[Go] GO meeting registrations

[Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)]

Hi Judy,

Yes I agree that careful chairing wil be needed for the discussion. I 
wondered if it might be an idea to have each session have a chair chosen 
in advance, and an assistant who keep an idea on skype chat or something 
to see when remote people raise their hands?

Thanks,

Jen

Judith Blake wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is great Jen, thanks.  I hope that many will indicate that they 
> will be listening and participating.  As the ability to teleconference 
> improves, albeit incrementally, I hope that we will get greater 
> participation in GOC meetings.  From experience, I think we will need to 
> have someone designated to ‘raise their hands’ for those remotely who 
> try to speak or send a chat request for time.  It’s harder to get heard 
> in the clamor, but absolutely necessary that remote voices get their time.
> 
> Judy
> 
> On 3/3/09 6:18 AM, "Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)" <jdeegan at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I have added a table at the bottom of the page where people can sign up
>     to participate remotely. It would be great if we could have accurate
>     numbers well in advance as this will enable us to get technology which
>     is capable of handling the required number of connections.
> 
>     http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/2009_Oregon_Meeting_Logistics#Remote_Attendees
> 
>     Since it is much cheaper and easier for participants to take part
>     remotely, I would imagine that people who would not normally be able to
>     attend may be able to listen in this time. If you would be interested to
>     participate, please add your details and we will figure out if we can
>     accommodate everyone.
> 
>     Some people have mentioned that it may be difficult to call in in the
>     evening when at home with children. However we have found from
>     experience that muting the microphone and listening to the meeting like
>     a radio programme works well in this situation. The microphone can
>     easily by turned back on to allow the remote participant to contribute
>     to the meeting. We plan to show the talk slides via a screensharing
>     system so all remote participants will be able to follow the visual aids
>     as well as the sound.
> 
>     Thanks for taking the time to fill in the table.
> 
>     Best wishes,
> 
>     Jennifer
> 
> 
>     Midori Harris wrote:
> 
>>
>>  On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Suzanna Lewis wrote:
>>
>> > no Pombe or Human or GOED at all, not even one person (other than fly
>> > folk) from the UK?
>>
>>
>>  That's correct, I'm afraid. The dates don't work for me at all,
>     and the
>>  others couldn't find flights with either reasonable cost or reasonable
>>  timing (let alone both). So we're all joining the Webex/conf call
>>  brigade instead (and I'll have to miss part of the 30th).
>>
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>     Gene Ontology Consortium
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Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Gene Ontology Consortium