[governance] Remote participation for IGF 2010: individuals and

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Ginger / Jeremy

IRC is OK, but not everyone finds it friendly, for one reason or another.  I
looked for opensource chat software and found one or two that can be
embedded in the IGF website or in a new collaborative portal.

One interesting web application that  I found is phpfreechat which can be
easily integrated into Joomla.  There are other possible options.

I tested it by installing it within my website and this is what it installs
well.

This is a test installation in an available webspace:
http://turiya.co.in/ign/

We can have one chat interface such as this with
multiple, multilingual rooms +  a forum/discussion space, a document editing
interface etc...

Sivasubramanian M

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Great resource, thanks Jeremy. I used to use IRC, but not lately. I will
> give it another try.
>
> Shiva, perhaps you would like to take charge of this, as it is a large,
> separate project.
>
> For the moment, if anyone wants to join the Skype remote moderators'
> conversation that we already have implemented, please send me your Skype ID
> by private email, and I will add you.
>
> Shiva, we will watch for your suggestions. Thanks so much!!!
>
> Best, Ginger
>
> On 9/7/2010 7:00 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> On 08-Sep-2010, at 2:32 AM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Does anyone else have a solution/technique they use or suggest to
> implement this communication?
>
>
>  Yes, IRC (Internet Relay Chat), the oldest but still most widely-used
> Internet chat protocol, and - unlike Skype - an open, non-proprietary
> standard.
>
>  The official IGF IRC channel is #igf on the Freenode network (ie.
> chat.freenode.net). Language-specific channels #igf-fr, #igf-es etc. also
> exist, and anyone can request the administrator (me) to set up channels with
> special features such as moderation.
>
>  Free IRC clients are available for every computing platform (just search
> Google), and a Web based interface is also available at
> http://igf-online.net/chat.php.
>
>  This facility has been available since 2007, but there are usually only a
> small group of us online. This year I'd like to see many more, so please
> join in! You'll find it a much more pleasant alternative to Skype.
>
>
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