[governance] Towards true remote participation (was Re: Next IGF in Geneva? How about Berlin?)

Tue Dec 13 02:41:40 EST 2016

Hi Renata,

 No need to re-invent the wheel. The previous work could be improved upon
and I would be happy to share the little experience from the previous WG
lead by Ginger.

Looking forward to contribute.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 3:41 AM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Charity
>
> Yes, I took a look at the IGF previous WGs last year, when I started
> following the IGF closely.
> Indeed this was great work.
> And surely Ginger will still have this institutional memory to share.
> Thanks for the info, most grateful for these pointers
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Embley, Charity G <
> charity.g.embley at ttu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Renata,
>>
>>
>> I just wanted to add something on the on-going conversation about remote
>> participation.  I'm going out on a limb and assume that the concept of
>> remote participation that you all were referring to is in relation to
>> remote hubs and how distant participants (who are unable to attend IGF
>> meetings)  would be able to remotely attend the meetings.  Please correct
>> me if I'm mistaken on this assumption.  Anyways, a couple of years ago,
>> Marilia Maciel, Raquel Gatto, Rafik D, Ginger P and myself were part of the
>> IGF Remote Participation Working Group (If I might have forgotten anybody -
>> my apologies) and the goal was to make remote participation accessible.
>> The remote hubs were established and even funded in some countries as an
>> outreach initiative.  We do have a Facebook page called IGF Remote
>> Participation Working Group. You can search it. The page will kind of give
>> you an overview and there are initiatives on remote participation that have
>> been established since 2010. It has not been updated since 2011and I still
>> get notifications.  But if it is something that you would like to continue
>> working on, that should not be a problem, especially if Ginger is also
>> taking a lead on it.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> ________________________
>> Charity Gamboa Embley, M.Ed
>> PhD Curriculum & Instruction: Language, Diversity and Literacy|   College
>> of Education| MS 1071
>> Texas Tech University| 3008 18th Street, Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
>>
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>> *From:* governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org <
>> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of Renata Aquino
>> Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, December 11, 2016 9:15:50 PM
>> *To:* Internet Governance; Norbert Bollow; Deirdre Williams; Arsène
>> Tungali; Bianca Ho
>> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Towards true remote participation (was Re:
>> Next IGF in Geneva? How about Berlin?)
>>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> It is great to see these ideas, please keep suggestions coming.
>>
>> A Best Practices Forum on Remote Participation could be a way to
>> discuss these ideas and create recommendations, also referring to the
>> previous existing great work by the Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility
>> and others.
>>
>> How about we think about this for IGF2017? Bianca Ho and I thought
>> about this and would be great to hear your thoughts.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Renata
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:48:32 -0400
>> > Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I suggested we make the technology work for us so -
>> >> earlier in the week I was discussing remote participation with
>> >> someone and the possibility of a "signup sheet" of some type for each
>> >> session was suggested to solve the problem of getting correctly
>> >> spelled names and correct affiliation into the transcript. However
>> >> this has difficulties for those who prefer anonymity.
>> >> The scheduling software which has been used (the circles with
>> >> initials or pictures) might be a way to create the "signup sheet" -
>> >> with the proviso that if you wish to be anonymous or don't want to
>> >> talk you don't sign up?
>> >
>> > How about instead of a "signup sheet" creating a "list of active
>> > participants" for each session, where the "active participants"
>> > are those who make an intervention?
>> >
>> > I'd envision this per-session "list of active participants" to
>> > include contact information.
>> >
>> > When an in-person participant makes an intervention from the floor, the
>> > protocol for collecting this contact information could be as simple as
>> > giving a business card to the person who passes the microphone around.
>> >
>> > For panelists and for remote participants, name and contact information
>> > is already collected anyway.
>> >
>> > Just listening to a session should IMO not lead to personal information
>> > about that being recorded in any way, and that should IMO be
>> > independent of whether you listen by being personally in the workshop
>> > room or whether you listen via the Internet.
>> >
>> > I think it's different when you make an intervention. The IGF is a
>> > public policy process and there is a need for transparency also in
>> > regard to who says something. This need for transparency is not absolute
>> > however. There needs to be room for justified exceptions. For example
>> > it must IMO be accepted for human rights NGOs to arrange for anonymous
>> > interventions from people in situations where their freedom of speech
>> > is not adequately protected. In such cases, the concerned human rights
>> > NGO can still provide some form of contact information.
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> > Norbert
>> >
>> >
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