[pp.int.general] Formal protest from Pirate Party Australia

[Aza]

2013/3/10 Simon Frew <simon.frew at pirateparty.org.au>

> Below is an official mail sent to the Board of PPI.
> ...
>
> The single most important thing is to integrate online participation into
> the GA. Assigning one person to monitor IRC is not adequate. Every single
> delegate attending, where they are technically able, should log into IRC
> and all participate, monitor and share the discussion raised by the remote
> delegates to the real-world meeting.
>
> On the technical side it is just a matter of maintaining the streams,
> which need to be easily accessible by people with a low technical
> proficiency. For example our congress utilises a cheap & simple
> audio/video stream combined with web based IRC client in one simple web
> portal. If possible, a projector showing the discussion on a screen for
> all to see would also work well. If there is an issue with people who are
> not members participating in votes, a password protected link for a
> specific official channel can be sent to delegates before the GA. Time
> should be left at the end of each item for lag, people still typing etc.
> You can get a sense of the amount of lag by the delay in the online
> comments and wait accordingly.
>
>
This is important not only for the PPI but also for every PP.
Having a GA with good telepresence is (i think) more important that having
a LiquidFeedback or some other online colaboration tool.

What can _we_ do to ensure that this is adressed this year? What are the
current plans for this year GA telepresence? Is it going to be streamed?
can
we participate via IRC? What's the process to do so?

Maybe we could create a nick/password for those who wish to participate,
i like the idea of projecting the IRC or a skype call (i'm sure there is a
free
alternative) to make it more natural.


aza
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