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 <[log in to unmask]>: > > 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 <[log in to unmask]> 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 >> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA >> p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 >> w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Rebecca MacKinnon > Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org > Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong > Kong > > UK: +44-7759-863406 > USA: +1-617-939-3493 > HK: +852-6334-8843 > Mainland China: +86-13710820364 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack > Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack > -- SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN COORDONNATEUR NATIONAL REPRONTIC COORDONNATEUR SOUS REGIONAL ACSIS/AFRIQUE CENTRALE MEMBRE FACILITATEUR GAID AFRIQUE téléphone fixe: +243 1510 34 91 Téléphone mobile:+243998983491/+243999334571 email:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> http://akimambo.unblog.fr http://educticafrique.ning.com/