RE: [registrars] RE: ICANN India

[Paul Goldstone <paulg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stéphane,

Good point (definitely 2 cents worth!).  A full day would be a 
significantly large audio file and difficult to sift through.

Jon - thanks for your response too.  I checked out the ICANN remote 
participation page:  http://public.icann.org/remote-participation

They have a forum link to discuss possible solutions but it comes 
back with a 404.  Interestingly, they also have the following page 
with text transcripts from most (but not all) of the meetings:

http://delhi.icann.org/transcripts

Perhaps that's a possible solution for RC meetings for now.

I wrote to Kieren and will get back to the list when I have more info.

Regards,

~Paul
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At 12:09 PM 2/29/2008, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>My two cents, for what it's worth (about a cent and a half probably J): recordings of long meetings (ours are held over a full day let?s not forget) are a good idea in theory but end up being very hard to use in reality because of the sheer bulk of audio to sift through.
> 
>It would however be great to find some way of being able to distribute the contents of our meetings to those members of the constituency that aren?t able to attend. But I don?t quite know what the most efficient way of doing that is?
> 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nevett, Jonathon
>Sent: vendredi 29 février 2008 17:48
>To: Paul Goldstone
>Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [registrars] RE: ICANN India
> 
> 
>Paul:
> 
>We definitely permit telephonic participation at RC meetings.  We
>usually have a handful of folks on the phone during the meetings.  I
>understand that the technology, unfortunately, is not always up to
>snuff, but ICANN tells me that they are trying to rectify any such
>shortfalls.  As for other non-RC meetings that occur as part of the
>broader ICANN meeting, I'd refer you to the ICANN public participation
>site http://public.icann.org/ and/or the ICANN public participation
>manager, kieren.mccarthy@xxxxxxxxx.  I believe that there are ways to
>participate real time, but I'm not sure if you can do so telephonically.
> 
>Finally, with regard to recording meetings, we definitely have had some
>push back in the past about doing this from a number of folks.  Is there
>significant interest in recording meetings?  The GNSO records its
>meetings, but I don't believe that any of the other constituencies do
>so. 
> 
>Thanks.
> 
>Jon
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Goldstone [mailto:paulg@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:49 AM
>To: Nevett, Jonathon
>Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Fwd: ICANN India
> 
>Jon,
> 
>If you're the right person to ask, would you mind clarifying the 
>following for myself and the group, in anticipation for future meetings:
> 
>1) Is it acceptable for people on the phone to also participate in RC 
>meetings, or are they only permitted to listen?
> 
>2) Is it possible for people to attend other ICANN meetings by phone 
>or only the RC meeting?
> 
>3) Is it possible/acceptable to record the RC meetings and make them 
>available for download (by members only) via the new website eventually?
> 
>Thanks,
> 
>~Paul
>:DomainIt
> 
> 
>>Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:52:48 -0500
>>To: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>From: Paul Goldstone <paulg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: ICANN India
>> 
>>All,
>> 
>>I just wanted to express my gratitude again to everyone who made it 
>>out to the ICANN conference in India.  It was a late night/morning 
>>here in EST but I was pleased to have the opportunity to attend the RC 
>>meeting by phone.
>> 
>>There were times I would have liked to express my opinions but the 
>>phone connection wasn't great.  I know there was at least one time 
>>that Tim from GoDaddy tried to make comments too.  For future 
>>meetings, assuming the phone connection is clear, is it acceptable for 
>>people on the phone to also participate, or are they only permitted to
>listen?
>> 
>>Furthermore, is it possible for people to attend other ICANN meetings
>by 
>>phone or is that only for the RC meeting?
>> 
>>In regards to the RC meeting itself, there was a lot of healthy 
>>discussion and great points were made.  I was somewhat disappointed to 
>>not hear more comments on the option for providing additional 
>>allowance at times when the suggested threshold was exceeded due to 
>>testing or fraud.  I think it may have been mentioned but I would have 
>>liked more weight to be given that point.  It could have also been 
>>clarified that Nominet currently has this very discretionary method in
>place.
>> 
>>I also felt that several people made great points against locking 
>>domains for 60 days following a whois update.  Elliot in particular 
>>made some incredibly strong arguments and I agree with his statements. 
>> I couldn't tell who, but either Kurt or Paul stated that it is under 
>>review whether those actions are against policies, and that they'd get 
>>back to us within a week.  I'm eager to hear their final decision.
>> 
>>As an aside, I don't know if this is acceptable or not, but I wonder 
>>if it'd be possible to record the RC meetings and make them available 
>>for download (by members only) via the website eventually.
>> 
>>Best Regards,
>> 
>>~Paul
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