Re: [ga] Re: [announce] NC telecon 16 August 2001 - agenda

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

If Bret cannot do it, can any of the NC participants tape-record the meeting 
and make it available?
RG


>From: "Bret A. Fausett" <baf@fausett.com>
>To: <ga@dnso.org>
>Subject: Re: [ga] Re: [announce] NC telecon 16 August 2001 - agenda
>Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 09:30:51 -0700
>
>Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales wrote:
> > In my personal concept, the DNSO shouldn't increase the expenses.  A
> > webcasting (only audio) have high cost because it would imply to hire 
>the
> > Berkman Center (they don't do this for free) and it would imply some
> > thousands dollars for sure.
>
>The audio from virtually every Names Council meeting over the last year has
>been available in a downloadable mp3 file from my web site. I've always
>posted a link to the General Assembly list within a few hours after the 
>call
>has concluded. They've been of varying quality, but they are usually
>sufficient for following the issues and staying up to date. The mp3 
>webcasts
>are not available in real time, but the meetings aren't participatory for
>non-NC members either, so a delay of a few hours should be acceptable.
>
>I usually keep the most current meeting linked from the main page of my web
>site (http://www.lextext.com), and I think links to many of the recent 
>calls
>are now available off the main DNSO page (http://www.dnso.org). Because of
>space considerations on my server, I'll be taking some of the older ones
>off-line over the next couple of weeks (but anyone who wants an archived
>copy for research can ask and I'll e-mail you a copy).
>
>I started doing this as, to borrow a phrase, "proof of concept" that
>"webcasts" for listen-only, non-participatory meetings need not be
>expensive. The costs involved are simply an external microphone, software
>that records audio into mp3 format (or will convert into mp3 format), and a
>web server. I think the proof of concept has been a success, and it's my
>understanding that some of the bidders to take over the DNSO Secretariat
>function offered to perform this service directly (which I welcome!).
>
>        -- Bret
>
>(By the way, I don't believe that I will be able to provide this service 
>for
>the 16 August 2001 conference call. I'll post something here in the next
>couple of days though, so GA members can make alternative arrangements if
>necessary.)
>
>
>
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