Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-26 Thread Jon
On 23-Mar-12 3:47 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 22/03/12 Jeffrey Taylor said: > >> Personally, this has limited appeal. I would want to attend meetings to > I have no problem with virtual meetings, but I think more useful would be > simply recording the meeting talks and making them available

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-23 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 22/03/12 Jeffrey Taylor said: > Personally, this has limited appeal. I would want to attend meetings to I have no problem with virtual meetings, but I think more useful would be simply recording the meeting talks and making them available for those would could not be present at the time. I r

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-23 Thread Greg
Some years ago a person asked me, "Can you show us how to keep our website attractive and uptodate?". I said, "Find somebody who wants to do it.". That is my specific reaction to several mentions of video recording. However, it applies to almost everything oclug does. In other words, oclug shoul

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 05:22:33PM -0400, John C Nash wrote: > I think that we should be considering "online" options. I doubt (maybe this > is personal > bias) that it will be popular as a full-time alternative, but I support > exploring the > options and trying it out, as I can see how it could

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread John C Nash
I think that we should be considering "online" options. I doubt (maybe this is personal bias) that it will be popular as a full-time alternative, but I support exploring the options and trying it out, as I can see how it could fill a void. JN On 03/22/2012 12:55 PM, Bill Strosberg wrote: > Furt

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Belanger
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Bill Strosberg wrote: > Further to my "I wonder" comments about the club future and how we meet, > what IS the state of things out there?  Has anyone delved into larger > scale virtual meeting presence?  I use telephone conference calls > frequently, Skype on a sm

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
Personally, this has limited appeal. I would want to attend meetings to meet face-to-face with folks and have a good time. It's also a chance to get out of the house. I think that would be stifled with a 'webex' experience. It has as much appeal as those Redhat web conference emails I get. This is

[OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Bill Strosberg
Further to my "I wonder" comments about the club future and how we meet, what IS the state of things out there? Has anyone delved into larger scale virtual meeting presence? I use telephone conference calls frequently, Skype on a small infrequent scale and have dabbled in Asterisk a little.