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<P><FONT SIZE=2>it should be easy for different linguistic communities, if they so chose, to build and maintain their own versions, with a 'click here' button at the top for Chinese or Spanish or whatever<BR>
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From: Nyangkwe Agien Aaron [<A HREF="mailto:nyangkweagien@gmail.com">mailto:nyangkweagien@gmail.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Thu 7/24/2008 6:32 AM<BR>
To: governance@lists.cpsr.org; Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<BR>
Subject: Re: [governance] What do you guys want in a IGF website?<BR>
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Hello<BR>
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Sivasubramanian's proposals are exhaustive.<BR>
And I'll add that we include a "Quote of the Day" in which the forum<BR>
administrators highlight a landmark statement made by a participant of<BR>
the Forum during the a day. This alone can incite more visits to the<BR>
site as well.<BR>
<BR>
Aaron<BR>
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On 7/24/08, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
> Hello<BR>
><BR>
> The IGF website needs to be designed for the common man who has no idea of<BR>
> what IGF is all about. It needs to have basic introductory information about<BR>
> IGF, about previous IGFs, the forthcoming IGFs and about ways of<BR>
> participating in the IGF.<BR>
><BR>
> It should have an easy to work around Web 2.0 interface with collaborative<BR>
> tools to connect for the expert user. It can have a column for the IGF<BR>
> secreatriate to make annoncements, pages where contact and procedural<BR>
> information pertaining to proposals, participation, fellowships etc are<BR>
> posted in an uncluttered format. It needs to include the discussion forums<BR>
> etc. as in intgovforum.org or at least a page with links to the existing<BR>
> forums.<BR>
><BR>
> The intgovfourm.org has a "technie" look and feel, the new IGF wesbite needs<BR>
> to look easy.<BR>
><BR>
> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<BR>
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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Yehuda Katz <yehudakatz@mailinator.com><BR>
> wrote:<BR>
> > What do you guys want in a IGF website?<BR>
> ><BR>
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