This section is organised into two parts for At-Large Working Groups :
- Documenting the Tools used to organise content created by At-Large Working Groups
- Documenting in table form the Issues noted regarding content of At-Large Working Groups and recommendations
Tools used to organise content created by At-Large Working Groups
(To edit this table, edit the "Tools used to organise content created by At-Large Working Groups" wiki page)
Wiki
The wiki holds the information about a WG and its activities. WG are listed as child pages under the https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/AtLarge+Working+Groups page which is under the ALAC space. Information about a WG on the wiki typically includes:
- Description of the WG - on the same wiki page for the WG
- Members - usually in a table, showing region, member name and position in the WG - also on the same wiki page for the WG
- Meetings and Events - a child page under the WG page with links to childpages for each meeting held (meeting page), named after the date of the meeting (Day Month Year). Each Meeting Page contains the following information:
- Name of meeting (WG name plus date and time of meeting)
- Date of Meeting (eg Tuesday 9 July 2013)
- Time of meeting (e.g 17:00 - 18:00 UTC with a link to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html
- Meeting Number
- Link to "How can I participate in this meeting"
- Action Items - a link titled "EN" to a child page "Action Items EN" ; may have separate child pages for other languages (e.g link "ES" to child page "Action Items ES")
- Summary Minutes - a link titled "EN" to child page ; may have separate child pages for other languages (e.g link "ES" to child page "Summary Minutes ES")
- Recording - link to MP3s attached to wiki page - if there was meeting interpretation, links to separate MP3 for each interpreted language
- Transcript - link to PDF attached to page - if there was meeting interepretation, links to separate PDFs for each interpreted language. Older meeting pages had the transcript as a child page, instead of a PDF
- Adobe Connect Chat Transcript (some WGs shorten it to "AC Chat Transcript") - link titled "EN" to child page
- Adobe Connect Meeting Room - link to Adobe Connect Meeting Room - each WG has its own meeting room with a unique URL
- Participants: list of names of persons attending the meeting. If there is interpretation, list is broken down by the language channels
- Apologies: list of names of persons that sent apologies that they couldn't attend the meeting
- Staff - list of names of At-Large Staff members that attended the call
- Agenda - ordered list on the same wiki page. Each list item has the agenda item title, followed by estimated time in brackets and presenter for the agenda item. Agenda items can have sub-agenda items and links to documents, presentations under consideration.
- Monthly Reports - child page under WG page
- Documents - child page under WG page
- Resources - child page under WG page
- Workspace - this is the content created/maintained by the WG - some are child pages under the WG page and some are put under the At-Large Workspaces
Calendar
When an Meeting Page is created, At-Large Staff updates the At-Large calendar with
- When: date and time of meeting in UTC (e.g Monday July 1, 7pm - 8pm)
- Where: varies, often the time of the meeting in UTC, sometimes the adigo conference number to join via telephone bridge and/or the Adobe Connect room url
- Description: varies, either a link to the meetings and events wiki page, or the text of the meeting notice sent on the email list (which contains links to agenda, Adobe Connect room, wiki workspace
Event Time Announcer
Event Time Announcer is used in meeting notices sent on mailing lists and on wiki meeting pages to show the meeting time in their time zone
Email lists
Mailing list is used by WG members to discuss issues pertinent to the WG and by staff to send meeting notices and reminders for upcoming WG calls. Archives of WGs are usually publicly viewable by anyone.
Teleconferences
Teleconferences - used by WGs in the meeting to share content, to administer the meeting (e.g establish speaking order) and for members to chat. Staff also notes Action Items. The text chat and Action Items are copied to the child pages of the
Meeting Page after the meeting.
Telephone Bridge
Telephone Bridge - the audio from the bridge is saved as a MP3 file and uploaded to the wiki on the Meeting Page. Instructions on how to use the bridge (e.g mute, unmute) are on the adigo wiki page and repreated in the Adobe Connect chat.
Issues and Recommendations regarding content of At-Large Working Groups
(To edit this table, edit the "Issues noted regarding content of At-Large Working Groups and recommendations" wiki page)
Issue | Recommendation | Implementation Status |
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Current Content Difficult to determine what was the latest activity of the WG when viewing the wiki page of a WG, especially for observers. |
There should be a "latest updates" section on the main wiki page of a WG.
Given labels are user defined and the importance of consistency,
With Labels, confluence macros to show activity changes by label could be used.
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Many pages have page IDs Instead of meaningful titles names. This is due to the title of the page having special characters, See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Page+URL's+Contain+pageId+Instead+of+The+Page+Title | Titles should not have special characters: @ / \ | ^ # ; [ ] { } < >
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Consistency Inconsistency regarding workspaces - some are child pages under the WG page and some are put under the At-Large Workspaces "Space" |
This can be solved by an editor to comb through materials and create a logical heirarchy of topics which branch off | |
Clarity Unclear rationale for use of separate "Documents" and "Resources", especially for those WGs with workspaces
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Make the scope of a working group at top and centre of each document so that feature creep doesn't set in. | |
Reporting
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Each working group member can fill out a short standardized form on the various working groups. Suggest creation of a short report, ie. number of meetings, resolutions, | |
Interconnectivity The 'silos' of the working groups appear to be divorced from other interconnected working groups. | Working Groups need to have a reality check in checking with WG on Metrics, Transparency, Outreach etc to make sure that their deliverables can be quantified and measured. | |
Gaps or Vacancies The missing in action volunteers makes groups ineffective and dyfunctional |
A reward system needs to be implemented to compensate those that are in attendance and active in WG | |