[governance] Remote participation

Tue Apr 21 12:29:59 EDT 2015

Dear Joly,
I'm so glad you replied to give me a chance to say a very public thank you
for your faithful notifications of what's going on.
THANK YOU
Deirdre

On 21 April 2015 at 12:20, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> Recently ISOC has been using Zoom http://zoom.us for remote participation
> in internal meetings (in preference to Webex, which suffered from terrible
> audio). It's certainly easy and flexible.
>
> However I am told that it is not very accessible for blind users.
>
> j
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Deirdre Williams <
> williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Arsene,
>> It used to be (my observation) that meetings concerning the internet had
>> a default position of trying to make their proceedings accessible online -
>> if you are discussing a communication tool it seems good sense also to use
>> it. However recently (again my observation) this practice has become less
>> common. The ITU, the IGF and ICANN do their best within their financial
>> capabilities, some institutions having larger budgets than others.
>> "[I]nternational IG meetings" is something of an awkward construct since
>> the majority of IG meetings are international in nature - in their speakers
>> and/or their participants.
>>
>> I checked (not as carefully as I might have done - my non-virtual life is
>> quite busy at the moment) for remote access to the meeting in the Hague.
>> Judith says that remote access was available, but I would propose that the
>> links were rather less easy to find than is usual with a meeting of that
>> size. Recently I became aware of a meeting to be held in Malta at the end
>> of the month. I was interested to attend so asked about remote
>> participation. I was told that they were trying but the budget probably
>> wouldn't stretch so far.
>> I hope this clarifies my original message.
>>
>> I agree with Daniel, David and Michael - participation is crucially
>> important, and in the context of the internet should NOT be measured in
>> terms of physical presence.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Deirdre
>>
>> On 21 April 2015 at 09:39, Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) <arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi De,
>>> Trying to understand your point...
>>> Do you mean there is less remote participation possibilities offered for
>>> international IG meetings?
>>>
>>> Thanks for clarifying for me,
>>> A
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>>>
>>>   Le Mardi 21 avril 2015 15h32, Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at consensus.pro>
>>> a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>> While I am sure we all agree with the sentiment - and I am certain that
>>> I’m relatively spoiled as I attend anything in Geneva in person - it would
>>> be helpful to see some examples of meetings where this is a problem, and
>>> especially, where annual meetings have decreased remote participation
>>> options.
>>>
>>> > On 21 Apr 2015, at 05:15, David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > This is a serious issue. We strongly need to encourage and expand
>>> remote participation, not decrease it.
>>> >
>>> > Remote participation in the form of webcasts and assigned remote
>>> participation people to ask questions on behalf of remote participants is a
>>> bare minimum. Improving remote participation by whatever means -
>>> mechanisms such as properly staffed remote hubs, screens so that remote
>>> participant comments are visible to those in the room, enabling
>>> telepresence panellist participation, etc spring to mind -  should be the
>>> what we are aiming for, not just maintaining the minimal levels of
>>> participation.
>>> >
>>> > While multi-stakeholder processes may be much more open than those
>>> gatekeepered by governments, they will remain the province of a relatively
>>> small elite unless we can ensure that physical travel is not a necessity
>>> for participation. I think we currently do this OK for working group style
>>> processes, we don’t do it at all well for higher level processes.
>>> >
>>> > Regards
>>> >
>>> > David
>>> >
>>> >> On 21 Apr 2015, at 8:04 am, Deirdre Williams <
>>> williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Colleagues,
>>> >> During the discussion of recent internet governance related meetings
>>> I don't remember seeing any comments about the steady erosion of remote
>>> participation or even webcasts.
>>> >> Considering the area being discussed by these meetings this seems to
>>> me to be a very serious loss.
>>> >> How do others feel?
>>> >> Deirdre
>>> >>
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