Good afternoon, Following up on my last email about the Hack-A-Way the planning group has met and selected Hopin.to as the platform that we will use. A doodle poll is here for those who hope to attend so that they can select their availability: https://doodle.com/poll/cucxe8q42p2qmmik
One of the major advantages of Hopin is that we can allow participants to create their own breakout ad-hoc sessions. These sessions can have up to 10 active / talking / on-screen participants and up to 100 people attending the session. That means 90 of the 100 at a time can only observe but as people leave active participation others can step in, all without moderation. Participants can also share screens or windows of their choice as well as actively share video and/or audio. Moderated sessions can also be created as well as a "main stage" area for planned events with speakers. The reception area provides a nice schedule and easy access. Ad-hoc sessions can also be scheduled. Some large events are already being done with Hopin so I'm not concerned about scalability. The access plan we are looking at for us does max out at 100 "tickets" for the event but that should be plenty for the Hack-A-Way. Although I expect more participation with the online event than ones that require physical travel 100 should still be enough. In fact, the free tier of the platform addresses all of our core needs but we are hoping to attract a sponsor that would pay for two months of access to the platform for $99 a month (with a discount for non-profits). This would allow us to record the events as well. We have not worked out the details yet but the sponsor would receive recognition as well as possesses the warm fuzzy feeling of doing a good thing. Rogan Hamby, MLIS Data and Project Analyst Equinox Open Library Initiative phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) email: ro...@equinoxinitiative.org web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org