[bestbits] [governance] Ease of Remote Participation in the Brazil IGF

[Sivasubramanian M]

Watching IGF on youtube is watching IGF on TV, and it is not remote
participation, until such time as YouTube further innovates its video
sharing platform into a full fledged interactive video platform. Remote
participation needs to be feel almost as good as in room participation.

Sivasubramanian M

Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 4:16 AM, Mawaki Chango <kichango at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah McTim, let us set up a time and get some popcorn for our own remote
> synchronic watching of Youtube pre-recorded IGF.
>
> M.
> plus, the webex app wants to be able to read all the websites you visit.
>
> I will just watch the youtube videos!
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Janna Anderson <andersj at elon.edu> wrote:
>
>> I agree that there’s too much of a bar to remote participation – more
>> than ever before for IGF - and it is definitely cutting people out. I keep
>> getting notices that rooms aren’t available or not “active” when I can see
>> on Twitter that people are posting photos and conversations about what’s
>> going on inside them. I have been watching Twitter instead – not even close
>> to a good alternative.
>>
>> Janna
>>
>> From: Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
>> Date: Monday, November 9, 2015 at 1:38 PM
>> To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,
>> "Bits bestbits at lists.bestbits.net" <bestbits at lists.bestbits.net>, "
>> forum at justnetcoalition.org" <forum at justnetcoalition.org>
>> Subject: [bestbits] Ease of Remote Participation in the Brazil IGF
>>
>> Remote Participation requires a separate registration apart from
>> Registration in the intgovforum.org website and as a participant in the
>> IGF. The rooms are password protected.  Each room requires a separate?
>> password
>>
>> Once in the room, I find that the audio does not work. ( I was told that
>> the Conference room is new, so the organizers probably have some
>> difficulties here ) But why would the rooms require an entry password?
>> ICANN's remote participation, in comparison, is set up for participants to
>> join easily.
>>
>> Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>
>>
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> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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