[governance] What do you guys want in a IGF website?

Thu Jul 24 15:59:45 EDT 2008

Picking up on Sivasubramanian's suggested approach, without necessarily endorsing his three layers to our exalted inned sanctum, I agree that it makes more sense to think of the IGF site like the websites of facebook or youtube or linked-in, where some structural elements are set by 'central' web designers but the actual experience (and the content) is incredibly varied depending upon one's self-organized interests, and what one chooses to post.  Of course in Sivasubraian's examples there is paid staff doing things, but what they are not doing is micromanaging everyone's experience or blocking people's ability to post.

So this would not get us away from the issue of who is managing the IGF site and how is it sustained. (Maybe advertising if we can drive up click-throughs? ; )

It also does not guarantee uniform quality, but does maximize ability for people to self-organize around interests and add content as they wish, without central gatekeepers slowing things down and mucking things up.

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: David Goldstein [mailto:goldstein_david at yahoo.com.au]
Sent: Thu 7/24/2008 11:17 AM
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I'd be keen to know of examples of websites that are relevant and continue to be useful that are "done in an ad hoc, self-organized way, as much as possible".

David

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From: Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu>
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Actually I think it is good if it is done in an ad hoc, self-organized way, as much as possible.

Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: David Goldstein [mailto:goldstein_david at yahoo.com.au]
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While some/all/most of these suggestions are quite good, one must keep in mind who is going to have the time to update and manage the site, and even to create the content. It's no good saying we will do x and y and z, and then finding it's done in an ad hoc manner, or not even at all.

David

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RE: [governance] What do you guys want in a IGF website? 
it should be easy for different linguistic communities, if they so chose, to build and maintain their own versions, with a 'click here' button at the top for Chinese or Spanish or whatever

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From: Nyangkwe Agien Aaron [mailto:nyangkweagien at gmail.com]
Sent: Thu 7/24/2008 6:32 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
Subject: Re: [governance] What do you guys want in a IGF website?

Hello

Sivasubramanian's proposals are exhaustive.
And I'll add that we include a "Quote of the Day" in which the forum
administrators highlight a landmark statement made by a participant of
the Forum during the a day. This alone can incite more visits to the
site as well.

Aaron

On 7/24/08, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> The IGF website needs to be designed for the common man who has no idea of
> what IGF is all about. It needs to have basic introductory information about
> IGF, about previous IGFs, the forthcoming IGFs and about ways of
> participating in the IGF.
>
> It should have an easy to work around Web 2.0 interface with collaborative
> tools to connect for the expert user. It can have a column for the IGF
> secreatriate to make annoncements, pages where contact and procedural
> information pertaining to proposals, participation, fellowships etc are
> posted in an uncluttered format. It needs to include the discussion forums
> etc. as in intgovforum.org or at least a page with links to the existing
> forums.
>
> The intgovfourm.org has a "technie" look and feel, the new IGF wesbite needs
> to look easy.
>
> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
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>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Yehuda Katz <yehudakatz at mailinator.com>
> wrote:
> > What do you guys want in a IGF website?
> >
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