Re: [IFWP] ANNOUNCE: ICANN-Santiago Remote Participation

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

I hope very much that the practice in Berlin of "editing" and
"summarizing" comments will be kept to a minimum, at least in the case of
comments of less than a page.  I submitted a short comment, only to have
it reduced to two sentences, losing one of my two points.  And that was
the only e-mailed comment read out that entire day....

Otherwise, how about having people in person also submit their comments in
writing on index cards and having them go into the same pot as the
e-mailed ones?


On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Ben Edelman wrote [to IFWP]:
[...]
> 
> What we'll have in Santiago is a refined version of the comment-submission
> system we provided in Singapore and Berlin.  As
> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/santiago> describes: "Online
> participants will be able to submit text comments in real-time. Questions
> and comments submitted over the Internet will be sent to technical staff
> present in the meeting room. Those real-time messages relevant to the topic
> currently being discussed will be processed by the moderator who will select
> certain messages for presentation to the assembled group for a response
> similar to that provided to a concern raised at a microphone in a Q&A
> session. All messages will be archived on this site."
> 
> Note that the "real-time comment submission system" is different from the
> "real-time chat system."  The latter is a simple unmoderated text chat -- an
> IRC chat, in some ways comparable to the ICQ or AOL Instant Messanger
> programs that some of you may be familiar with.  It's something that many of
> you requested after Berlin, and we think & hope it'll be helpful.  But do
> note that comments made in the real-time chat area won't be reviewed by
> Berkman staff in Santiago -- there just aren't enough of us to go around!
> So, use the "comment submission system" to send "official" comments, and use
> the "chat" area to get a feel for who else is online, perhaps to debate
> ideas or see where other online participants stand on particular issues.
> But do realize that the real-space group may never see your "chat"
> messages -- although they will be archived and posted in the Santiago
> archive site that we'll be creating during the course of the week.
> 
> I understand that these two features are somewhat confusing -- especially as
> I explain them now.  But I think the interface we've prepared will do a
> reasonable job of making clear what's appropriate to use when... and if it
> isn't, specific suggestions are welcomed & very much appreciated to the list
> or off-lits to me and John Wilbanks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> 
> 
> Ben Edelman
> Berkman Center for Internet and Society
> Harvard Law School
> 
> 
> 

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