[ga] RE: [At-Large] Virtual Conferencing

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Vint,

The session in which Marcus Kummer spoke had
participants from Europe, Africa, Asia, and
NorthAmerica.  When a session is important, you
somehow find the time to participate no matter what
the hour.  

Vint, the software tools that I am recommending could
be put to use by a number of different constituencies.
 You should consider having ICANN obtain such tools
for everyone's mutual benefit. 

As much as I like the idea of a few At-Large reps
traveling to ICANN meetings on ICANN's dime, I would
feel better about having a virtual environment
available wherein many around the planet could
participate simultaneously.



--- Vint Cerf <vint@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Danny,
> 
> Thanks for this constructive observation. How did
> the time zone challenge
> work out for the cases you were involved in?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Younger [mailto:dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:32 AM
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: mueller@xxxxxxx; michael@xxxxxxxxxx;
> vint@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [At-Large] Virtual Conferencing
> 
> My initial thoughts on the Borad Finance Committee
> At-Large line budget
> item:
> 
> I can think of better ways to spend ICANN's money on
> behalf of the At-Large
> than by allocating funds to cover At-Large
> representative travel expenses.
> While I appreciate the gesture, much more can be
> accomplished with such
> funds by purchasing the tools that would enable
> fruitful consensus-building
> at-large discussions in a virtual environment.  
> 
> During the course of the last year I have
> participated in virtual events
> organized by Milton Mueller's Internet Governance
> Project.  His university
> has either purchased or leased interactive
> conferencing software that
> enables anyone in the world to participate by voice
> and/or text and in such
> a conference through their own computer.  The
> conference organizer can
> recognize speakers, present slides, ask for a
> virtual thumbs-up or down on
> any issue, and maintain a recording of the entire
> procedure.  
> 
> In my view, we are better off as a community
> accepting funds that would
> allow for a collaborative approach to policy
> development through such
> participatory software, rather than accepting by
> funding that will accrue to
> unelected "leaders" (selected by ICANN) for
> occasional travel.
> 
> Perhaps Milton can let us know the approximate costs
> for the cotelco service
> that he is using...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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