[Go] GO meeting registrations

[Suzanna Lewis]

I'll very much miss seeing your bright, shiny faces, but there is next  
time.

Thanks for setting up the wiki Jen with this info. Yes, we will  
appoint a referee/ombudsman for each session, because it is easy to  
forget those who aren't physically in the room.

-S

On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark) wrote:

> 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).
>>>
>>> m
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>>    Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)
>>    EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
>>    Gene Ontology Consortium
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