Re: [ga] UPDATE: Berkman Center will not webcast ICANN's Accra meetings

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Thank you very much for your illumination.

It will be interesting to watch if ICANN has opted for less communication and
outreach or for more.

I am no technical wizard but I do know that your people were very friendly and
helpful in my several encounters with them.  Your response here is quite
diplomatic.  You speak very well for your group and I hope that your
professionalism was considered in all matters pertinent.

I hope to see your services rendered again in the near future.

Sincerely,
Eric

Ben Edelman wrote:

> David wrote:
>
> > Are you able to be more explicit about the reasons for this Ben?
>
> I can't say for sure why ICANN declined the Berkman Center's proposal --
> indeed, their staff didn't give me a reason when notifying me that they had
> declined the Berkman Center's Accra meeting tech proposal.  But certainly
> Berkman Center staff and ICANN staff have, over the past three years and
> past twelve meetings, at times had different ideas about the appropriate and
> optimal scope, technical sophistication, and robustness (backup systems,
> etc.) of meeting webcasts, as well as the associated costs that such
> facilities entail.  I actually haven't had the sort of back-and-forth
> negotiation with ICANN that would lead me to well understand their
> motivations and concerns here, but my sense is that they thought they could
> get a better service -- perhaps one that they perceive to better match their
> needs, or that they find to feature a lower total cost -- elsewhere.
>
> > Is
> > this just a one off absence due to cost or a permanent disengagement?
>
> My understanding is that ICANN may have tentatively made arrangements with
> another organization to offer webcast services at Accra.  I wouldn't want to
> presuppose how that that relationship will develop, but it seems to me
> likely that if the new organization proves satisfactory in that context,
> ICANN will stick with them going forward.
>
> Ben Edelman
> Berkman Center for Internet & Society
> Harvard Law School
>
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