[council] Meetings transscripts

[Alan Greenberg]

Stéphane, my assumption in making the suggestion 
was that the times would be noted as the meeting 
was proceeding, not that it be done after the 
fact. I suggested it because it would make the 
used of MP3s a lot easier. If it is not a practical suggestion, so be it.

Alan


At 21/11/2011 10:17 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>Alan,
>
>Who would do your suggestion #2? I'm not 
>speaking for Glen, but I certainly don't think 
>she would want to or have the time to. Also, the 
>Council Leadership team checks the minutes of 
>every meeting before they are published on the 
>wider list. I can tell you that I would 
>certainly not want to be checking and comparing 
>mp3 recording times with the minutes when doing that.
>
>Stéphane
>
>
>
>Le 21 nov. 2011 à 15:28, Alan Greenberg a écrit :
>
>>Two thoughts on this:
>>
>>1. I agree that we are custodians of the funds. 
>>As such, it would be quite useful for us to 
>>know approximately what it costs to create a 
>>transcript of a typical 2-hour meeting.
>>
>>2. The MP3 would be (almost) infinitely easier 
>>to use if the minutes included a notation of 
>>the actual time each agenda item discussion 
>>started as well as the time that the recording 
>>started. Then one could home in on the correct 
>>section immediately. Even better if the agenda 
>>were updated after the fact to include this, so 
>>one would not need to wait for the minutes to 
>>be posted. The cost of doing this would be relatively low.
>>
>>Alan
>>
>>At 21/11/2011 07:30 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:
>>>Thanks Wolf.
>>>
>>>This question has already come up several 
>>>times in the past. I will let Staff answer 
>>>this but I believe there are good budgetary 
>>>reasons for not transcripting every meeting.
>>>
>>>I would add that we, as a Council, are also 
>>>custodians of ICANN community funds, just like 
>>>anyone else in this community. My personal 
>>>opinion is that if there are services 
>>>available that offer sufficient flexibility to 
>>>follow meetings (and I think having an mp3, 
>>>minutes and a live audio feed is pretty good), 
>>>we may want to think twice about asking for 
>>>new things that may be costly to implement (I 
>>>don't know if that's the case with this specific request).
>>>
>>>Of course, if there is a clear need, we should 
>>>look at that. So once again, Staff is probably 
>>>best suited to provide you with background and a response on this.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Stéphane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Le 21 nov. 2011 à 11:34, 
>>><<mailto:KnobenW at telekom.de>KnobenW at telekom.de> 
>>>  <<mailto:KnobenW at telekom.de>KnobenW at telekom.de> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>All,
>>>>
>>>>A question came up whether transscripts are 
>>>>provided for the council meetings. I was of 
>>>>the opinion that's the case. But the Master 
>>>>calender on the publicly accessible GNSO 
>>>>webpage only shows transscripts from the 
>>>>ICANN public meetings. For the teleconference 
>>>>calls minutes and mp3s are provided.
>>>>
>>>>Transscripts seem easier to be handled for 
>>>>searching specific items discussed at 
>>>>meetings, and there is definitely a need for this.
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to bring this up for discussion as 
>>>>well as finding a council opinion on this.
>>>>
>>>>Kind regards
>>>>Wolf-Ulrich
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