[Ec-ncuc] Video update

[Norbert Klein]

Sorry for having been silent here - I was in the province and 
discovered, what I had forgotten living in Phnom Penh: there are regions 
in Cambodia where even the biggest broadband provider ISPs does not yet 
reach.

I may not have captured all fine nuances of the protracted discussion 
which I join now, but i just want to say:

There was a decision made according to the traditions which have upheld 
our voice in a not always friendly environment, to create a short video, 
and I hope that it can be finished soon with the requested final payment.

Whatever is considered to be done better in the future - let us do it. 
But I strongly plead to bring the present work to a good end soon, with 
the requested final payment.

I am looking forward to use it soon, not only in Cambodia, but also 
among some of our neighbors with whom we have some exchanges: in East 
Timor and in Myanmar. I am sure they will be happy in East Timor to see 
Carlos from Brazil, from a similar linguistic environment, and Mary from 
Singapore, a country that has maintained links to Myanmar when the 
people there were held much in isolation.


Norbert Klein

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On 2/3/2013 5:40 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> I agree with Milton.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> On 02/02/2013 05:30 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> Folks, I suggest we leave the editing decisions to the professionals
>> and not start poking fingers into minutiae. You're overseers not
>> micromanagers. We are trying to convey a simple message in about 3
>> minutes. A scene of crowds and audiences makes the subject of the
>> video "the Toronto event" when in fact the subject is "the NCUC."
>>
>> Certainly the EC has the authority to approve any additional
>> expenditures. That's why you were asked about the next steps. But
>> let's avoid the temptation that some EC members might feel, to assert
>> their authority for the sake of asserting their authority.
>>
>> Refusing to allocate any more money at this point would not, in my
>> opinion, be a very wise decision given that we have already spent
>> money to produce it and refusing to finish it basically wastes that
>> investment.
>>
>> Let's not lose sight of the basic fact that led to the decision to
>> start this project to begin with, namely that we lack basic
>> propaganda/publicity materials for NCUC; that this video will surpass
>> in professionalism and appeal anything produced by any other GNSO
>> constituency; that as a digital video it can be circulated among a
>> number of websites and event audiences; and that the video could have
>> a useful life of 2-3 years.
>>
>> I can't tell you how many times I've heard energetic incoming EC
>> members or other activists saying that we need a brochure or some
>> other kind of introduction to the NCUC for basic "who are we?"
>> publicity. We're about to get one, and a good one.
>>
>>