I'm interested in Ken's suggestions as expressed below and intend to follow
up with some specifics within a couple days after finishing this round of
travel.
Mostly wanted to make sure everyone knows that the meeting archive -- of the
DNSO General Assembly, ICANN GAC Open Meeting, and ICANN Open Meeting -- is
all available, complete with scribe's notes, RealVideo, realtime comments, a
listing of online participants, and web versions of PowerPoint presentations
given and documents presented.
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/archive>
(Layout not quite perfect yet -- Wendy and I both have exams and papers that
we must finish / take within the next 24 hours -- but the content is all
there.)
Ben Edelman
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Harvard Law School
Ken Freed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Community:
>
> Moments after the closure of Wednesday's ICANN Berlin meeting,
> my gut reponse? Social issues are being dismissed in the urgent
> rush to get the ball rolling, get the profits rolling in. This is
unfortunate.
> The DNS patterns established today will affect our world for a century.
> We need deliberation and consensus-building, which takes time.
>
> Also, I felt distressed by dismissive comments by those in the room
> about the need for a recognized constituency of individual DN holders.
> Joop held his ground pretty well, and Esther Dyson did acknowleldge
> that the vocal presence of individuals online speaks for the fact most
> individuals (e.g a freelancer like me) do not easily do overseas travel.
> But our lack of representation in the room is why we need advocacy.
> (MInd you, this still falls short of the network democracy I'd prefer.)
>
> As with most of us participating online (awake since 6 am in Denver),
> I felt frustrated at never hearing our comments mentioned except as
> something that would be read aloud at some future point. But the
> point never came, the momentum in the room being too robust,
> (to be kind, out of sight, out mind), and we mostly were left out.
>
> Thank you for saying at the end, Esther, that the online comments
> would be copied and distributed to those at the meeting who did not
> have the ability to downoad a page (like us linked online). Displaying
> our talk on a screen at the very end was appreciated. Do that again.
>
> At the Santiago meeting, it would be good to have a second screen in the
> conference room, set aside for constant display of online comments. This
> would promote more interactivity among all those attending the event,
there
> and online. Anyone in the room or away can comment about what they see
> online [reloading the page often]. We can can comment on any comment.
> Think greater global interactivity, participatory management. Democracy.
>
> Oh, until a minute ago, while I was writing this note (while the moment
> is fresh), I was listening to after-meeting conversations rumbling near
the
> microphone staying delightfully open awhile, as the real meeting began...
>
> -- ken
>
> Ken Freed
> Media Visions
>
> PS. In the wake of Columbine here, my latest project:
> http://www.media-visions.com/globalforum.html
>
>
