Re: [ga] Yokohama Remote Participation -- Feedback Requested

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

Andy and all,

  This is of course a very good idea.  However it has been suggested
on several occasions before, by several people...

Andy Gardner wrote:

> >[Vany]
> >Of course this might continue.  In fact is very usefull for non-english
> >native speaking people that attends phisically the meeting and sometimes loose
> >one word or two.
> >
> >And in this issue I want to recomend something else that can be very helpfull
> >in reading this minutes and can increase the remote participation all over the
> >world.
> >
> >I want to propose real-time-scribres that translates to other langauages all
> >the minutes taken, also in real-time.  Of course, I understand that this maybe
> >requires additonal equipment like another screen to be seen in the other
> >languages, for example.
> >
> >Also I understand that such staff can raise more expenses to ICANN because
> >such staff for sure will not be able to pay themselves their
> >expenses (like air
> >ticket and hosting, for example).
> >
> >But,  instead of such staff travelling, they can translate what they
> >see in the webcast and open different channels for the translations in several
> >languages and all it can be done from computers all over the world without
> >attending physically ICANN meetings!!!
>
> Bingo!
>
> Multiple IRC channels with remote translators watching the main
> scribe's English channel and rela-time translating into a different
> channel for each language.
>
> Good thinking Vany!
>
> >Of course, I advice that such staff be hired and paid for their time:  But
> >whatever ICANN pays for such service always would be much more cheaper than
> >paying air tickets and hotel expenses for people that do such translations on
> >site of the meetings!!!
>
> Using the Internet wisely. Could this be a first for ICANN.
>
> --
> Andrew P. Gardner
>
> Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
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