[Go] teleconferencing for GO meetings and registrations

[vanauken at caltech.edu]

Hi Doug--

I won't be able to attend the Eugene meeting, but would love to join in
with Webex and Skype, if possible.  I'm actually in Princeton now, so
perhaps could share a Skype connection with one or two people here.

Thanks,
--Kimberly


> Webex audio is prohibitively expensive; that's why Doug's trying to decide
> between Skype and the GO conference call line.
>
> I can join the teleconference for parts of Monday, and on Tuesday &
> Wednesday until it gets late here.
>
> m
>
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Daniel Barrell wrote:
>
>> Hi Doug,
>>
>> I can teleconference in on the Monday, I'm happy to join others. On the
>> Monday though I will also be juggling childcare so I'd like to be able
>> to
>> listen in but need not take part (does webex stream audio as well?)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Jane Lomax wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
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