Skype is the only stable mass market video platform that allows multiple callers/conferencing that is PC, Mac and Linux compatible and free to use. That's why I use it.
Dave On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Mark Martin <storycraf...@gmail.com>wrote: > Recent discussions about holding a physical meeting have gotten me > thinking. Someone mentioned skyping as a possibility, and I can tell you > that another retro computing group (the CoCo group) have held online-only > events in the past. These were very informal and low-key, and while they > were repeated only a handful of times, they were extremely easy to > coordinate. > > Along that line, I'm offering for your consideration two proposals: > > -- The informal approach is that I will lead an effort to determine the > most common IM program used among interested parties (hopefully Skype). I > will collect contact information and then schedule a first call. I'll try > to gather consensus on a schedule and an agenda. In other words, I will > facilitate and then happily let others lead discussions they are interested > in. > > -- The Big Bang approach is to model after what the virtual tabletop > role-playing conventions do -- they host schedules for individual tables, > and allow interested parties to lead those "tables". They allow signup for > these tables and coordinate all of the interested parties into a > (essentially) private meeting space. These are essentially a large online, > virtual convention -- but focused on smaller interest topics (in this case, > individual role playing game sessions). I could perhaps leverage websites > that cater to this type of convention and, again, help facilitate smaller > groups to get together at various times over some pre-planned convention > weekend. > > I do not intend to step on Quantas toes here as I know they are separately > trying to schedule a more robust and higher scale venture. I'm more > interested in seeing if there is interest in something a lot less formal, > on the side, and not necessarily tied to any Quanta business -- global in > scale. I have very little to no budget to do this, although I believe there > isn't much need for such a budget. This is mostly a volunteer time kind of > thing for all parties. > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
