Florian, FYI it doesn't matter. Skype can call the conferencing system as well. It is true that Skype is FREE and can provide the ability to do video conferencing. Just my $0.02, Gian
On Fri 08/01/10 14:12 , Florian Effenberger flo...@openoffice.org sent: > Hi Lars, > > >> - People who had been invited to this meeting and > can not attend are>> able to join via voice conferencing and/or > Skype.> > > Skype =! VoIP. One of the marketing or development > goals for 2010,> should be a voice infrastructure to go with the > mailing list> infrastructure. > > we have found a quite good conferencing service that provides dial-in in > various countries and will be used for the upcoming marketing call. It > does not cover all countries, but it's a good start. If there's a need > for more, we can develop something. > > > We are missing: > > > > voice conferencing > > No - see the upcoming marketing call I plan to have regularly. ;-) And > also see this wiki page that has been online for some years and > announced on the lists, barely noticed by anyone: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Phone_Conferences > >> ...and surely would not be able to have two days > of meetings from>> home without being disturbed... > > > > A well-known phenomenon. > > Right. And if we have two days packed with meetings, for me the best way > to do this is face to face, especially when it's about branding. > > > Without a context, there is not much of a way to > even guess if that is> reasonable. Do the tasks proposed warrant a > physical meeting? > I think they do. If we have a lot to show and see (branding), face to > face is better than virtually, I think. > > > Skype is not an option for many people. Regular > SIP-based VoIP is, at> least technically, available. HOWTOs are missing, > though. I know> someone working on voice conferencing, but will > have to check whether> the results will be useful for OOo. > > See the above wiki page, and wait for the first marketing call. :-) > > > Nothing ever is. However, having a standing > VoIP-conferencing system> for OOo would at least reduce the need for travel > or increase the> results from some online meetings. > > A voice conferencing system (I prefer normal phone network to VoIP, but > that's a technical detail) is a good thing, yes, and we are working on > it and testing it out. However, it won't be an option for all meetings. > > For the upcoming meeting in Hamburg, I seek for your assistance in our > funding request. I think everyone involved knows very well that we have > to take care of the carbon footprint as well as of the budget, and I > hope that you trust the involved people enough to believ in their > estimation on which form of meeting might be the best one. > > For me, Hamburg is nearly half a day (!) of travelling, and I surely > don't do this for fun, so I hope everyone here puts that much trust in > me to recognize how important a face to face meeting in this matter is. > > Florian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.orgfor > additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
