[governance] Re: remote participation

[Mr. Robert Guerra]

I'm subscribed to the coalition list , and don't think i've seen any  
postings in a while.

perhaps i'm not on the list. must check..


regards,

Robert
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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
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On 13-Feb-07, at 4:05 PM, David Allen wrote:

> Here's a post prepared late in the session, on this subject.  (The  
> opening paras ping from comments made earlier in the session.   
> Incidentally, only VLC would pull in the stream for any period of  
> time.)
>
>> We were tempted to take advantage of asynchronous options, with a  
>> Geneva morning the middle of the night here.  Yes, in remote  
>> participation, time differences are one of the differences.
>>
>> And we would take a static connection any time - static, anyway,  
>> if it didn't constantly ask to be re-started.  Ain't technology  
>> wonderful?!  Especially when it is still a little bit a beta release.
>> To be a little more serious:  We suggest serious thinking about  
>> what real participation is possible, when participants are  
>> remote.  To listen, and even watch (if the link stays up), is a  
>> pleasure.  It is a different matter when it comes to making an  
>> intervention in the meeting.  Or, when it comes to (wanting to)  
>> talk to colleagues in the corridor.
>> Two-way video is an established tool today - and with bandwidth,  
>> even easy to do.  But that is a step beyond where we are in IGF  
>> infrastructure.  And many would-be remote participants will not  
>> have the bandwidth.
>>
>> If we do not go to two-way video - and I would be surprised if we  
>> do - we suggest serious thought about our expectations for remote  
>> participation and just how to configure it.
>
> What we actually can enable, for participation, is going to be a  
> useful topic.
>
> I expect most are aware that Jeremy Malcolm, with Kieren McCarthy,  
> have got a dynamic coalition on the subject http://igf2006.info/ 
> wiki/IGF-OCDC intended to be hands-on and helpful.  Kieren  
> presented on the coalition, the first comments in the afternoon.
>
> David
>
> At 3:19 PM -0500 2/13/07, John Mathiason wrote:
>> I also tried to get the video of the afternoon session but got an  
>> error message (bad request).  It would be important to fix these  
>> glitches before Rio.  I agree with the other posters that if we  
>> can make the IGF connected (and this may require different  
>> software than was used), we have a reasonable chance of engaging  
>> stakeholders who can't afford to travel.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John
>> On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Nitin and all IGFers,
>>>
>>> Congratulations for all of you who are now in Geneva at
>>> IGF consulation meeting and I appreciate your effort
>>> to extend the meeting in the remote participation
>>> channel.
>>>
>>> However, sorry to say, that the quality of the webcast
>>> is far from pragmatic, the voice was cut so often that
>>> it is not possible to keep the concentration and
>>> make good understandings of what is going on.
>>>
>>> I don't mean this is sort of criticism, but just a reality
>>> check. I hope the webcast i nRio will be much better
>>> in quality
>>>
>>> Izumi Aizu
>>> from Tokyo - local time 0:30 in the morning.
>>>
>>> --
>>>                       >> Izumi Aizu <<
>>>
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>>>              Kumon Center, Tama University
>>>                              * * * * *
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