<div dir="ltr">2013/3/10 Simon Frew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.frew@pirateparty.org.au" target="_blank">simon.frew@pirateparty.org.au</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Below is an official mail sent to the Board of PPI.<br>...<br><br><div><span>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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>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.</span><span> For example our congress utili</span><span>s</span><span>es a cheap & simple audio/video stream combined with web based IRC client in one simple web portal.</span><span> If possible</span><span>,</span><span>
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.</span></div><div></div></div><br></blockquote><div> </div></div>This is important not only for the PPI but also for every PP. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Having a GA with good telepresence is (i think) more important that having <br>
a LiquidFeedback or some other online colaboration tool.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">What can _we_ do to ensure that this is adressed this year? What are the <br>current plans for this year GA telepresence? Is it going to be streamed? can <br>
we participate via IRC? What's the process to do so?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Maybe we could create a nick/password for those who wish to participate, <br></div><div class="gmail_extra">i like the idea of projecting the IRC or a skype call (i'm sure there is a free <br>
alternative) to make it more natural.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>aza<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>