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

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris and all former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users.

Of course you right here Chirs.  And as usual, Vittorio whom holds
himself out as a "leader" is obviscatiing. He had good teachers in such
gamesmanship, Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, Mike Roberts, ect..

We, INEGroup recommended long ago now for Internet video
conferencing for ICANN meetings and my company twice offered
to provide same at cost to ICANN in it's early days. Vint and others
nixed the idea fearing too much exposier I supposed at the time...

It has been well known that Vittorio and Vint amongst others
within the ICANN structure, are and remain against indicidual
membership in any At-Large structure as Vint also led the doing
away with in the ISOC.

Medal of freedom my @$s Vint!  Shame on you...

kidsearch wrote:

> it's also not rocket surgery or brain science vittorio. no big budget needed
> for staffing. the rest about the need to have people there at the meetings,
> etc. is overstated. This is about the Internet. the people involved are able
> to grasp the whole virtual concept just fine and meetings are conducted
> effectively online all the time. the money would be better spent on virtual
> conferencing no matter what spin is put on it.
>
> Chris McElroy, President,
> Kidsearch Network
> http://www.KidsearchNetwork.org
> http://www.MissingChildrenBlog.com
> http://www.RunawayTeens.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Vint Cerf" <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <mueller@xxxxxxx>;
> <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [ga] RE: [At-Large] Virtual Conferencing
>
> > Danny Younger ha scritto:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I think that the two things are complementary. You need people
> > physically present at ICANN meetings, as a team, to build effective
> > participation and to allow the At Large to have an impact, which happens
> > by building personal relationships with the rest of the ICANN community
> > and management, and by showing up and talking at meetings. And also,
> > there would be benefit in setting up more effective remote participation
> > mechanisms, for example for the Public Forum (which, honestly, looks
> > more and more like a one-way set of presentations and less and less like
> > an actual space for discussion).
> >
> > Virtual conferencing, however, could only happen if ICANN is available
> > to put money on appropriate staffing for the project - not just on the
> > instruments themselves. Virtual conferences require preparation,
> > moderation and wrap-up, and this is not something that can be expected
> > to be run by volunteers.
> > --
> > vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> > http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
> >

Regards,

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