[governance] Remote participation at Vilnius IGF 2010

[Divina MEIGS]

Congratulations!
We had a very active participation in our workshop on media education,
mostly by young people
Divina


 
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Divina Frau-Meigs
Professor, media sociology, University Sorbonne nouvelle, Paris (France)
Director, master's programme AIGEME "E-learning and media education
engineering"
Director, research team CREW (EA 4399)
Coordinator, i-lab "digital humanities", PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité

Board Member, ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Asso)
Past vice-president, IAMCR (Intl Asso for Media and Communication Research)
Head, "Media Education Research" Section, IAMCR
website: www.medias-matrices.net
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Le 26/09/10 17:19, « Rebecca MacKinnon » <rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> As a happy remote participant, I too would like to add my congratulations to
> all who made remote participation work so well this year.
> 
> Best,
> Rebecca
> 
> Rebecca MacKinnon
> Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
> Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org <http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org>
> Cell: +1-617-939-3493
> E-mail: rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
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> 
> On Sep 25, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Janna Anderson wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> <x-msg://20/gpaque@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 

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