Re: [council] Motion on Transparency of Council Meetings

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi


On Jun 15, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Rafik Dammak wrote:

> Hi Caroline,
> 
> audiocast is different to what as councilors we use for confcall. it is just 
> classic audio streaming and it is not so expensive to be setup. 

As Chuck raised the same question I called the IGF secretariat, which 
audiocasts all the main IGF meetings and open consultations (much larger and 
more globally distributed audience than what we'd have).  They laughed and said 
its extremely inexpensive for any organization that has a server and bandwidth, 
so they don't separately cost it out.  So sorry I don't have a precise number 
handy, but I know it's widely done by universities and even NGOs of very 
limited means.  I cannot imagine it is beyond the capacity of ICANN to manage 
for two hours every three weeks.  

On Jun 15, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Zahid Jamil wrote:

> Wondering if that can also be the case for every Board meeting, working group 
> and drafting team?

In a perfect world...but why not start small, set the example, and then see...?

Best,

Bill




> 
> 2010/6/15 Caroline Greer <cgreer@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Do you know if we have a cost estimate for the set-up of real-time audio
> calls? I think we might need that information in order to consider the
> motion.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Caroline.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of William Drake
> Sent: 15 June 2010 10:03
> To: GNSO Council List
> Subject: [council] Motion on Transparency of Council Meetings
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In light of the bit of conversation over the past couple days concerning
> the relationship between Council members and their SGs, the ATRT process
> and our pending meeting with them, and internal discussions in NCSG, I
> hear by make the following motion.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> MOTION ON ENHANCING THE TRANSPARENCY OF GNSO COUNCIL MEETINGS
> 
> WHEREAS the Affirmation of Commitments mandates that ICANN processes be
> made as transparent as possible;
> 
> WHEREAS the GNSO Council seeks to promote broad community awareness of
> and engagement in GNSO activities;
> 
> WHEREAS the GNSO Council is a management team whose elected members
> represent their respective Stakeholder Groups in a manner determined by
> those Stakeholder Groups;
> 
> WHEREAS this representation function would be enhanced if Stakeholder
> Group members were able to listen in real time to Council meetings; and
> 
> WHEREAS it would be impractical to open the GNSO Council meeting
> teleconference facility to Stakeholder Group members;
> 
> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT:
> 
> RESOLVED that beginning in July 2010, all GNSO Council teleconference
> meetings will be audiocast (in addition to being recorded) so that
> members of the community can listen in real time.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Centre for International Governance
> Graduate Institute of International and
>  Development Studies
> Geneva, Switzerland
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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
www.linkedin.com/in/williamjdrake
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