[ALAC-Announce] Volunteers Sought: Public Comments Forum Wiki Community testing

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

Dear All, 

 

As requested by Olivier Crépin-Leblond, please see the message below from
Filiz Yilmaz, Senior Director of Participation and Engagement at ICANN, who
is requesting volunteers for a group to provide feedback on a Public
Comments Forum Wiki page.

 

If you are interested in participating, please inform At-Large staff
(staff at atlarge.icann.org) by Friday, 18 November. 

 

Thanks very much.

 

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Dear Community Leaders,

I have communicated before and during Dakar that we are looking into forming
a volunteer group to provide feedback on a prototype Public Comments Forum
Wiki solution that is an outgrowth of ATRT Recommendations 16 and 17 and our
most recent Public Comment solicitation (entitled “Phase II of Public
Comments Process Enhancements”), which closed on 15 October 2011. For
further information, please see
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-enhancements-ii-31aug
11-en.htm>
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-enhancements-ii-31aug1
1-en.htm, which includes links to a Report and Analysis of the public
comments received.

We are counting on that the members of the Focus Group we have formed back
in July will again support us in this new effort. Some community members
approached me in Dakar too, volunteering to the take part in the activity.
But this email is intended to provide you additional details to help you in
identifying other individuals to participate in this activity. Thanks again
in advance for your support in this. 

Purpose: To help ICANN Staff assess the usability and viability of a Public
Comments Forum developed on ICANN's Confluence Wiki platform.

Scope: This solution was designed to be a replacement of the Public Comment
page structures on ICANN.org except that, for technical reasons, Forum
Archives whose open dates are prior to any final cutover will remain on
ICANN.org and will not be converted to the Wiki environment. The Wiki does,
however, link directly to the ICANN.org Archives so that users are only one
click from finding the information they seek.

Volunteers: To perform a robust and thorough test, we would prefer at least
two dozen volunteers and are therefore requesting 2-3 representatives from
each ICANN SO, AC or SG.

Methodology: To simulate a real Public Comments Forum, our plan is that the
group will test features, functions, and interact/collaborate entirely
within the Confluence Wiki environment. Details, including links and login
information, will be sent to the testers separately.

Duration: We anticipate that the testing period will last one month from 21
November 2011 through 20 December 2011 at which point the Wiki site will be
closed for Staff evaluation.

Content: ICANN Staff will provide to the volunteers a set of specific
features and functions to be tested and along with a series of questions to
help guide the discussions. 

Outcomes: The resultant Wiki collaboration and discussion threads will be
used by Staff to inform its planning and final disposition of the Wiki
platform for Public Comments. Staff will coordinate with the Public
Participation Committee (PPC) of the Board and will communicate the
decisions and rationale upon completion of all evaluations.

I hope you find the above information helpful in identifying and selecting
candidates to help with this feedback process.

We hope to hear back from you with your volunteer names and their contact
details on or before 18 November 2011 in order to start the activity as
planned.

Kind regards,

Filiz Yilmaz

Sr Dir Participation and Engagement

ICANN

 

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Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Seth Greene, Gisella Gruber-White, Matt
Ashtiani, Nathalie Peregrine, Marilyn Vernon

ICANN At-Large Staff

E-mail: staff at atlarge.icann.org