Re: [council] Draft minutes from today NC telecon October 5th,1999

[Richard Lindsay <richard@interq.ad.jp>]

Joe,

I believe the term should be - obligated by "a desire to support
transparent process and remote participation" rather than
"law".  We should change the wording although I am sure there is
a more simple phrase that what my brain has come up with...

NC members, am I correct in this assumption?

Richard

> Query:  what is the basis for the statement that NC is legally obligated to
> webcast?

>   * Schedule of Meetings in LA and technical arrangements
>
>      Resolved that the constituencies meetings on Monday will not be
>      webcast, but only recorded. Different considerations: cost ($US 8000),
>      time (afternoon in LA is in the middle of night in Europe),
>      practicability (it is almost impossible to have a conference call with
>      large aadience).
>
>      The NC is obligated by law to webcast, but have no money. There is a
>      reality shock, the DNSO and its institutions are likely to be
>      expensive. Impossible to have international organization,
>      teleconferences, secretariat working 15 hours/day, notes, and support
>      without appropriate budget. The raw estimation is $US 300,000.
>      Furthermore also constituencies need to estimate their budget. Some
>      constituencies would like to share facilities with the DNSO central
>      secretariat, some consider needing full time dedicated secretariat.