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

[Roland Perry]

In message <C31D3188-6DC6-4B39-9494-DBE2F0E3EA7A at acm.org>, at 10:52:07 
on Thu, 19 May 2011, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> writes
>>> 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.
>
>in a well formed plan from remote participation, everyone's laptop etc.  could have to capability to feed into  the remote particpation matrix.
>
>or something like that.  and getting something that  allows for an ad-hoc setup of server would be easier in the FOSS world.  anything that
>requires a license to be a server limits the spread of the remote participation capability.
>
>and, since CS rarely has the ability to pay the fees for the good private stuff, if we want to carry around the ability to establish remote
>participation for any meeting anywhere anytime, we need something other than Adobe etc...
>
>no put down on Adobe, just the way of the world.

The way to cure this is to set up a project to produce the "better" 
remote participation tools, then trial them at some large meetings where 
you are in control (perhaps some of those meetings unable to pay licence 
fees). Once the merits are established, it should be an easy "sell" to 
venues like ICANN and the UN.

In the mean time, we are where we are, and have to use the tools that 
are available, and to some extent proven in the marketplace.
-- 
Roland Perry
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