LAST CALL for DOODLING NCUC August Monthly Constituency Meeting (10-16 August)

[Baudouin SCHOMBE]

I am completely on the same opinion with Rebecca and it would be as
desirable as in such cases to make a briefring what was discussed to allow
those which could not take part in the debates to be on the same level of
information like others.


Baudouin

2009/8/4, Rebecca MacKinnon <rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com>:
>
> Sorry I will be unable to make any meeting next week as I will be off the
> grid.
> I'd like to make one suggestion, however, as NCUC's membership grows to
> include more and more people not living in Western developed
> countries. Global Voices, which has regular online meetings with community
> members and editors all over the world, has generally stuck to IRC because
> holding meetings with anything that takes up more bandwith ended up acting
> as a barrier to participation for people joining from slow or unreliable
> connections in far-flung corners of the globe. The lesson that we have taken
> from almost 5 years trying to run an international grassroots media
> organization in as inclusive a manner as possible is that inclusiveness
> requires defaulting to meeting technologies that are accessible to those
> whose bandwith is lowest and who may be running old operating systems - or
> not using MacOS or Windoze.
>
> Some people tried to join last time but had problems: some because they
> couldn't get the conferencing software to work, and others because their
> Internet connections were not high speed enough to hear the audio discussion
> clearly. Isaac Mao's connectivity that day in Shanghai was bad, and he could
> only see the text chat- he couldn't make out anything that was being said
> vocally, which meant he couldn't follow the discussion properly or
> participate meaningfully. As we get more members who are joining from places
> where Internet connectivity may not be as reliable as it is in North America
> and Western Europe (where even some of us have been having bandwith
> problems) I suggest that somebody should volunteer to post a continuous
> running text summary of what's being said in the audio discussion into the
> text chat box - so that people who can't hear can still participate. Either
> that or switch to text-only if too many people are having problems with your
> current system.
>
> Best,
> Rebecca
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear All:
>>
>> LAST DAY to mark your availability to participate in NCUC's monthly
>> constituency meeting to be held August 10-16, 2009.
>>
>> Please mark your availability to participate at this link:
>>   http://doodle.com/375kdgnzasd45a3m
>>
>> The monthly constituency meeting presents a good opportunity meet many of
>> our new members and acquaint them with issues before the GNSO; to hear from
>> our GNSO Councilors on issues before the GNSO; to hear from working group
>> and committee representatives; to receive feedback from the membership; and
>> further develop policy issues and constituency positions.
>>
>> I hope you will all participate in the meeting - especially if you want to
>> keep informed on the latest developments - or if you want to provide
>> feedback and direction in policy development.  Together with this discussion
>> list and the NING website, the monthly constituency online meeting is an
>> important part of constituency policy development.  So please join in the
>> call.  We have much to discuss.  Thank you!
>>
>> Best,
>> Robin
>>
>>
>>
>> IP JUSTICE
>> Robin Gross, Executive Director
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong
> Kong
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