[lac-discuss-en] Suggestion for agenda at ICANN Mexico meeting : end user training on how to use the LACRALO wiki

[Carlton Samuels]

Dev:
While I think the training would be worthwhile, I personally think that this
training ought to be conducted outside of the Summit and online. I'm sure
the At-Large staff would cooperate.  But I also believe that this approach
would emphasize the importance of the online communications modality to
At-large interaction.

Carlton

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society <
admin at ttcsweb.org> wrote:

> This is a suggestion I made at the LACRALO teleconference on 15th
> January 2009 :
>
> There should be a session or sessions for At-Large Structure (ALS)
> representatives in Mexico to get some hands-on experience with using the
> LACRALO wiki at http://www.lacralo.org/.
>
> ALSes would understand how to :
> - log into the wiki
> - add a page
> - editing an existing page
> - how to be notified when changes are made to the LACRALO wiki
>
> so that ALSes can better participate in LACRALO and ultimately in ICANN.
>
> The LACRALO wiki is a good way to document LACRALO's
> workflow on ICANN's policy related issues. It is difficult for any ALS
> (and especially for any new ALSes that join LACRALO) to understand what
> work (if any) is being done by LACRALO and how or where they can
> participate.
>
> Although emails are being sent to LAC-Discussion list, some ALSes may
> not get them in time or at all ; perhaps their ISP flagged such emails
> as spam and didn't allow the message to be delivered to the ALS inbox,
> for example.
>
> The recent confusion by some ALSes re: travel support for
> ALS representatives to attend the March 2009 ICANN meeting in Mexico
> City. While emails were sent on this list describing the process, this
> process itself should have been documented on the LACRALO wiki. So the
> survey itself should have been linked on the wiki, along with the
> procedures for ALSes to respond to this survey.
>
> Any ALS could turn to the wiki, read what is happening, and then take
> appropriate measures. ALSes could also post their survey responses (if
> they wanted to) to the wiki so that we can see what other ALSes in our
> region are thinking of. ALSes could also add their ideas/thoughts about
> various ICANN policy related issues to the wiki and a history of LACRALO
> activity is documented which benefits ALSes in potentially all regions.
>
> Another example where the wiki would benefit : an "upcoming deadlines"
> page on the wiki so that ALSes can see at one location what we need to
> do by what date.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Dev Anand Teelucksingh
> Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://ttcsweb.org/
> "networking local computer users!"
>
>
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