Dear All,<br><br>Thank you for your contributions and comments. As you can imagine, more than 48 hours has passed since putting the Statement to the list for feedback and rough consensus. We have tried as best as possible to include your comments into the Statement on the Workspace. Thank you Izumi for initiating the process and De for consolidating the text and numerous others who have contributed.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/32">http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/32</a><br><br>The Civil Society members of the CSTD can alert others to the IGC statement. Whilst we are wrapping up the Statement to enable Izumi and Marilia to take our perspectives, we should encourage dialogue on how we can actively contribute in this area.<br>
<br>If there are volunteers who want to be more involved perhaps you could engage in further dialogue on how to help out. I have copied the text below.<br><br>Warm Regards,<br>Sala<br><br>URL: <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/32">http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/32</a><br>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We
would like to reiterate that remote participation is a crucial part of
organizing the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and we appreciate the
effort to provide remote participation for the Open Consultation, the
Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) meetings, and the MAG meeting
this month – February 2012 – which was opened to observers.</p></span>
<div id="textblock-2" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>The IGC believes that Remote
Participation should be an integral part of Internet Governance and IGF
Policy Processes. It is impossible to sustain an inclusive global policy
process without effective remote participation.</p></span>
</div><div id="textblock-3" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There is one comment for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We would like to commend the excellent
work of the technical team from Politecnico di Torino, (The Polytechnic
University of Turin) which was originally brought by our colleague and
former IGC Civil Society Coordinator Vittorio Bertola.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 3 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>However, we would like to point out
some difficulties that occurred with the system during the open MAG
meeting. On the third day, morning session, (the second day of the open
MAG meeting), remote observers were effectively excluded because they
had no access to live transcript.</p></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-5" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 4 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>The MAG and IGF Secretariats should
start working with the host to ensure that real time transcriptions are
available for all sessions and not just the Main Sessions.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 2 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>Also MAG members trying to participate
online had difficulty in contacting moderators, partly because the
moderators were serving more than one function.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 2 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We strongly urge MAG and IGF
Secretariats and ourselves to consider the following for the future IGF
organizing work and the IGF itself, and work together to bring them
about:</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Ensuring equal participation between online and offline participants
through planning meetings to give online and offline participants an
equal opportunity to participate and contribute to meetings.</li></ul></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There is one comment for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Ensuring that there is sufficient capacity and appropriate bandwidth
to sustain remote participation by liaising with hosts well in advance
to enable greater interactions from offline participants.</li></ul></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 3 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Preparing a clear comprehensive guideline for remote participation
and its moderation and post session or meeting reporting for meeting
hosts, facilitators and chairs.</li></ul></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-11" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Clearly advertising opportunities for RP in advance of all meetings,
with clear guidance for participants on the opportunities to engage
through RP that will be available.</li></ul></span>
</div><div id="textblock-12" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There is one comment for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Always assigning exclusive remote participation
coordinator/moderators (who do not have other jobs at the same time, and
are responsible for interactions between the meeting’s physical
participants/current speaker, the Chair and the remote participants).</li></ul></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-13" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 2 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Establishing a clear procedure that would encourage remote
participants to intervene. Such a system is desirable both for those
physically present in Geneva and those observing the meeting remotely.</li></ul></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-14" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Providing as much interactivity as possible by giving remote participants to interact and engage in meetings.</li></ul></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There is one comment for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Providing multiple methods – video, voice and text channel, as well
as real-time transcription and video streaming – of coverage of the
meeting</li></ul></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-16" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 2 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Enabling the meeting and remote participation through interactive presentations access through RP.</li></ul></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><ul><li>Creating a select Task force or Working Group created that has
representatives from the Government, Private Sector and Civil Society
that is dedicated to seeing improvements of Remote Participation and
to ensure the incorporation of critical elements that have been
highlighted to ensure improved remote participation processes.</li></ul></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>Because only limited funds are
available for face- to -face participation, this issue is crucially
important to all stakeholders from all constituencies who are entitled
to participate in the meetings, and who wish to do so from a remote
location.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We also encourage greater partnership between the governments and private sector in enhancing remote participation.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We have to move beyond advocacy to
listing and creating tangible outcomes to make improved, stable and
sustainable remote participation a reality.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are 2 comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>There are regions around the world
where transportation is extremely expensive and one such region is the
Pacific which has 22 countries and territories. Remote participation was
the only way that any of these countries could access the IGF.</p></span>
</div>
<div id="textblock-22" class="textblock">
<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There is one comment for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>However there is room to improve
processes and create an IGF culture where remote participation is
prioritised through exploring tested methodology.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>The appropriate technical solutions
need also to be explored as well bandwidth and ensuring that there is
uninterrupted power supply and redundancy options where back up
generators are critical to maintain a consistent and seamless flow. The
MAG and IGF Secretariats should also ensure that there is sufficient and
dedicated bandwidth capacity to sustain the volume of traffic from
remote participation.</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphtext"><p>Aside from having the appropriate technical solutions and should also include the following:-</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>· Outreach;</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>· Mapping local and regional stakeholders;</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>· Coordinating with people on the ground significantly before the IGF in a series of strategic roll out;</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphnumber"></span><span title="There are no comments for this paragraph" class="commenticonbox"></span>
<span class="paragraphtext"><p>· Identifying how the private sector, civil society and governments can be better involved in the remote hubs etc</p></span>
</div>
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<span class="paragraphtext"><p>We also express our support of the IGF
RPWG which published guidelines and recommendations for remote
participation and IGF 2011 WS-67 participants prepared a <a title="E Participation Principles" href="http://discuss.diplomacy.edu/e-participation/?p=1">draft of e-participation principles</a>.<a href="http://discuss.diplomacy.edu/e-participation/?p=1" target="_blank"><br>
</a></p></span>
</div><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:46B69E1D-CF91-4E31-A9CC-4DD306D57CB0@privaterra.org" target="_blank">46B69E1D-CF91-4E31-A9CC-<u></u>4DD306D57CB0@privaterra.org</a>>, at 11:21:13 on Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Robert Guerra <<a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org" target="_blank">rguerra@privaterra.org</a>> writes<div class="im">
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What type of assistance and/or support will be provided - well, hopefully we'll find out soon from the Secretariat and/or Google<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
Do they have a product which competes with the current market leaders from Cisco and Adobe? What the IGF needs is something which works, of course - historically their tools have been allegedly very fussy about exactly what version of 'flash' or whatever you have installed, and that sort of thing is half the battle.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-- <br>
Roland Perry<br>
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