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

[Joly MacFie]

If following 3 or 4 different rooms on YouTube *and* webex both because one
or other them keeps cutting out, with 3 other browsers open running the
transcripts, plus skype  twitter and jabber back channels, isn't remote
participation, I don't know what is! :P

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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