[governance] Nail Biting and Remote Participation in the Geneva

Thu Jul 1 13:11:54 EDT 2010

Dear Thomas,

Nice to hear that remote participation was effective. Your e-mails and
messages did have an impact. Raquel and I have read them and they have
helped to clarify your proposal.

The nail-biting was experienced by those physically present as well, as it
took us several reviews of the workshop list in order to make final
decisions. The suspense lasted until the end.

Thanks for your very pertinent suggestions regarding remote participation.
They are important to continue improving it in upcoming events.

Best wishes,
Marília

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com>wrote:

>  Eric,
>
> Sorry for taking so long to get back but it was to be a busy week before
> all of the below happened.
>
> After 2 + months of planning and preparation of the City TLD Governance and
> Best Practices workshop I'd proposed for IGF Vilnius, I received the below
> "get ready" email from Ginger on Sunday afternoon. I'd given some thought to
> checking in to Geneva from NYC but thought, with the clearly identified need
> and great panel we'd put together, that acceptance would be unquestioned. But
> Ginger's note got me to rethink the situation.
>
> (I'll not hold anyone in suspense here and will note that the workshop is
> scheduled for Friday, September 17, 2:30-4:30 at the Lithuanian Exhibition
> and Conference Center, Room 5. This message is a review of the nail biting
> experience the Open Consultations turned out to be and to comment on an
> appropriate interface for such an event in 2010.)
>
> After getting Ginger's email I said, humm, maybe I should send an email to
> the igf at unog.ch requesting an update, and did so. And a later
> email suggested I update IGF at *june2010 at intgovforum.org*. I'd just sent
> an update to this list and decided to modify it and send a copy to the
> june2010 address.
>
> On Monday morning I got up at 4 AM and connected to the official remote
> platform in Geneva. I got a reasonably steady video stream with a scribe
> text below. (Could have been the early morning, but at times it seemed that
> the scribe was ahead of the video.) To the right was a chat feature. Enter
> your name, get moderator OK, and it seemed like comments were posted
> somewhat real-time. But I wasn't sure.
>
> My confidence about easy approval waned substantially on Monday afternoon,
> Geneva time, when the review of the 150 or so submissions for workshops
> started. The moderator, Nitin Desai noted that there were 60 slots. And many
> had been green-lighted before the meeting. So I started biting the nails.
> But I couldn't do a good job of that because I realized that there were
> people in the room that were scheduled to be on the panel and IGC
> people who'd volunteered to assist. So I start searching for email address
> of those in the room to urge them to speak up (the addresses were of course
> on another machine and I needed to run back and forth forwarding emails from
> one machine to another). And then I was told that Twitter hash #igf10 was
> the place to communicate with IGCers So I'm sending emails, monitoring the
> video - and occasionally looking to the scribe for clarification, watching
> the remote platform chat to the right - there were apparently a few of these
> depending upon which video or audio channel you connected on, Twittering
> questions and monitoring same. This didn't leave much time for the nail
> biting, which was quite necessary as objections were raised, clarifications
> mostly, and a question as to the category it should be listed under -
> Critical Infrastructure or Capacity Building. But by the end of the day
> thanks to Bertrand, Wolfgang, Marilia, the official chat moderator (my
> apologies for not recording her name), Ginger, and Thomas Schneider and
> Marilyn Cade (who may not be on this list), the excellent moderation by
> Nitin Desai on Monday and Markus Kummer on Tuesday, and perhaps others, the
> workshop was approved.
>
> On Tuesday morning scheduling was to be the issue. I arose and started
> connecting to the remote platform at 4:30, which is when they'd finally
> started on Monday. As I was connecting I heard them discussing workshop 50 -
> City TLDs. It was a bad connection - I should have rebooted the 5 year old
> laptop - and needed to open a voice only participation window. Someone was
> questioning why panel 50 was needed and "what are these City TLDs, that's
> not an ICANN term?" I went quickly back to the nail biting as all the
> channels were of no use during the heat of the discussion - I did use the
> official chat feature but it seemed very ineffective for the discussion
> underway. But Wolfgang, Bertrand, and Marilyn - possibly others - saved the
> panel. A chat message I sent agreeing to the proposed modification (to
> include an additional view on the panel) was referred to by the Markus
> Kummer in closing debate.
>
> The workshop survived and was scheduled for September 17 - details above.
>
> I'm writing to thank everyone who assisted the workshops creation - those
