[Go] teleconferencing for GO meetings and registrations

[Jane Lomax]

Hi Doug - I'd like to teleconference in from the UK as well. I don't 
think it's going to be feasible for me to be on the same connection as 
everyone else as I'll no doubt be juggling daycare for some of the time 
(the meeting will be 5pm - 1am for us) so I'll probably need to call in 
from home.

I don't think we should rule out the teleconference on the basis of cost 
- after all we're saving a lot on airfares, accommodation etc. with most 
of the UK folks calling in. I my experience Skype can sometimes be a bit 
unstable - especially as the number of connections gets larger - and we 
won't want to be messing around troubleshooting it during the meeting as 
that /would /expensive. Well, that's my opinion anyway - others may not 
agree.

WebEx should be straightforward - Jen should be able to help you with that.

Jane


Doug wrote:
> Please add yourself to the list of participants for the GO meetings if 
> you plan to attend.  This will help us determine the proper 
> registration fee.
>
> At the moment we plan to use the GO webex for the presentation of 
> slides.  Who has set up webex sessions in the past and can assist with 
> that aspect?
>
> With regard to the teleconferencing, we are looking into a daisy chain 
> of teleconferencing mics/speakers.  These could be connected to either 
> a skype session on a dedicated computer (free) or a standard phone 
> conference ($).
>
> Please let me know if you NEED to attend the conference remotely so we 
> can determine if a skype session will be feasible.  I think skype will 
> only work with about 3 maybe 4 connections in addition to the 
> conference room itself.  Can all the remote folks gather around a 
> single skype connection in the UK?  Anyone else??
>
> If skype is not going to be an option, a teleconference can hopefully 
> be arranged.
>
> More details as we have them...
>
> Doug Howe, Ph.D.
> Scientific Curator
> Zebrafish Nomenclature Coordinator
> Zebrafish Information Network
> 541-346-0120
> dhowe at cs.uoregon.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Go mailing list
> Go at geneontology.org
> http://fafner.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/go


-- 
Dr Jane Lomax
GO Editorial Office
EMBL-EBI
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridgeshire, UK
CB10 1SD

p: +44 1223 492516
f: +44 1223 494468