the morning of June 27, coincides with what will probably be a game between Germany and the USA. That afternoon, the business session clashes with what could be a titanic match, between Argentina (which will almost certainly top Group B and has a very significant Adventist population) and the second team in Group A—this could conceivably be France, Mexico or South Africa, and if it is one of the latter two, a significant decline in delegate numbers at the business session seems likely.

Thankfully for football-keen delegates (and perhaps for denominational business), there are no World Cup games on either June 30 or July 1. But the 2nd of July, the final Friday of the Session, which sees the final two business sessions, also sees the first two Quarter Finals. Unless South American and African teams have done unexpectedly, disappointingly badly, expect more soul-searching by a fair number of delegates, as to whether, say, a procedural vote, or a match that could leave their national team two wins away from winning the World Cup, is more important!

Se pare ca exista informatii cum ca pana si Jan Paulsen n-ar fi chiar neafectat de microb:

The reality is that many Adventists (including, as it happens, the current General Conference President) take an enthusiastic interest in how their national team does at the national sport.

Tocmai de aceea, meciurile de fotbal care se vor suprapune cu luarea anumitor decizii ar putea avea efecte majore asupra rezultatelor voturilor:

Now, it would be tragic if Adventists were to be divided by the fate of their national sports teams! But it would be only natural if even Adventists senior enough to become GC delegates were tempted to see their nation play in the most important tournament in the world. If special interest groups, whether from the “historic” or “progressive” ends of the Adventists spectrum, were to take advantage of the absence of delegates watching the World Cup to pass some controversial resolution or regulation, that would be highly unfortunate.

Critica ar merita-o, in aceasta situatie, nu doar umanii, pur si simplu umanii delegati, ci si organizatorii sesiunii CG:

But we might reasonably criticise not only those who couldn’t give their complete focus to denominational business for nine days, but also those who chose to stage the GC Session, and its constituent sessions, in competition with the World Cup, when they could have scheduled, if not the whole event, at least business sessions, at other times.

Editorul Spectrum, Bonnie Dwyer, intra in joc la final, spunand o chestie tragi-comica despre atractivitatea comparata a celor 2 evenimente in competitie unul cu celalalt:

David,
You verify my hunch that the most significant events during GC may just be outside the Georgia Dome. With the agenda scrubbed of any controversial topic, delegates will be left to approve whatever the nominating committee sends their way and the editorial changes in the church manual. And a dull agenda will make it harder for football-loving delegates to choose where to be.
Posted by: Bonnie Dwyer | 07 June 2010 at 6:35
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[icsicsics]

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[icsicsics]

fete de la musique!

[polihronu]

O stire care o sa-l faca fericit, de exemplu, pe bnc

[myosotis]

Dupa faza asta - daca ea chiar va ajunge sa se petreaca, ma intreb ce alte date vom mai inrosi in calendar pe langa 11 septembrie...

[study_nature]

Biserica unde se va face arderea-de-tot este nondenominationala. Asta drept contraexemplu pentru cei care mai au iluzii cum ca bisericile neafiliate ar fi mai pure si mai apropiate de spiritul crestinismului.

[skeptic]

Treaba asta ii va pune definitiv cu botul pe labe Asa ceva le trebuia ca sa ii facem sa stea cuminte in coltul lor. Dupa ce terminam cu ei, propun sa ardem God Delusion a lu Dawkins.