[governance] A couple of thoughts for the MAG discussion

[Deirdre Williams]

Dear Roland,
I am living testimony to the frustration you speak about - having got up at
4.30 to be ready at 5 for the meeting - I can't find the meeting. :-(
Can anybody help please?
Deirdre

On 16 February 2012 04:54, Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>wrote:

> at 14:32:45 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Deirdre Williams <
> williams.deirdre at gmail.com> writes
>
>  One of the people 'at' the MAG meeting
>> this morning was in San Francisco, rushing off to lobby - electronically -
>> as soon as the meeting was finished. So I would incline to the idea that
>> remote participation is fast losing its 'second class' status, and would
>> push hard for the 'right' that remote participants should NEVER be treated
>> as second class, although they often are now.
>>
>
> In order to manage people's expectations, I think there should be a
> grading system for remote participation.
>
> For example, is there a live audio feed, a live video feed, transcriptions
> live or transcriptions archived. Is there an archive of the webcast. Can
> remote participants have questions read out, or can they speak to the
> meeting from their remote location. Is there a facility for chat between
> remote participants.
>
> I'm not suggesting that all of these options have to be available for
> every meeting, but when there's an expectation of being able to participate
> (or indeed as might be the case for today's MAG meeting, to remotely
> observe, which is slightly different) and it turns out the facility is very
> limited, it can be frustrating.
> --
> Roland Perry
>
>
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