[n_america] Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings, Berlin, Seattle and Freistadt, 13 June

Wed May 5 19:39:45 BST 2004

This is fine Andy.  I thought that I had read through the threads and 
that my proposal met with your needs/expectations.  We can certainly 
take these virtual meetings off of the agenda.  Sorry that it didn't 
work out.  We can perhaps think of planning something in the future.

Cheers,
Derrick

Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn
Assistant Professor of Information and African Studies
School of Information and Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
The University of Michigan
http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn

On May 5, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Andy Carvin wrote:

> Hi Amali,
>
> Please see the email I sent previously - online conferencing during the
> Birds of a Feather session may not be feasible. I would recommend we 
> have
> that gathering as an offline meeting, so we can take advantage of being
> together in person. If we want to do virtual meetings on other 
> occasions,
> that'd be great, but the birds meeting should be in-person only  -
> particularly if the meeting space doesn't have internet access, which 
> we
> won't know ahead of time.
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> Arranging the session doesn't cost anything - I'll take care of it. As 
> for
> attending, CTCNet should not have a problem with people just showing up
> for that particular session - it's usually not the kind of conference
> where security guards prevent people from walking into a room because
> they're not wearing a conference badge...
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> ac
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> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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> Amali De Silva <amalidesilva at yahoo.com>
> 05/05/04 01:39 PM
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>         To:     "Derrick L. Cogburn" <dcogburn at umich.edu>,
> northamericalist <n_america at wsis-cs.org>
>         cc:     Michael Gurstein <mgurst at vcn.bc.ca>, Andy Carvin
> <ACarvin at edc.org>, bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de, rguerra at cpsr.org, Peter
> Keller-Transburg <peterkt at umich.edu>
>         Subject:        Re: [n_america] Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS
> meetings, Berlin, Seattle and Freistadt,  13 June
>
>
> Derrick:
>
> This is a wonderful opportunity - let us proceed with it.
>
> We will also have the teleconference connection that Ralf / Andy 
> proposed.
>
> This will mean with the birds of a feather sessions ( Conference ) ,
> morning sessions ( Andy ), teleconference capability ( Ralf / Andy ) 
> and
> this facility ( Derrick ) we will be able to open our discussions to 
> many
> persons via many modes of connectivity.
>
> Derrick and Andy please connect with each other and finalise the the 
> items
> for us. ( Derrick please save VCN an email/connection seat ! :))
>
> Andy - could you please also let us know if there is a charge for the
> birds of feather sessions at the conference ? ( Could group rates be
> arranged ? )
>
> Thank you - Derrick, Andy, Ralf !
>
> Amali
>
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> "Derrick L. Cogburn" <dcogburn at umich.edu> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> So sorry for the delay in responding to the thread. I am copying one of
> the colleagues in my lab (Peter Keller-Transburg, peterkt at umich.edu)
> who will be working with me on this).
>
> Based on my reading of this e-mail thread so far, this is what I have
> done/propose (we can change/alter/delete any of this):
>
> To support our NA Caucus Meeting at the "Birds of a Feather" Session at
> CTCNet on Saturday 12 June, I have set up a meeting using our Centra
> Server. This is the easiest tool to use, and requires very low
> bandwidth (a dial-up modem is sufficient). We can use, voice, video,
> PowerPoint slides, websites, etc. The meeting is scheduled to
> accommodate up to 40 simultaneous connections, and people can connect
> from anywhere in the world that they have access to the web
> (unfortunately, this is the tool that only has a Windows client, and
> will work also with Virtual PC). This meeting is scheduled for 5:00 -
> 6:00 Pacific Time (as indicated on the CTCNet website provided by
> Andy).
>
> Based on Ralph's comments, in order to support our combined NA Caucus
> (at CTCNet) with the EU Caucus (at Wizards of OS) on Sunday, 13 June, I
> have set up a meeting using our Elluminate server. This tool is also
> easy to use (it is very similar to Centra), with the primary difference
> being that it does not have video (it does have voice, Powerpoint
> slides, websites, etc., and it does support Windows, Mac, and Linux
> platforms). I did not have the exact time for this meeting, so to
> reserve the time I scheduled it all morning PDT on Sunday (13 June) -
> we can revise it later with the specific times.
>
> For both of these packages, we can send out links to attend the meeting
> in an e-mail, or post the link on a website (though e-mail would
> probably be better, since there is limited "seating" for both
> meetings). We have done this many times, and when an invitee clicks
> on the link in the email, they are automatically taken to the
> appropriate site.
>
> We should schedule meetings in advance for our planning teams from both
> locations to test the connections and servers. Just let me know when
> would be good. I am much more flexible now that the academic semester
> has ended for me, but I'll be away from connectivity from 11 - 16 May.
>
> On the other hand, if this is getting too complicated, or doesn't meet
> with with the requirements that Ralph expressed regarding Open Source
> tools, then I am happy to withdraw the offer, and we can continue
> exploring some other route.
