<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>Hi De,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11054" dir="ltr">Trying to understand your point... <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11056" dir="ltr">Do you mean there is less remote participation possibilities offered for international IG meetings?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11058" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11061" dir="ltr">Thanks for clarifying for me,</div><div dir="ltr">A <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_10657" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_10656"><font size="2"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font color="#347d7e">------------------------------------------------------</font></b></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 127);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><u><b><i>Arsène Tungali,</i></b></u></font></div><div><font size="2">Co-founder and Executive Director, </font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.rudiinternational.org/" style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;font-size:small;">Rudi International</a></div><div><font size="2">Founder, <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mabingwa-forum.com/">Mabingwa Forum</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11571"><span style="font-size:small;font-style:italic;">Work email:</span><span style="font-size:small;"> arsenebaguma@gmail.com</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11569"><font size="2"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/arsenebaguma">Facebook</a> - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/arsenebaguma">Twitter</a> -<a href="" rel="nofollow"> </a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/arsene-tungali/40/825/344/">LinkedIn</a></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11565"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11567"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11573" size="2">Internet Governance - Blogger - ISOC Member - ICANN Fellow - IGF Fellow.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11564"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429622845986_11575" style="font-weight:bold;" size="2">Democratic Republic of Congo</font></div></div></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Le Mardi 21 avril 2015 15h32, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton@consensus.pro> a écrit :<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">While I am sure we all agree with the sentiment - and I am certain that I’m relatively spoiled as I attend anything in Geneva in person - it would be helpful to see some examples of meetings where this is a problem, and especially, where annual meetings have decreased remote participation options.<br><br>> On 21 Apr 2015, at 05:15, David Cake <<a ymailto="mailto:dave@difference.com.au" href="mailto:dave@difference.com.au">dave@difference.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> This is a serious issue. We strongly need to encourage and expand remote participation, not decrease it.<br>> <br>> Remote participation in the form of webcasts and assigned remote participation people to ask questions on behalf of remote participants is a bare minimum. Improving remote participation by whatever means - mechanisms such as properly staffed remote hubs, screens so that remote participant comments are visible to those in the room, enabling telepresence panellist participation, etc spring to mind - should be the what we are aiming for, not just maintaining the minimal levels of participation.<br>> <br>> While multi-stakeholder processes may be much more open than those gatekeepered by governments, they will remain the province of a relatively small elite unless we can ensure that physical travel is not a necessity for participation. I think we currently do this OK for working group style processes, we don’t do it at all well for higher level processes.<br>> <br>> Regards<br>> <br>> David<br>> <br>>> On 21 Apr 2015, at 8:04 am, Deirdre Williams <<a ymailto="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>> Colleagues,<br>>> During the discussion of recent internet governance related meetings I don't remember seeing any comments about the steady erosion of remote participation or even webcasts.<br>>> Considering the area being discussed by these meetings this seems to me to be a very serious loss.<br>>> How do others feel?<br>>> Deirdre<br>>> <br>>> --<br>>> “The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979<br>>> ____________________________________________________________<br>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>>> To be removed from the list, visit:<br>>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br>>> <br>>> For all other list information and functions, see:<br>>> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br>>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br>>> <br>>> Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br>> <br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>