Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-09 Thread Bob Basques
All, Skype now let's you share your screen, I haven't tried it yet, but I installed a newer version based on this fact. bobb On 2/8/2010 4:09 PM, Dan Putler wrote: Hi Charlie, Something to look at is Openmeetings: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-09 Thread Bob Basques
All, I've been doing some research and resource collection around the idea of doing something similar. I was planning on going it alone with some specific targets in mind, but I could throw into an effort if it could be made to be reuseable. bobb On 2/8/2010 8:15 AM, Charlie Schweik wrot

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Kumaran Narayanaswamy
Hello Charlie, In India We are conducting free road shows collaborating with universities to create awareness on OSGeo products. We have conducted one such Seminar "Opensource GIS Tools and Solutions - An Awareness seminar" jointly by NRCFOSS,kCube and Institue of Remote Sensing, Anna University.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Daniel Ames
How about a combination of something like open meetings for desktop sharing with Google Voice Chat or Yahoo Chat for the voice? Yes, do keep me in the loop Charlie. I'd be happy to give a webinar and if this goes well we could evlove it into a course for seminar credit here at ISU. - Dan On Mon, F

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Dan Putler
It is always good not to paste the URL twice, so a second shot at Openmeetings: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 14:09 -0800, Dan Putler wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > Something to look at is Openmeetings: > http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/http://code.google.com/p/open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Dan Putler
Hi Charlie, Something to look at is Openmeetings: http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ I haven't installed it, but have used their demo site. It seems fairly nice. I wanted to allow for screen sharing, and it does that well. Voice volume was a bit of a prob

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Charlie Schweik
Hi Dan, Daniel Ames wrote: Webinars are a great idea but need someone to host the webinar software... any thoughts on how to do that? We could potentially help out here at ISU with the desktop sharing side of things, but the problem is the audio... - Dan Good question, Dan! Webinar technolog

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Daniel Ames
Webinars are a great idea but need someone to host the webinar software... any thoughts on how to do that? We could potentially help out here at ISU with the desktop sharing side of things, but the problem is the audio... - Dan On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Charlie Schweik wrote: > Dimitris Ko

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Webinars on OS geo for local governments, schools and nonprofits?

2010-02-08 Thread Charlie Schweik
Dimitris Kotzinos wrote: Dear Charlie, the idea sounds intriguing but we should bear in mind the different requirements of the three actors you mentioned in your e-mail, so it would be difficult to find the one size that fits all. Good point, Dimitris. As someone who teaches but also studies t