[governance] Remote participation at Vilnius IGF 2010

[Janna Anderson]

Great work by Ginger and MANY people who led and assisted in so many ways.
It really is beginning to feel to those who must participate remotely as if
you are really there, on the scene while still so far away. There¹s more
work to be done on this, but thanks to the people who facilitated it in so
many ways this year. I was in North Carolina the entire time, but I feel
that between conversations on this list and on Twitter, the IGF
Secretariat¹s provision of timely information, the contributions of
organizations like Cisco, the persistence of many individuals including
those who were the catalysts for hubs and remote moderators that it really
was a GLOBAL IGF.

Congratulations to all!

Janna

On 9/25/10 7:56 AM, "Ginger Paque" <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>    Remote participation at the IGF Vilnius 2010 raised the bar for remote
> participation in international public policy meetings. Not in sheer volume,
> although 600+ individuals is a good number, but in actual inclusion and
> participation, with 33 registered remote hubs and dozens of remote panelists,
> this IGF was indeed a global success. While there was successful remote
> observation with excellent webcast, audiocast and captioning, there was also
> the possibility of real remote participation for those who wanted to comment,
> ask questions and respond, with the same privileges and priorities as those
> who attended in person.
>  
>  The next step will be to ensure that remote participants take advantage of
> this possibility, and that remote moderators learn to transmit the interest
> and personal power of the comments so that their impact is tangibly felt in
> the meeting room.
>  
>  An interesting (unforeseen) development was chat exchanges between remote
> hubs on the WebEx platform, as remote hubs gave feedback to presentations or
> comments by other remote hubs.
>  
>  Pre-IGF preparations were better than ever, with strategy, planning, training
> and information from the first 2010 OC in Geneva.
>  
>  I would like to thank the volunteer remote moderators from the panels,
> DiploFoundation fellows and the ISOC ambassadors program for their engagement
> and precious time and energy; the Lithuania host for their support and their
> tech teams; the IGF Secretariat for their support and follow-up,
> DiploFoundation for constant backup, and my fellow RPWG members for their
> year-round worry, work and dynamic involvement.
>  
>  Thanks to all of the hub organizers for their work to include people from all
> over the world in this meeting too.
>  
>  The RPWG will publish a report later this year. We look forward to your
> comments and suggestions.
>  
>  Warm regards,
>  Ginger 

-- 
Janna Quitney Anderson
Director of Imagining the Internet
www.imaginingtheinternet.org

Associate Professor of Communications
Director of Internet Projects
School of Communications
Elon University
andersj at elon.edu
(336) 278-5733 (o)




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