Re: [ga] Webcast of Today's NC Meeting

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Nilda and all assembly members,

  Vany and Brett in specific here, once upon a time, as Brett puts it,
I contacted several main stream media organizations for broadcasting
ICANN meetings, starting with the very first one in BOston I believe.
Several were VERY happy to do so.  I also informed the than ICANN
Interim Board of this.  They refused to follow up on that.  Recently,
I contacted all but one of those mainstream media organizations about
providing at no cost, NC meetings.  They were ecstatic about doing so.
Why than, as with the recent ALSC webcasting, has this not
been followed up on by the ICANN staff or the NC?  I think I
know the answer.  I wonder if you or Brett do?

  So in conclusion to chastise Kristy here is not only unwarranted, it is
terribly phony!

Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales wrote:

> Hi Brett:
>
> Thank you for clarifying to Kristy.  You said it better than I a month ago
> when we was discussing the same issue.
>
> Best Regards
> Vany
>
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Bret Fausett wrote:
>
> > Kristy, once upon a time, in the early in the days of the DNSO, the Names
> > Council webcast all of its meetings, in real time, using the excellent
> > webcasting services of the Berkman Center. Real time webcasts, however,
> > typically require special software, special servers, and knowledgeable staff
> > support. That's expensive. I think the costs to the DNSO were running
> > several thousand dollars per half day of real time webcasting. About a year
> > and a half ago, when the Names Council was still trying to reach agreement
> > on permanent funding mechanisms, it decided to no longer offer webcasting
> > for its teleconferences, for budgetary reasons, but to provide 10 listen
> > only ports for members of the public who wanted to listen in. (Webcasting of
> > the in-person meetings are still provided.)
> >
> > I don't think the budgetary problems are imaginary or over. As you may know,
> > some constituencies are having difficulty finding sources of funds to pay
> > their annual DNSO assessments. There *has* been a public call for voluntary
> > contributions, and Verisign set aside $100,000 in a matching fund as
> > encouragement. The DNSO may be more well funded today than it was when it
> > made its initial decision on webcasting, but its budget is still limited.
> > The NC has been very willing to accept assistance from volunteers, as their
> > use of these mp3 webcasts illustrates. (Contrast, for example, the NC's
> > encouragement of these webcasts with the closed teleconferences that the
> > ICANN Board still conducts.)
> >
> >        -- Bret
> >
> > Kristy McKee wrote:
> > > ?what?
> > >
> > > Bret?
> > >
> > > There has been no public announcement that the DNSO needs money or would
> > > appreciate technical support for their meetings.  There has not been a
> > > membership drive or any information that leads me to believe your comment
> > > is true.  All I have read is that the DNSO experiences budget constraints
> > > and I don't buy it.  I don't know anyone who believes you.  If you need
> > > help, you must first ask for it and then be willing to receive it.
> > >
> > >
> > > ~k
> > >
> >
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