<div dir="ltr">The meeting should definitely have webcast, given the fact that on site participation will be limited. It should not be forgotten that the IGF 2007 in Brazil triggered a push for remote participation. Some ideas ventilated in Rio on that occasion served as inspiration to the development of remote participation in the IGF, which ultimately led to the organization of IGF hubs, a successful model of engagement. RP was considered an integral part of the IGF and is extensively used in other organizations, such as ICANN and ITU. The conference in Brazil should live up to those experiences.<div>
<br></div><div>Practically, technical expertise from ICANN could be coupled with the IGF model of RP, based on hubs. People gathered in the hubs could follow the webcast from Rio and also discuss the topics on the agenda from their own perspective. Discussions carried out in the hubs could be summarized and documented, gathered after the conference, and should be part of the documental history of the event. These documents could provide us all with additional ideas on how to move discussions forward after Rio.�</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ginger Paque, from Diplo, has sent a message to some folks offering the LOG assistance with that. Diplo has extensive experience with RP and could definitely help to find a model of integrating RP while also taking into consideration that the meeting should have a manageable size. I also volunteer to help, as a former member of the IGF Remote Participation Working Group. I am sure others would be interested to make it happen as well.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Mar�lia<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:CAH5D2GHdvZVg66HBBS5eLtWi7%2B0-%2BJgaWJSgpSZ3ok2%2B3eT-pA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAH5D2GHdvZVg66HBBS5eLtWi7+0-<u></u>+JgaWJSgpSZ3ok2+3eT-pA@mail.<u></u>gmail.com</a>>, at 11:12:35 on Thu, 2 Jan 2014, Jerry Blimo <<a href="mailto:jerryblimo@gmail.com" target="_blank">jerryblimo@gmail.com</a>> writes<br>
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Can anyone clearly and concisely state who is going to be at the meeting in Brazil? Not just who the 20-odd people making the decisions will be, but who else can go and participate/observe<br>
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No-one seems to have replied, so perhaps I can make an intervention along the lines of: "it's a long way to go to find the meeting room is too small to accommodate observers, but webcasting the entire thing is such an obvious thing to do, I'd be surprised if the organisers have overlooked it".<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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