Re: [ga] Webcast of Today's NC Meeting

[Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales <vany@sdnp.org.pa>]

Hi Brett:

Thank you for clarifying to Kristy.  You said it better than I a month ago
when we was discussing the same issue.

Best Regards
Vany


On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Bret Fausett wrote:

> Kristy, once upon a time, in the early in the days of the DNSO, the Names
> Council webcast all of its meetings, in real time, using the excellent
> webcasting services of the Berkman Center. Real time webcasts, however,
> typically require special software, special servers, and knowledgeable staff
> support. That's expensive. I think the costs to the DNSO were running
> several thousand dollars per half day of real time webcasting. About a year
> and a half ago, when the Names Council was still trying to reach agreement
> on permanent funding mechanisms, it decided to no longer offer webcasting
> for its teleconferences, for budgetary reasons, but to provide 10 listen
> only ports for members of the public who wanted to listen in. (Webcasting of
> the in-person meetings are still provided.)
>
> I don't think the budgetary problems are imaginary or over. As you may know,
> some constituencies are having difficulty finding sources of funds to pay
> their annual DNSO assessments. There *has* been a public call for voluntary
> contributions, and Verisign set aside $100,000 in a matching fund as
> encouragement. The DNSO may be more well funded today than it was when it
> made its initial decision on webcasting, but its budget is still limited.
> The NC has been very willing to accept assistance from volunteers, as their
> use of these mp3 webcasts illustrates. (Contrast, for example, the NC's
> encouragement of these webcasts with the closed teleconferences that the
> ICANN Board still conducts.)
>
>        -- Bret
>
> Kristy McKee wrote:
> > ?what?
> >
> > Bret?
> >
> > There has been no public announcement that the DNSO needs money or would
> > appreciate technical support for their meetings.  There has not been a
> > membership drive or any information that leads me to believe your comment
> > is true.  All I have read is that the DNSO experiences budget constraints
> > and I don't buy it.  I don't know anyone who believes you.  If you need
> > help, you must first ask for it and then be willing to receive it.
> >
> >
> > ~k
> >
>
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Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales
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