Paul Hoffman <paul.hoff...@vpnc.org> wrote: > > The obvious lesson is "it's hard to get audio-to-remote right" when you > don't have much control over the room before the meeting.
Actually, bringing the right kind of microphone (plus a spare) into the room and attaching it to a laptop should work... > The question for this group is: what do we do about that? A few > alternatives are: > > - Only promote remote participation when the host is sure that the > room supports it, This doesn't actually work -- Mr. Murphy generally wins... > and make it clear that remote participation is not an expectation > for all face-to-face interims No. We should eat our own dogfood, no matter how unappealing. > - Make a best effort but be sure that remote participants know there > is a reasonable chance of failure. We've gotten used to this -- I recommend continuing. > - Have the IETF Secretariat (at high cost) organize the interim and > be responsible for the audio. No. > - Prohibit interims from being face-to-face so that all WG members > have the same opportunities. Prohibit? No. But we might do well to hold all-virtual interims from time to time. Just don't require a group to do two in a row.. > There are certainly other alternatives. Thoughts? There's an increasing number of virtual-meeting software alternatives. Alas, each comes with a learning-curve; and getting folks to spend enough time learning them has proven a major challenge. Perhaps publishing some of the success stories would help? -- John Leslie <j...@jlc.net> _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html. https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vmeet
