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

[Roland Perry]

In message <20110521154705.55F2915C0DF at quill.bollow.ch>, at 17:47:05 on 
Sat, 21 May 2011, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> writes

>Sigh. Roland, did you truly not understand that in this entire
>thread what I'm talking about is that in my opinion, there is
>not enough practical emphasis on standardization of protocols
>and data formats for communication via the internet (in the
>sense of formal development of suitable open standards and their
>adoption), and that this lack of emphasis is (of course together
>with other factors) causing practical problems?

Of course I realise that this is your opinion. I've worked with people 
who (for example) refuse to participate when MS-Word documents are 
circulated, on the grounds that it's a proprietary technology.

However, my opinion is that without the pragmatic use of the tools we 
*do* have (like Adobe Connect, let alone MS-Word) things would be even 
worse when trying to participate in the meetings which will carry on 
regardless of whether there's a suitable open standards remote 
participation solution, or whether there's someone in the audience who 
has opted out of reading MS-Word documents.

I'm the record encouraging the development of an open standards 
solution, but am realistic about the time and effort involved.
-- 
Roland Perry
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