It says you need to be on the same WiFi net to participate. On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Brian Rosen <b...@brianrosen.net> wrote:
> It’s close, but it’s not at all ideal. > > First of all, it’s iOS/Android only. No Windows, no mac. > You need one device (iOS/Android) connected to the room audio. We might be > able to find a cheap wifi only android device with audio that would serve the > purpose. > You need accounts for every person in their system, and you know how we love > that kind of thing. > > It seems to be a bit clunky to deal with all of our “events”. > > But mostly, the way the presenter controls access doesn’t match what we want. > > I’m not sure how well it would work for a remote questioner. It’s not clear > how it decides who can get into the event. > > But, it’s the basic idea of what we want. It may be possible to work with > them to get it to work for us. > > Brian > On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Russ Housley <hous...@vigilsec.com> wrote: > >> Crowdmics seems very interesting. Maybe we can try an experiment in a small >> meeting before we try it in plenary. >> >> Russ >> >> >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alexa Morris wrote: >> >>> One of my colleagues recently showed me this free app: >>> http://crowdmics.com/ thinking that it might work for the IETF. It >>> purports to do just what you are talking about and I've been mulling over >>> how we might experiment with it (or something similar) >>> >>> Alexa >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:52 AM, Spencer Dawkins wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 03/11/2014 08:00 AM, Brian Rosen wrote: >>>>> I’ve been thinking about this, and wonder if we actually could make this >>>>> even better. >>>>> >>>>> So, maybe the way we deal with mic is to…get rid of in-room microphones. >>>>> Have an app that runs on phones, laptops and tablets that puts you in the >>>>> queue, and you use your device mic to speak, when you are recognized. >>>> >>>> I ended up as note-taker in AQM last week. Even being an AD doesn't get >>>> you out of taking notes :-) >>>> >>>> Which leads me to my point. It's a pretty serious disincentive for a >>>> serious participant (and ADs are at least supposed to be paying attention >>>> between e-mails) to volunteer as note-taker if they have to stand in a >>>> mike line holding their laptop open and typing, in order to say anything. >>>> >>>> During the Harald Alvestrand-as-IETF Chair era, I was usually note-taker >>>> for IESG plenaries, and we joked about that being a DOS attack because if >>>> I was sitting down typing, I wasn't standing up talking (let's ignore >>>> whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, OK?). >>>> >>>> Some chairs have let me wave frantically to attract their attention, so >>>> they could put me "virtually in line" until it was my turn, but I was >>>> delaying the meeting while running to the mike and missing about half what >>>> was said while returning to my seat. >>>> >>>> Brian's suggestion could help with that. >>>> >>>> Spencer, as repeat-offender scribe-for-life >>>> >>>>> We might need some kind of way handle an in-room participant that doesn’t >>>>> have a suitable device, but that is a very small minority of in-room >>>>> participants. >>>>> >>>>> It may be that the app has to do echo cancel, or maybe we could do it >>>>> centralized (as long as we can have accurate timing from the source). >>>>> >>>>> Brian >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NOTE WELL: This list operates according to >>>> http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html. >>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vmeet >>> >>> ---------- >>> Alexa Morris / Executive Director / IETF >>> 48377 Fremont Blvd., Suite 117, Fremont, CA 94538 >>> Phone: +1.510.492.4089 / Fax: +1.510.492.4001 >>> Email: amor...@amsl.com >>> >>> Managed by Association Management Solutions (AMS) >>> Forum Management, Meeting and Event Planning >>> www.amsl.com <http://www.amsl.com/> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NOTE WELL: This list operates according to >>> http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html. >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vmeet >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NOTE WELL: This list operates according to >> http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html. >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vmeet >
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