[governance] remote paticipation via standardized protocols (was Re: Open consultations)

[Roland Perry]

In message <AF2579D4-F9F9-44BD-A11A-C491B4FD3D2E at acm.org>, at 04:29:04 
on Thu, 19 May 2011, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> writes
>
>On 19 May 2011, at 03:59, Norbert Bollow wrote:
>
>> Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:
>>> If things change, other solutions might be preferable, but this one
>>> works, now, and we should embrace it.
>
>embrace seems a bit strong.
>if it works for all we should certainly use
>on the other hand if it doesn't work for everyone that is a concern.

Most of the "not working" I've seen seems to be due to things like the 
hosts not plugging in the microphone. That's a problem which software 
can't really solve (other than by allowing everyone to contact the 
operator, which we've been doing).

>> Wishful thinking and denying that a problem exists does not
>> help someone for whom this "solution" does not work (like it
>> is the case for me, with a rather ordinary Ubuntu setup with
>> Adobe flash installed from the "Canonical partner repository",
>> so according to Roland's assertions the "solution" should
>> work, but in my actual experience that is not the case.)
>>
>> Wishful thinking and denying that a problem exists also does
>> not help to address the fundamental internet governance problem
>> that --because of the insufficient emphasis on strictly open
>> standards in key communication related areas-- there is strong
>> socioeconomic pressure to avoid using e.g. GNU/Linux.
>
>and also that it limits global remote participation.

Any solution will be limiting in one way or another. I'd be limited if 
all I could see was the transcript or an audio feed, and my only way of 
sending in questions was by email.

>of course even the way it was set up at the ITU, while for the most 
>part one could listen - until the broke up in groups that is

That'll always happen when you get ad-hoc breakout groups and the 
organisers don't have every possible meeting room/location wired up.

>- there was no way to actually participate as the did not enable and 
>test those capabilities of Adobe.

I don't think that's a problem with Adobe - features of other systems 
(of which I don't hear many specific suggestions) could also suffer from 
not being used to the full.
-- 
Roland Perry
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