>
> Hope that this helps. Just let me know.
>
> Cheers,
> Derrick
>
> Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn
> Assistant Professor of Information and African Studies
> School of Information and Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
> The University of Michigan
> http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn
>
>
> On May 4, 2004, at 4:45 PM, Amali De Silva wrote:
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>> Sounds good to me ! thank you !
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>> Sorry for the delay in replying was attending information sessions on
>> the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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>> Thank you again!
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>> Amali
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>> Andy Carvin wrote:
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>> Then we should plan to do this:
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>> late afternoon on Saturday, June 12: North America civil society
>> meeting
>> during the CTCNet conference's "birds of a feather" session, where
>> anyone
>> can schedule an informal roundtable meeting. I'll inform CTCNet of our
>> intentions to do this, and will confirm the time. The location of the
>> meeting will probably not be known until the final program comes out,
>> but
>> it'll be somewhere in the main conference area. For more info on
>> attending
>> the conference, please visit www.ctcnet.org and click on their annual
>> conference link. Derrick will work out an agenda for the gathering,
>> which
>> will last an hour. (assuming that's the length of this years birds of 
>> a
>> feather sessions.)
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>> Morning of Sunday, June 13: a subset of us will go online to meet with
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>> Berlin group. The technology used for this partic! ular meeting has
>> yet to be
>> determined. Ralf, please let us know what time you would like to meet
>> that
>> Sunday.
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Andy Carvin
>> Program Director
>> EDC Center for Media & Community
>> acarvin @ edc . org
>> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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>> To: AndyCarvin , bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de,
>> dcogburn at umich.edu, northamericalist
>> cc: mgurst at vcn.bc.ca, rguerra at cpsr.org, amalidesilva at yahoo.com
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>> Subject: Re: Virtual Link: WSIS CS meetings, Berlin, Seattle and
>> Freistadt, 13 June
>> Amali De Silva
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>> I was hoping that we would all meet (NA caucus) for a discussion
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>> dialogue ( we need some consensus) ? Also, we  need to look at our
>> structure / reporting / advocacy strategies going in to Phase 2. These
>> would actually be somewhat different from the EU side.
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>> However, Andy if you think that this is over kill then what we can do
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>> just set the time with Ralf. Please make sure though that you do post
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>> information to the list for all of us on the NA caucus who want to be
>> present, to be present.
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>> The conference does not represent the NA caucus I just want to be
>> clear on
>> that. The NA caucus are those who are on our list. There is always a
>> problem with WSIS CS on the legitimacy of those who represent the
>> whole. We
>> do want to ensure transparency and inclusivity.
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>> So, to move forward:
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>> Andy - please set up a 1 hour teleconference with Berlin for the day
>> and
>> inform us of the time and location. Please post the "birds of a
>> feather"
>> activities to the NA caucus list so that people can attend.
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>> Derrick - if you have done work on a full agenda - those of us who are
>> interested can meet virtually to discuss before June 13th or post it
>> to the
>> NA  list for discussion as soon as possible. We have a good 6 weeks to
>> have
>> a good discussion.
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>> I post this to the NA list as people have approached me for status on
>> this
>> activity.
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>> Thank you all for making this happen !
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>> Amali
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>> AndyCarvin wrote:
>> I'm a little unclear if we are to have one meeting or two - are we
>> meeting
>> as a group at ctcnet, then going online to report to the Berlin group,
>> or
>> are we doing it all at once? As Ralf said, the former might be 
>> easiest.
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>> If that's the case, I propose the NA folks meet late saturday
>> afternoon as
>> one of the conference birds of a feather sessions, then a subgroup of
>> us
>> can go online sunday morning seattle time to report to the berlin
>> group.
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>> would that be good? If so I will finalize both meeting times with
>> ctcnet
>> and ralf, then we can post invitations to the list.
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>> Andy
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>> Amali De Silva-Mitchell  AAT,BSc.(Econ)Warwick,MSc.(Int.Acc/Fin)LSE
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>> Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva at yahoo.com
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