> who agreed to be on the panel and those many in Geneva who moved it through
> the Consultations, and to Eric (and others) who sent mojo. I'd also like to
> note that I needed a better interface to effectively participate in a remote
> event like this. For today I'll comment only on needs on my end: An Event
> Screen that organizes the video, scribe, platform chat, Twitter, and emails
> would be quite helpful. (Next year it might be to include Facebook.) But it
> worked. I'm not sure how my emails, tweets, and chats influenced the
> decision, but it was comforting to fell part of the discussion.
>
> With all this we're still 2+ months away from Vilnius and the opportunity
> to actually do something worthwhile. I invite all of you to tune your Event
> Screens to our workshop on September 17 and offer suggestions prior.
>
> Best,
>
> Tom Lowenhaupt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Eric Dierker <cogitoergosum at sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org ; Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> ; Thomas
> Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com> ; igf at unog.ch ; Marilia Maciel<mariliam at diplomacy.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:29 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Update on City TLD Governance and Best
> Practices
>
>  Thomas,
>
> I am sending good intentions for your endeavor.   Update when you have a
> chance this morning please?
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com>;
> igf at unog.ch; Marilia Maciel <mariliam at diplomacy.edu>
> *Sent:* Sun, June 27, 2010 1:07:59 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Update on City TLD Governance and Best
> Practices
>
> Hi Thomas,
> I hope you have seen the email on remote participation details as your
> participation is important. If not, you or anyone else that is interested in
> RP should email me privately, please. Marilia Maciel will be present in
> Geneva, and handling remote moderation. I suggest you prepare a short
> 'intervention' and send it to her to be read, or arrange to read it
> yourself.
>
> It sounds like you have an excellent panel prepared. Have you written to
> igf at unog.ch (copied on this email) to ask for an update? Anything you can
> confirm before the meeting will facilitate the process.
>
> Good luck! Best, Ginger
>
> On 6/27/2010 3:16 PM, Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:
>
> With the IGF Vilnius Open Consultation beginning tomorrow, here's an update
> on my efforts on behalf of a proposed City TLD Governance and Best Practices
> Workshop. I'd appreciate advice as to any steps I might take to facilitate
> its acceptance.
>
> Over the past couple of months I've contacted directly, and, via this and a
> few other lists, several hundred people inviting participation on the City
> TLD Workshop. From an expertise perspective, I've received confirmations
> from an exceptional group. Listed in order of their acceptance,
> the prospective participants are Wolfgang Kleinwächter, Dirk Krischenowski,
> Bertrand de La Chapelle, Werner Staub, Thomas Schneider, Hong Xue, Sébastien
> Bachollet, Hawa Diakite, Ana Cristina Amoroso das Neves, Jonathan Shea (via
> remote participation), Izumi Aizu.
>
> With my first in-person participation on a TLD workshop having taken place
> at the 2006 Prague Studienkreis, I knew there was enough expertise to make
> the panel productive with the arrival of Wolfgang's acceptance. And as each
> new one arrived, I saw layer upon later of expertise being added to the
> workshop.
>
> I've also received a "Yes, if it fits with my other panels" acceptance from
> a highly desired panelist. As well, I've three outstanding invites: to
> someone from the U.S. government to comment on the impact city TLDs might
> have on urban affairs, particularly regionalization. If nothing comes
> through, perhaps an existing panelist might comment on that. The New York
> City government's response, "if there was a definite application filing time
> we would surely be able to arrange something" might change if the ICANN
> timeline is clearer by September. The third outstanding invite, to someone
> from the common pool resource community, is one I'm very hopeful about
> getting a positive response. Question: What is the status of the participant
> list going forward: can it be changed, do I continue the pursuit?
>
> As we approach Vilnius my plan is to reach out to global cities considering
> TLDs, request questions and share these with panelists in preparation.
>
> For tomorrow's meeting, I'll be participating through the remote channels.
> I'd appreciate any of you who will be in Geneva speaking up for the City
> TLD workshop when appropriate. Beyond the fruitful topic and great
> participants, you might point out we should have good technical
> scores: reasonable geographic and gender balance and both moderators at the
> ready.
>
> If you have a question or feel I've missed something, please let me know.
>
> Best,
>
>  Tom Lowenhaupt
> ---------------------------
>
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>
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