[Chapter-delegates] Ad-free webcasting

[Khaled KOUBAA]

Excellent.
Thank you Anne.

Le 15/12/2010 22:55, Anne Lord a écrit :
> hi Khaled, All,
>
> In 2011 we will be launching a pilot service that covers the costs of 
> domain name registration and website hosting. This is in response to 
> the 2011 Chapter Needs survey (results available in Spanish, French 
> and English at http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/guidelines/)  that 
> that identified funding as the priority area for all Chapters.
>
> The survey results informed and influenced the planning for Chapter 
> Development for 2011. The details are covered in the attached 
> presentation, made at the Board of Trustees meeting in Beijing, and 
> recently at the Chapters & Members meeting at ICANN in Cartagena.  
> Slide 8 shows the new activities for 2011.
>
> On use of webex by Chapters to host meetings, yes, this is possible. 
> If you need to schedule a meeting, simply email 
> <chapter-support at isoc.org> and we will set it up for you. At the same 
> time, Marratech is also still available for use. Again, please contact 
> us to 'book' a meeting slot.  We will look to making this information 
> more accessible as we work to revise the Chapter Handbook (which will 
> become the "Chapter Guide") into html format.
>
> On websites, inside the Chapter portal, there is the possibility to 
> provide some basic information about your Chapter, through a "Chapter 
> preview" page - this is available for all potential members to see. 
> Also, looking ahead, the Engagement platform, under development by the 
> AMS team <amshelp at isoc.org> will also provide a platform for enhanced 
> collaboration and community building.
>
> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask on this list 
> or at <chapter-support at isoc.org> or to your Regional Bureau Manager.  
> We're here to help.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Anne
> -- 
>
>
> (source: 
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/nov2010/chapters.pdf)
>
>> Hi Joly,
>> I totally agree with the importance of what you are saying.
>> But I am feeling that is a luxe for people who don't even a web site 
>> until now !
>> Some ISOC chapters is in need of basic help like having a hosting or 
>> domain name.
>> ISOC is offering a name.chapters.isoc.org but I am not that this has 
>> success with chapters.
>> I can add that we need also pictures and video sharing platform to be 
>> used by chapters.
>> Many many online services ( especially 2.0 tools ) that we should 
>> begin thinking about to reinforce local chapters.
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Khaled
>>
>> Le 15/12/2010 14:18, Anne Lord a écrit :
>>> Hi Joly,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion.  We'd be happy to look further into this 
>>> to explore what might be possible to help Chapters. I'll contact you 
>>> off-list.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Anne
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> On 15/12/2010, at 5:24 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:
>>>
>>>> As any of you who have viewed recent ISOC-NY live webcasts are aware,
>>>> our provider Livestream has taken to inserting LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS
>>>> commercials every 15 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> We don't pay for the service. To go ad-free costs a whopping $3500/yr
>>>> - beyond our means. We've already paid out $500 of our events money to
>>>> get the wirecast software that allows live camera switching/mixing.
>>>> We've looked around for alternative free or cheaper streaming services
>>>> without success. We otherwise are quite happy with Livestream, and it
>>>> has nice features like an online studio that permits live mixing of
>>>> guest streams. We have noticed that our viewership is affected by the
>>>> ads. Our only workaround is that we can edit & post our source files
>>>> on our own site, for later viewing/ downloading.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think we are the only chapter interested in live webcasting,
>>>> and ISOC itself should be making an effort to webcast the INETS.. We
>>>> are wondering if
>>>>
>>>> 1) ISOC could pay and manage one Livestream account that all 
>>>> Chapters can use.
>>>> or
>>>> 2) Some other chapters would like to go shares with us on a 
>>>> Livestream account
>>>> or
>>>> 3) ISOC-NY should submit a grant application for managing a Livestream
>>>> account for all Chapters as a community project.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any interest?
>>>>
>>>> We've tried approaching both Livestream and uStream for sponsorship
>>>> without response.
>>>>
>>>> j
>>>>
>>>>
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