[governance] Recommendation - Offset carbon footprint

[McTim]

On 5/16/07, Kieren McCarthy <kierenmccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ICANN meetings as well as those of the IGF have long streamed video
> > and/or audio  - allowing those not present to listen in, however
> > virtually nothing has been done to allow the virtual audience to
> > engage the physical meeting. Panels and/or sessions that include
> > virtual participants should be tried using well known, and well
> > tested technologies.
>
>
>
> I agree, but what are these technologies you're referring to?
>
> Marratech doesn't appear to scale well - more than five people and there
> are
> issues. And it needs heavy bandwidth.
>
> Streaming technologies are expensive and complex and don't provide
> sufficient interaction. Chatrooms are good for chat but for some reason
> don't stretch over into deliberation. Ad hoc systems have an extraordinary
> habit of falling over.
>
> Real-time interaction remains extremely difficult to achieve because it
> requires people to be able to hear all that happens - something that is a
> consistent problem - because the disconnect is still physically there.
> Also
> because it is difficult for a physical presence (an arm raised, a nod to
> the
> chair) to be reproduced effectively online. And because a chair has
> tremendous difficulty following things offline and online at the same
> time.
> And so on.
>
> Is David Allen on this list? He has much more experience than I do in
> these
> matters.
>
> But very far from saying this is not possible, I am thoroughly committed
> to
> find practical solutions to this issue of effective remote participation.
>
> If you could provide a list of software you think might be useful in this
> area, I *guarantee* you that they will be put through proper testing and
> any
> that survive real-world scenarios will be pushed for use both within the
> IGF
> and ICANN contexts.



Ask Leo what RIPE do.  they have the best online participation stuff of all
the RIR's, tho ARIN and now AfriNIC not far behind.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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