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<div>Here's a post prepared late in the session, on this subject.
(The opening paras ping from comments made earlier in the session.
Incidentally, only VLC would pull in the stream for any period of
time.)</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>We were tempted to take advantage of
asynchronous options, with a Geneva morning the middle of the night
here. Yes, in remote participation, time differences are one of
the differences.</blockquote>
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And we would take a static connection any time - static, anyway, if it
didn't constantly ask to be re-started. Ain't technology
wonderful?! Especially when it is still a little bit a beta
release.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>To be a little more serious: We
suggest serious thinking about what real participation is possible,
when participants are remote. To listen, and even watch (if the
link stays up), is a pleasure. It is a different matter when it
comes to making an intervention in the meeting. Or, when it
comes to (wanting to) talk to colleagues in the corridor.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Two-way video is an established tool
today - and with bandwidth, even easy to do. But that is a step
beyond where we are in IGF infrastructure. And many would-be
remote participants will not have the bandwidth.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>If we do not go to two-way video - and I
would be surprised if we do - we suggest serious thought about our
expectations for remote participation and just how to configure
it.</blockquote>
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<div>What we actually can enable, for participation, is going to be a
useful topic.</div>
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<div>I expect most are aware that Jeremy Malcolm, with Kieren
McCarthy, have got a dynamic coalition on the subject
http://igf2006.info/wiki/IGF-OCDC intended to be hands-on and
helpful. Kieren presented on the coalition, the first comments
in the afternoon.</div>
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<div>David</div>
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<div>At 3:19 PM -0500 2/13/07, John Mathiason wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I also tried to get the video of the
afternoon session but got an error message (bad request). It
would be important to fix these glitches before Rio. I agree
with the other posters that if we can make the IGF connected (and this
may require different software than was used), we have a reasonable
chance of engaging stakeholders who can't afford to
travel.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Regards,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>John<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Izumi AIZU
wrote:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dear Nitin and all IGFers,<br>
<br>
Congratulations for all of you who are now in Geneva at<br>
IGF consulation meeting and I appreciate your effort<br>
to extend the meeting in the remote participation<br>
channel.<br>
<br>
However, sorry to say, that the quality of the webcast<br>
is far from pragmatic, the voice was cut so often that<br>
it is not possible to keep the concentration and<br>
make good understandings of what is going on.<br>
<br>
I don't mean this is sort of criticism, but just a reality<br>
check. I hope the webcast i nRio will be much better<br>
in quality<br>
<br>
Izumi Aizu<br>
from Tokyo - local time 0:30 in the morning.<br>
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