[governance] Remote participation for IGF 2010: individuals and groups

Tue Sep 7 15:28:36 EDT 2010

Dear Sivasubramanian,

Remote participation is incremental and has improved step-by-step over the
years. I believe we have come a long way and the number of hubs registered
(more than 30) shows that there is interest and trust.

In order to move on the direction you suggested (which I believe would be
awesome) we need the involvement of the community. What we call today the
remote participation working group are 5 people who multitask a lot :)

I believe there are already some interesting initiatives on this direction.
We just need to connect the dots and avoid duplicated efforts. I would like
to invite to take part on this conversation Jeremy Malcom, who has developed
a platform he previously mentioned on the list, and Tim Davies, who is
working on an aggregator of all the material produced during the IGF (from
Webex chats, to blog posts and twitter)

Together, I am sure that much can be done!

Best wishes,

Marilia

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Ginger
>
> If it is not too late and too difficult for the IGF Secretariat to set it
> up, I would suggest a "Remote Participation Lobby" or better still a "Remote
> Home", for all remote participants to connect and stay connected to one
> another, irrespective of the sessions they attend.
>
> The idea of a Remote Participation Lobby is an online space for
> participants to temporarily log in, to come in and stay for a short time, to
> meet other remote participants in that space and interact.
>
> Remote Home would be a space where there would be some permanent profile
> info about remote participants, where participants can chat while logged in
> and  leave messages for those who are offline.
>
> I am in the process of organizing a Remote Participation hub at Chennai
> where the participants are predominantly students, who would learn more
> about IGF if they connect to Youth participants from Diplo and other
> institutions. In general all participants physically present or
> otherwise can connect to one another for informal exchange of ideas (as in a
> chat window during an online meeting) in addition to the formal exchange
> during workshops. Such informal exchanges could be even more productive than
> formal exchanges during workshops (more business transactions take place in
> coffee shops than in Board rooms)
>
> Can there be such a space which could remain open during the IGF and if
> possible beyond?
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
> Sivasubramanian M
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> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hello everybody
>>
>> If you won´t be in Vilnius for the IGF, it does not mean that you cannot
>> take part in discussions. Channels for remote participation will be
>> available to all those who want to follow the meetings and participate.
>>
>> Remote participants can connect individually or join an IGF hub, if one
>> will be organized in your home city. The complete list of IGF hubs is
>> available here: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation
>>
>> It will be possible to follow the videocast/audiocast of all IGF sessions
>> and to send questions to the panelists. The official platform used for
>> remote participation will be Webex. The links to join each session (or each
>> “webex room”) will be available in IGF website prior to the meeting.
>>
>> We are also encouraging video questions from remote participants. If you
>> are interested to make a question, the best option would be to let us know
>> in advance, so we can test your connection/bandwidth capacity prior to the
>> session.
>> --
>>
>> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>> IGCBP Online Coordinator
>> DiploFoundation
>> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
>>
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