[technology taskforce] Presentation from TTF meeting on 24 June 2013 on how At-Large Content is organised

Dev Anand Teelucksingh devtee at gmail.com
Mon Jul 8 14:35:16 UTC 2013


Thanks for this Gordon, I've uploaded a 2nd version which will be
discussed on today's call
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/35524298/How+At-Large+Content+is+organised-8-July-2013.pdf

Dev Anand

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Gordon Chillcott <gordontc at look.ca> wrote:
> Dev:
>
> I read this and really liked it.  But something bothered me.  The
> presentation on the page is quite good.  And the comments are rather
> interesting.   So that wasn't it.
>
> It suddenly occurred to me that there is a lot of discussion about the
> content and not much about just what the content is.    Now, I know that
> it should be possible to derive that from identifying what tools are
> used, but that doesn't necessarily work, in my experience (it's too easy
> to use a screwdriver for a prybar).   Once that is described, your
> approach appears to work for me.
>
> With that in mind, I think we can expand the very first item, “list the
> tools used by At-Large to generate/organize/distribute content”.  At
> this point we can identify items of content and ask “how do we get
> these?”.
>
> I took a swing at this – very quickly – and came up with a list.  This
> needs to be considered a VERY rough draft, though.   FWIW, here it is:
>
> Types of content:
>
> Meeting Reports
> 1. transcripts (text)
> 2. minutes (text)
> 3. voice recordings (mp3?)
> 4. presentations (graphics,slide-presentations,videos)
> 5. chat transcripts (text)
> 6. other (graphics, pictures, etc.)
>
> Meeting Notices/Invitations
> 1. Mail (Text)
> 2. Calendar entries
> 3. Link to Meeting Page
> 1. agenda (text)
> 2. invitees (text)
>
> Proposals
> 1. proposal body (text)
> 2. comments (text)
>
> Reports
> 1. report body (text)
> 2. comments (text)
>
> Position papers
> 1. body (text)
> 2. illustrations (graphics)
>
> Mailing Lists (links)
>
> Work Spaces
> 1. bodies of reports (text)
> 2. illustrations (graphics)
> 3. presentations (graphics,slide-presentations,videos)
>
> The first question that arises is "who generates what?", the next is
> "with what?" and the rest of your approach follows.
>
> I think.
>
> Gordon
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-07-02 at 09:59 -0400, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>> I've uploaded the PDF that was shown on the TTF call last week.
>>
>> https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Ideas+for+improving+the+organisation+of+At-Large+content
>>
>> This is what I have in mind on how to implement the TTF project on
>> improving the organisation of At-Large content
>>
>> * list the tools used by At-Large to generate/organise/distribute content
>>
>> * for At-Large Working Groups
>> - What tools are used for At-Large Working Groups
>> - describe how the content is organised using these tools
>> - note issues regarding At-Large Working Group Content
>> - develop recommendations to alleviate issues noted
>>
>> And then repeat for RALO content and ALAC content.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this approach? If there is agreement on this approach,
>> then we can continue to edit the document in this style. Perhaps
>> persons can be penholders for the different sections
>>
>> The document is in a Google Document and I can share an editable link
>> with persons willing to work on this.
>>
>>
>> Dev Anand
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