Re: [council] virtual conference -- Bret Faucett was only 10 years ahead of his time -- maybe this platform would work for ICANN?

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Volker,

i agree, this couldn’t replace the big meetings yet (although i hope it can in 
my lifetime).  but i’d be really interested to try this for some of the smaller 
inter-sessional meetings that are often foregone because it’s just too 
expensive to get people together.  

one of the things that intrigues me about a gizmo like this is the integration 
of the virtual environment with VoIP conversations.  Brett had a Bar built into 
his environment, the hope being that people could go hang out there between 
sessions and strike up those very conversations you’re talking about.

we’re probably a decade too soon for complete replacement, but maybe as a 
supplement?  

mikey

On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:50 AM, Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Mikey,
> 
> while virtualization may be an option at some point, I do not see it 
> replacing the ICANN meetings just yet, since I feel the socialization aspect 
> of the meetings is too important to leave behind. 
> 
> The unexpected meetings in the hallways, the beer at the bar, the shared 
> experience of a bad or excellent hotel and venue are all hard to emulate 
> online. 
> 
> Volker
> 
> Am 01.03.2014 13:58, schrieb Mike O'Connor:
>> hi all,
>> 
>> i loved Bret’s idea of doing an ICANN meeting in 2nd Life — it didn’t work, 
>> but mostly for technical reasons.
>> 
>> there’s a domain conference coming up (right spang in the middle of ICANN 
>> London, dang it) that’s being hosted on a really interesting platform that 
>> may be part of a trend.  i *think* this is the platform they’ve built their 
>> conference on;
>> 
>>  http://virtualconferences.com/index.html
>> 
>> here’s a link to the conference that caught my eye
>> 
>>  http://domainindex.com/webfair3/home.html#
>> 
>> i would die and go to heaven if ICANN had something like this available and 
>> we could learn how to use it effectively in our work.  note the tricky word 
>> “effectively” in there — i have no idea whether there are show-stoppers in 
>> terms of connectivity or privacy or language.  but the possibilities for 
>> “almost as good as face to face meetings, without the cost/pain of travel” 
>> strike me as worth pursuing.
>> 
>> 
>> mikey
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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