[governance] Remote participation

Wed May 6 05:41:19 EDT 2015

hello
I believe also. However, we made the remarks at the Den Haag assessment
session.
Soon, it will be taken into account all these observations.

2015-05-06 10:29 GMT+01:00 Arsene TUNGALI (Yahoo) <arsenebaguma at yahoo.fr>:

> Thanks De,
> I agree with your point. For the Hague meeting, i had to search on Twitter
> in order to get to the livestream. The link was not widely shared time
> before the meeting.
>
> What i also notice is that the RP details are shared at last minute,
> sometimes, you get them while the meeting just ended (for short ones). It
> is good the MAG is working hard on that and we can expect some improvements
> going forwards.
>
> Thanks for raisong this issue,
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
>
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>
> At 21 avr. 2015 17:34:46, 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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