[IGFmaglist] MAG Virtual meeting II summary report

[Patrick Ryan]

Marilyn,

You are right, transcripts and translations would be fabulous!  I think
that what we want to word towards is the objective promised in the 2006 press
release <http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1006.doc.htm>, which is
the only source that I am aware of that sets out the expectations for the
MAG (please correct me if there are any others):

*"Governments called for the Forum to be convened in an “open and inclusive
process”.  Accordingly, the Advisory Group will carry out its work in an
open, inclusive and transparent manner, and will seek to make the best
possible use of electronic working methods, including online
consultations."*

Since staff and resources are so limited, the approach that works best for
suggestions from the MAG on improvements is, where possible, for the
proposer to also offer to volunteer to help provide the solution.  I think
that this clearly one of those cases.  From my perspective, I'm hoping to
have access to meetings that are held at times, and a simple recording will
be very helpful for me (much better than what we have now).

I would be be more than happy to help suggest (and even provide) the
technology for the recording.

Marilyn, will you accompany your recommendation with a volunteer offer to
work on a solution (and I believe you are suggesting raising funding) for
transcripts and translations?  That would certainly be welcomed by many,
I'm sure.

Best,

Patrick

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*patrick ryan *
public policy & gov't relations senior counsel, free expression and int'l
relations
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On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Marilyn Cade <marilynscade at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry, Patrick, please read on to next email. I hit send too soon.
> apologies for that.
>
> ICANN funds transcripts as part of their in kind support, and I was trying
> to explain that, but hit send too soon.
>
> NO question that others can fund recording/transcripts, and didn't mean to
> imply that. but to also acknowledge with gracious appreciation, ICANN's
> current commitments and sponsorship.
>
> NOT sure recordings are actually sufficient. Many parties who are not
> English speaking, can't really benefit from English recordings, but
> transcripts, which you were suggesting, allow for informal translations,
> which helps to broaden the effectiveness and awareness.
>
> At ICANN, we experimented with only MP3 recordings, and found that
> transcripts, plus the recordings were much preferred to reach a much
> broader audience.
>
> I think your original idea of transcripts was brilliant.
>
>
>
> M
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:23:23 -0700
> Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] MAG Virtual meeting II summary report
> From: patrickryan at google.com
> To: marilynscade at hotmail.com
> CC: igfmaglist at intgovforum.org; cmasango at unog.ch
>
>
> Hmmm, there's a lack of funding from ICANN for recording virtual MAG
> meetings? This is brand new.
>
> While I don't understand why there would be any dependency on this to
> ICANN, if there is a question on technology for recording calls, I'm happy
> to help suggest solutions (there are many free or low-cost solutions on the
> market, including free options that we have, I believe).
>
> Patrick
>  On Apr 4, 2014 5:15 PM, "Marilyn Cade" <marilynscade at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Calls are always inconvenient somewhere in the world, I suspect lack of
> transcript is related to funding from ICANN
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 13:30, "Patrick Ryan" <patrickryan at google.com> wrote:
>
> As noted before the last call, it would be really good if these calls
> could be recorded.  That's a best practice in many multistakeholder
> communities, and it's also a good compromise when calls are set at 4:00 AM
> Pacific (or at other inconvenient times elsewhere).
>
> Will recording be possible for future virtual calls, please?
>
> Patrick
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Chengetai Masango <cmasango at unog.ch>wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Please find attached the summary report of  the MAG virtual meeting that
> was held on 1 April. If they are any corrections that should be made to the
> attendance list etc.  please let me know. The Secretariat will post the
> summary on the IGF website on Monday.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Chengetai
>
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