Re: [ga] remote participation

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

On 14:22 17/02/01 -0500, Cade,Marilyn S - LGA said:
>
>While I support a better mechanism to include remote participation, the
>reality is that each meeting draws heavily from the local/regional
>community, and many people to make extraordinary efforts to attend and
>participate.  
>

Marilyn, Michael , Sotiris and all,

Having been one of those who has truly made these extraordinary efforts to
be in Singapore, Berlin, Santiago and Yokohama, but also tried to
participate remotely in MdR and Cairo,  I very much see the point of "the
level playing field" that Michael makes.

The f2f participations is experienced as a "battle of attrition", whereby
the people who have to travel unfunded by expense accounts are slowly
"whittled away" from the meetings.

What Marilyn says about "the local community" is true (especially it was so
in Santiago, where the university had done commendable work in informing
people from all over Latin America),  but in the end, the people that speak
and debate are always the same old crowd , some of whom also deign to speak
here online. (good on Marilyn, Ken Stubs, Patric Greenwell, Roberto and
others) 
This is because the issues are not local, they are global and there are
still the same as on day one of "newCo".

>Let's not create a disincentive for folks to make the effort to participate
>face to face in our efforts to improve remote participation.
>

You can't be serious here Marilyn. A disincentive? 
If Michael, Sotiris and all those who would love to participate f2f, but
can't, can succeed with an experiment that can make remote participants
truly feel part of the meetings and able to give and get the same input as
local participants, this would be a major riveting experience with Net
enabled technology.
This alone would make it worthwhile to sit through a lot of the more boring
stuff that is presented during ICANN meetings.

I think it is still a pipedream, but the principle is valid and the
technology is moving fast.
The real problem is us ourselves: can we cope with the sensory overload?

 

>Marilyn
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sotiropoulos [mailto:sotiris@hermesnetwork.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:26 PM
>Cc: ga@dnso.org
>Subject: Re: [ga] Draft of Bylaws Recommendation concerning the
>GeneralAssembly
>
>
>"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote:
>> 
>> I have a very simple suggestion that is fair to everyone.  Please note in
>> reading what follows that I am serious about this.
>> 
>> I think everyone, including the people physically present, should have to
>> submit comments via the 'remote' system and be subject to the same
>> filtering.  This will remove the otherwise highly unfair advantage that
>> wealth and physical proximity bring to attendees.  If the system of
>> handling remove comments is fair enough for remote participants, it should
>> be fair enough for physical participants.  If it is not, this system will
>> ensure that it quickly reaches that standard.
>> 
>> Anything less is second-class status.
>
>Professor Froomkin, I completely agree with you on
>this wise.  Personally, I do not think any special
>emphasis should be placed on the so-called "ICANN
>Experience" of an in-person audience.  If
>anything, such emphasis serves to paint ICANN
>Meetings as some kind of travelling roadshow. 
>There is simply too much at stake in ICANN to make
>exclusive allowances for the in-house audience, no
>matter what their presence at the meeting cost
>them.  
>
>I think your proposed measure would go a long way
>in establishing a more level playing field within
>the instrumentality of ICANN Meetings, especially
>with regards to audience participation. 
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>	Hermes Network, Inc.
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