Learning and participating in Paris meeting remotely.

Submitted by gpmgroup on Mon, 2008-06-23 15:17.
I logged on to the ICANN site today and made my way to the chat room. On previous occasions I could watch video or if the quality wasn’t good enough I could at least listen to the audio in real time. I was told by the site admin in the chat room that there is no real time streaming for the whole of the Paris meeting. Very disappointing. Especially for an organization seeking to be more open and transparent in the eyes of the world.

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A few changes for the better

Submitted by kieren.mccarthy on Mon, 2008-06-23 22:40.
Just to be clear here - there is an audiocast of the meeting but there is no videocast. The reasons for this decision are simple: very few people watch the videocast. To produce the videocast is a significant drain on resources. Instead, ICANN has spent a significant amount of time and effort working on providing the live scribe feed as a text feed across the Internet. This has the advantage that people can keep apace of what is happening in real-time through a small text feed - which takes up less bandwidth. There has been alot of real-life testing of the feed this week and it should be released as a beta on Wednesday. In the meantime, video highlights of some of the sessions will be made available to view from tomorrow. We expect that this will provide the community with a much greater and more effective level of access and information on what goes on at ICANN meetings. It is still in its early stages for the Paris meeting, so we beg your patience for a few days. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Kieren McCarthy General manager of public participation, ICANN

Availability of audio feeds

Submitted by gpmgroup on Wed, 2008-06-25 12:59.

Good to see some of the events for today having live audio streams. Good quality clear audio too :)

Is it possible to make a link available to download the audio streams from the Monday and Tuesday sessions?

I have a few detailed questions and areas which I was wondering if the GNSO had considered or discussed during their considerations for the implementation of new gTLDs.

The text transcripts are available, which are great for reference of a specific detail but not so good for getting a feel for the meeting or to try and follow a complete meeting.

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Oh come on!

Submitted by joly on Tue, 2008-06-24 03:54.
It's hard to believe that ICANN, with it's multi-million budget, and its dedication to participation, can't organize a few cams and laptops. Because now, with free streaming services like ustream.tv and mogulus, thats all that's needed. And I'm yet to find the url of that live scribe feed. Feel free to add it as a comment at http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=272 Joly MacFie Secretary - ISOC-NY http://isoc-ny.org

Happy to talk

Submitted by kieren.mccarthy on Tue, 2008-06-24 05:45.
I'm happy to talk about participation at ICANN meetings at any time. But I'm afraid that simply stating services exist is not the same as working through the actual issues, logistics, demand or value of such devices. The value of a small text-only direct scribe feed is very high; the value of a resource-hungry, complex and hardly-watched videocast is very low. I researched the real-world use of videocast and found out that nearly everyone was watching it in order to catch glimpses of the scribe feed and/or the presentations. It was far from optimal for both. The scribe feed will fix the first issue; then I shall work on making sure presentations are available more easily (you can find them on each meeting's dedicated webpage on http://par.icann.org.) If you think ICANN should dedicate more resources to video streaming or other related forms of participation, then since you are a member of the community, you have a direct input into the budget for next year, and I would warmly welcome your support in having greater funds made available. Thanks Kieren McCarthy General manager of public participation, ICANN

scribes

Submitted by joly on Wed, 2008-06-25 08:49.
You are talking about the Berkman system? They used to do such a good job! I'm not seeing much beyond the presentations on the individual pages. The 'Type and Share' sems to be a good idea, perhaps it needs a bit more of a push to the participants to get it off the ground? The best way to keep up with that would seem to be via the Wiki updates. But I've seen very good stream + chat + blog combos, even on multiple rooms, at events like ROFLcon that were run on very limited budgets. ISOC-NY is just in the process of becoming an ALS and, as such, we will certainly lobby for optimum public access to ICANN machinations. joly Secretary - ISOC-NY http://isoc-ny.org