Re: [ormf-dev] Skype conference

[Joel Rosi-Schwartz <Joel.Rosi-Schwartz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 Oct 2008, at 17:46, Achim Lörke wrote:

> 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 â?¬ 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.

I agree. Possibly we can try this out in a small group with Wolfgang  
next week and if all goes well use it for the next meeting.


> 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.

First I've heard. I do not think this affects us but could you send a  
url so we can check it out.

> > 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 :-)

Yea :-)

Joel