[governance] Remote participation at Vilnius IGF 2010

Tim Davies tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk
Mon Sep 27 03:24:03 EDT 2010 

Hello all

You can find the web-cast & twitter messages (an interesting informal part
of remote participation...) from Workshop 126, along with links to some
short clips extracted from the webcast and posted on Facebook, at
http://igf2010.diplointernetgovernance.org/session/ws126

I'll also link the transcript there when it's available.

Jovan's blog post on the terminology of remote participation might also be
interesting:
http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/how-remote-is-remote

All the best

Tim


On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I am glad to see appreciation for the remote volunteer team: they worked
> very hard. Tx.
>
> Izumi... that is not a strange proposal at all. Indeed, the Remote
> Participation Workshop No. 126 discussion included a proposal that an IGF be
> designed that could take place entirely through remote participation: both
> presenters and attendees! This may not yet be a practical application, but
> it does indicate that remote participation -- or, perhaps 'local
> participation'  (considering that it is the physical meeting which is in a
> 'remote' venue), is evolving to enhance the impact of 'remote' attendees.
>
> Semantics and definitions underlie verbal discussions, and RP is not exempt
> from word play :) This year we emphasized 'engage remotely, connect
> locally', and see that this is indeed a mobile and global concept. Who is
> really local, who is 'remote'? Is there a better way to describe 'remote'
> participation?
>
> The RP workshop discussion was excellent and moved from applications and
> techniques to a more mature level of policy and issues to concretely address
> access and inclusion. We will post a transcript online for continued
> exchange in comments around the transcript itself. I will post a link to the
> discussion once it is uploaded.
>
> Again, congratulations to everyone, local and 'remote'... IG is behind many
> important concepts and innovations, not only multistakeholder (ism)
> meetings, but remote participation and well.
>
>
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
> IGCBP Online Coordinator
> DiploFoundation
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig
>
> *The latest from Diplo...*
> http://DISCUSS.diplomacy.edu is a space for discussing ideas and concepts
> from Diplo’s teaching and research activities. Our activities focus on three
> main areas: Internet governance, diplomacy, and global governance. In
> September, we DISCUSS: a) network neutrality: hype and reality, b) the IGF
> experience: what can policy makers learn from the IGF, and c) the history of
> the Internet. Let us know if you have suggestions about ideas and concepts
> that should be discussed.
>
> On 9/26/2010 11:05 AM, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>
> I also like to echo the congratulations and thanks, and also one
> (strange) proposal for the next round.
>
> How about, making things "upside-down"?
> I mean at physical meeting of the IGF, how about making the
> main speakers and participants all remote? So far, the remote
> participation and participants are regarded as supplementary,
> but not given a front-seat status. But think of online chat or
> conference call where no one is physically present and taking
> floors as main participants. Everyone is remote. At IGF, we can
> have the physical participants there, but making most speakers
> and interactions online, webcast, chat etc.
>
> I think it's worth a try so that those who cannot come to the venue
> still feel they have the main player, with deeper sense of
> participation and ownership.
>
> izumi
>
>
> 2010/9/27 Rebecca MacKinnon <rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> <rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com>:
>
>  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
> Cell: +1-617-939-3493
> E-mail: rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
> Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack
> 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. There’s 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
> Secretariat’s 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> <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 Internetwww.imaginingtheinternet.org
>
> Associate Professor of Communications
> Director of Internet Projects
> School of Communications
> Elon Universityandersj at elon.edu
> (336) 278-5733 (o)
>
>
>
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