[DC] Doodle poll for the next DCCG Meeting #95

Thu Feb 20 20:31:19 EST 2025

Hi Friends:

Thanks Roberto for the gentle reminder.

Unfortunately, I need to take this point further. I am unaware of any news
from the call that changes this issue--please correct me if I'm wrong.

The ongoing, existing concern is known structural inequality that directly
prevents DC participation. I foresee me having to bring this up at the next
meeting, so let's tackle it now.

In 2025, as we held an open process of participation for DTC Board
selection, we have mostly selected North Americans who attend high school
during the usual meeting hours. We will still be unable to send Board
participants most of the time.

Nobody else can speak for us.

After reviewing again the meeting schedule sent previously in relation to
the Americas, nearly all sessions fall during standard U.S. high school
hours (typically 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM local time). Here’s a breakdown of how
these meetings align with school schedules across U.S. time zones:

Pacific Time (PT): 2:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Eastern Time (ET): 5:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Central Time (CT): 4:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Mountain Time (MT): 3:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Because of this, it is nearly impossible for us to send teen
representatives to participate in these meetings. Since our Board includes
only two members outside North America and Australia (one in India and one
in the UK), this scheduling issue effectively excludes our teenage Board
members (quite specifically our Board) from engaging in critical
discussions. Nobody else can speak for us.

My apologies to be the one to call this out for what it is, but there are
humans affected by these choices:
https://youtu.be/JVqlfinA6jk?si=ZbubUDd25cwWyV0A

Warm Regards,
Stacy Gildenston
DTC Co-Chair

https://linktr.ee/dtcigf

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025, 2:38 AM Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> If I understand correctly, joining the platform is not limited to the
> official DC representative, but more members of the same DC can join.
> Is this correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Roberto
>
>
> On 18.02.2025, at 09:06, Reyansh Gupta <reyansh at opengrowth.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Stacy,
>
> Happy to see DTC growing! I’m sure you’re doing great work. For me, it’s
> been a great experience learning from other DCs. I read your email and
> wanted to respond to your concern regarding gamifying participation. The
> gamification process is simply meant to track and capture our activities.
>
> We’ve had detailed discussions about this, and we’re currently in the beta
> phase to test its capabilities. One of the key responsibilities we
> discussed as DC Coordinators/Chairs is participating in the DCCG calls.
> While time zone differences can be challenging — being in India, I’m also
> familiar with late-night calls — we’ve implemented rotating time zones, as
> Markus mentioned, to help balance this.
>
> The idea behind gamifying is to measure engagement for our DCs and
> encourage us to seek creative alternatives as leaders of global
> communities. Based on your input, we could consider awarding extra points
> for DC representatives who join outside regular working hours. For now,
> however, we've agreed to move forward with the point-based scoring system.
>
> With that in mind, I’d like to request every DC Chair/representative to
> join the platform at game.gamingforpurpose.com. We’ll officially start
> the scoring system on March 1st, and if a DC representative isn’t
> registered, their DC will miss out on points for both past and upcoming
> meetings. Thanks again for coordinating, and please feel free to reach out
> if you have any questions about the platform or the process.
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
>
> *Reyansh Gupta*
>
> Global Chair & Co-ordinator, Dynamic Coalition on Gaming for Purpose (
> DC-G4P
> <https://intgovforum.org/en/content/dynamic-coalition-on-gaming-for-purpose-dc-g4p>
> )
>
> E : reyansh at opengrowth.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 16:58 Dynamic Teen Coalition <
> dynamicteencoalition at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Markus,
>>
>> Great to hear from you.
>>
>> We have two Co-Chairs in Australia and one in the USA (EST) but as we
>> have previously informed the Secretariat, she is 18 and still in high
>> school, therefore in class during many EU friendly times.
>>
>> We will have send a brand new DTC Board Member, she's 14. She attended
>> the DC meeting this week, so we know she's capable to attend if she's
>> available.
>>
>> Ongoing, I foresee this scenario to be a constant problem for DTC and the
>> AU.
>>
>> Questions, am I misunderstanding:
>>
>> 1. Are these new attendance points legitimately able to affect our
>> viability as a DC?
>>
>> 2. How will they be applied to DTC if we are damaged by the system
>> because we are living in Australia?
>>
>> It's constantly like this, we attend at midnight often later. That's why
>> you generally see other people at the DC  meetings.
>>
>> Glossing over DC concerns about the reality of attending would be
>> shortsighted, if not worse.
>>
>> Assuming these points are real and not hypothetical, we would need to
>> send a more formal, written complaint to be placed at such an incredible
>> disadvantage due to location, not willingness.
>>
>> My apologies that's the case. As nothing we do at DTC is ever handed to
>> us nor easy, we are now at the stage of pushing back. We must.
>>
>> Reyansh we love the idea. It needs a fairer system in place before being
>> operational.
>>
>> Warm Regards,
>> Stacy Gildenston
>> DTC Co-Chair
>>
>> https://linktr.ee/dtcigf
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 7:12 PM Markus Kummer <kummer.markus at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Stacy,
>>>
>>> Time zones are a challenge - this is why we are rotating the meeting
>>> slots. Surely not all your members are in the same time zone. Can you not
>>> designate a member who lives in a different time zone to represent your DC?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Markus
>>>
>>> On 14 Feb 2025, at 06:46, Dynamic Teen Coalition <
>>> dynamicteencoalition at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All:
>>>
>>> We will be challenged as DTC Co-Chairs to participate in DC meetings,
>>> and have concerns about meetings being scheduled so that our Co-Chairs
>>> cannot attend regularly.
>>>
>>> This meeting is between 2-4 AM AEST (Australia). Catherine (our NA
>>> Co-Chair) is also in class.
>>>
>>> The situation to gamify points to the meetings is a great initiative,
>>> but unfortunately not logical under these circumstances. I cannot imagine
>>> we are the only DC with similar issues. We absolutely appreciate Reyansh,
>>> but we need to sort this out before placing it as any sort of formal
>>> assessment of DC capabilities. It's concerning.
>>>
>>> Please let us know how to proceed in equity.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>> Stacy Gildenston
>>> DTC Co-Chair
>>>
>>> https://linktr.ee/dtcigf
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 6:09 PM Roman Chukov via DC <dc at intgovforum.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As discussed during the call we plan to have the next DCCG Meeting
>>>> already next week.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kindly take this Doodle poll by tomorrow, 14 February, COB:
>>>> https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/eVoxRMXa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Roman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Dr. Roman Chukov*
>>>> Programme Management Officer, Internet Governance Forum Secretariat
>>>> Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
>>>> UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
>>>> T: +41 76 726 3739 <+41767263739>
>>>> roman.chukov at un.org
>>>> *United Nations*
>>>> Villa Le Bocage | Room VB-15 | Palais des Nations | 1211 Geneva 10,
>>>> Switzerland
>>>> https://www.intgovforum.org
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