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<DIV>Thank you ! - Amali<BR><BR><B><I>"Derrick L. Cogburn" <dcogburn@umich.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Thanks all.<BR><BR>I think that I am caught up now (and am trying to incorporate as many <BR>of the previous posts into this one. I've also kept the message thread <BR>below for context, sorry if it is too long.). My apologies for the <BR>delay (and Robert and I should probably talk about this further when we <BR>both get a chance). It has been a horrendously busy period as we wrap <BR>up the semester, and I held the Final Forum for our Globalization <BR>Seminar today. Thanks to some of you who attended, or tried to attend, <BR>but found it full.<BR><BR>Yes, this sounds like a great opportunity and we would be delighted to <BR>discuss how we might use some of our collaboration tools to support <BR>this virtual meeting. We have a couple of tools that could help to <BR>webcast the meeting between the two places, and would allow for very <BR>robust participation by people that we
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physically present at <BR>either location. These tools would provide voice over IP, video over <BR>IP, PowerPoint slides, websites, and pretty much any other digital <BR>media that you might want to use.<BR><BR>The tool that is easiest to use is unfortunately for Windows only (or <BR>Mac users running virtual PC). With this tool, we could also record <BR>the session for future playback (saved in many different formats) by <BR>folks that missed the meeting. We have another tool that we have just <BR>started working with, that has a native Mac client ( to compliment the <BR>Windows client). It is also pretty easy to use, but not as easy as the <BR>first. My preference would be the first, because of its ease of use <BR>and functionality, but we could certainly use the other one.<BR><BR>As per the suggestions to the list, I could envision something like the <BR>following:<BR><BR>1. a webconference between both meetings, with presenters giving <BR>updates on the meetings in both
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as well as updates from other <BR>presenters around the world on other relevant WSIS matters. These <BR>presentations would be synchronous (in real time) and use voice, video <BR>(for those presenters with webcams), and other digital material (e.g., <BR>slides, websites) for illustration purposes. Presenters should be <BR>prepared to either send us slides in advance, or to upload them from <BR>their location.<BR><BR>These presenters could be colleagues attending either meeting, or they <BR>could be colleagues not present at either meeting, but who have an <BR>information update (such as the state of play on the Prepcom <BR>preparations, Bureau issues, Internet Governance working group, <BR>financing working group, etc.). This is what we did during Prepcom-3a <BR>from Geneva (some of you participated in that briefing remotely).<BR><BR>2. In addition to the participants who would sit in physical locations <BR>in both places (i.e., the computer lab at CTCNet and I'm not sure wh
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<BR>in Berlin, but as long as they have an Internet connection, they could <BR>participate, we can have additional remote participants from around the <BR>world (maximum number 40, but could be on a first,come/first, served <BR>basis).<BR><BR>We would perhaps precede the updates with a very brief (15 minutes) <BR>training session on the virtual environment, so that people would feel <BR>comfortable being able to raise their hands to ask questions, etc. If <BR>we wanted to, this could certainly get a lot more complicated with <BR>things like break-out rooms (eg., by language, theme, or region) and <BR>application sharing (but perhaps we should start small and take <BR>incremental steps).<BR><BR>From our side, we would want to do a short survey after the session to <BR>better understand the participants experiences during the session, and <BR>perhaps follow-up with some interviews to help guide us in any future <BR>virtual meetings.<BR><BR>I finished teaching today, so my sche
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a little more flexible now <BR>(and I am focusing on these efforts for the summer). My suggestion as <BR>a way forward is that the small group that is planning this should have <BR>a very focused virtual meeting soon (seems to me the following makes <BR>sense: Ralph, Michael, Robert, Andy, Amali, and myself - though others <BR>could certainly join in). If this makes sense, we could have a more <BR>detailed discussion off-list of when and how this small group would <BR>meet. My research group meets on Wednesday mornings (EDT), and it <BR>would be nice to incorporate any planning for this into our meeting <BR>tomorrow.<BR><BR>Kindest regards,<BR>Derrick<BR><BR>Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn<BR>Assistant Professor of Information and African Studies<BR>School of Information and Center for Afroamerican and African Studies<BR>The University of Michigan<BR>http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn<BR><BR><BR>On Apr 20, 2004, at 1:32 PM, Andy Carvin wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Ralf,<BR>><BR>> The C
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conference ends on the afternoon of the 13th, so that <BR>> morning<BR>> Seattle time, (ie late afternoon Berlin time), would make the most <BR>> sense.<BR>> CTCNet has kindly offered to let us use their PC lab to participate in <BR>> a<BR>> virtual meeting that morning; we would simply have to supply the <BR>> platform<BR>> and any necessary media capture devices (namely a microphone and/or PC<BR>> video camera). I'm also exploring the possibility of holding an <BR>> informal<BR>> "birds of a feather" meeting at CTCNet that saturday afternoon as <BR>> well.<BR>> So I don't think we should necessarily try to each stream our entire<BR>> meetings; rather, we should set aside a particular time with a <BR>> structured<BR>> list of issues/topics to discuss over the course of an hour or so.<BR>><BR>> We've just started talking with Derrick Cogburn about virtual<BR>> collaboration tools for holding the meeting; Derrick, could
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Ralf<BR>> when you respond to the list?<BR>><BR>> thanks,<BR>> ac<BR>><BR>><BR>> -------------------------------------------------<BR>> Andy Carvin<BR>> Program Director<BR>> EDC Center for Media & Community<BR>> acarvin @ edc . org<BR>> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org<BR>> -------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Ralf Bendrath <BENDRATH@ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE><BR>> Sent by: n_america-admin@wsis-cs.org<BR>> 04/19/04 01:13 PM<BR>> Please respond to bendrath<BR>><BR>> To: Amali De Silva <AMALIDESILVA@YAHOO.COM><BR>> cc: mgurst@vcn.bc.ca, 'northamericalist'<BR>> <N_AMERICA@WSIS-CS.ORG>, rguerra@cpsr.org<BR>> Subject: [n_america] Re: Re: European / North American <BR>> WSIS<BR>> CS meeting, Berlin, 13 June<BR>><BR>><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> Amali wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Robert & Ralf - what are your thoughts on Michaels proposal ?<BR>>>
Actually, I could go down to Seattle. I would be really interested in<BR>>> seeing this happen.<BR>><BR>>>> It may be of interest to note that CTCnet, the network of 1000+<BR>> Community<BR>>>> Technology Centres in the US<BR>>>> (and with limited international representation) is having its annual<BR>>>> conference in Seattle on June 11 and 12.<BR>>>> http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/about/index.htm<BR>><BR>>> I'm organizing a Workshop there (although I may not be able to attend)<BR>>> but there might be space for some sort of link.<BR>><BR>><BR>> That could be interesting. We are still looking for video-conference<BR>> facilities and will get back to both of you. I am not sure, though, if<BR>> we can stream the whole meeting.<BR>><BR>> But our WSIS meeting is on the 13th, and the Seattle conf. ends on the<BR>> 12th?<BR>> What would be a good timing for you then? I thought of a
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