Re: [ga] remote participation

["Roberto Gaetano" <ga_chair@hotmail.com>]

Michael Froomkin wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Alexander Svensson wrote:
>
> > However, the proposal that the in-person participants take
> > part in the meeting as remote participants seems to take
> > away all the advantages of physical meetings; why should
> > there be physical meetings after all? The local community
>
>Good question.  Given that this is a global internet body, one might well
>ask.

About asking, did you say "global" internet body?
How does a US Corporation, subject to the authority of US Congress, located 
in the US, with US citizens as CEO (both the initial and the current), with 
US citizens as Chairpersons (again, both the initial and the current), that 
makes a statement about the recruitment of non-US staff in terms of 
"difficulty get a visa for non-US residents" (answer to a question of mine 
in Marina del Rey), and I may go on with more?
So, there is are obvious limits to "power" and "participation", that are not 
just related to physical/remote.

This said, maybe a way to go could be to experiment once a completely online 
meeting. In other words, of the 4 meetings per year, why can't we organize 
one fully online?

Regards
Roberto


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