Re: [ormf-dev] Skype conference

[Achim Lörke <Achim.Loerke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting "Ingenierubüro Ponikwar (ORMF)" <ormf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
 
 > ...
> With respect to the conferencing issue, I have bought a contract with 
> GoToMeeting to use on two of my projects to reduce travelling. The 
> contract allows me to schedule meetings with up to 15 participants. 
> Meetings include audio, video, screen and application sharing. It 
> does require some applet to be downloaded, but it is certified for 
> Win, Linux and Mac. The costs are acceptable (about € 30/ month) and 
> we could use this for our meetings on sunday at no extra cost, since 
> I do not have any time or volume limits.

We should try this, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea on such short notice. On the other hand, I just read (while setting up Skype on my desktop) that the conference feature of Skype was "suspended" as of 2008-09-01. Since I rarely use Skype I'm not sure if this is a feature we need.


> This does not, however, solve the lack of participation, but it might 
> make meetings more effective (attractive??).
>

Hopefully all team members are back from their vacations :-)

Achim


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