On 23 October 2012 10:40, dsh <[email protected]> wrote: > Just an idea - how about if somebody from the German AOO team would be > co-presenting and does the driver of the presentation? Is that > feasible or wouldn't there be any reason in such a model?
I fully agree with Christian's concerns and think your proposal is a "best of both worlds" solution. Ross > > Cheers > Daniel > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Christian Grobmeier > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Honestly (and sorry to say), if I attend a conference and pay the full >> price, I would be more than disappointed if the presenter is not in >> the same room as me. I can watch youtube videos without wasting my >> money. I am not the conference expert, but I doubt there are (many) >> other conferences using remote presentations. >> >> Cheers >> Christian >> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Steve Holden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Andrea: >>> >>> Apparently we don't have any guarantees on quality of service, so we are >>> suggesting that speakers who wish to try this route should prepare a video >>> for use if the remote presentation doesn't work out. >>> >>> I presume that no special room set-up will be needed for these talks except >>> audio connection to the computer that's used to display the call? >>> >>> regards >>> Steve >>> >>> On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:06 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> >>>> As discussed on the ooo-dev list >>>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-ooo-dev/ we have >>>> several speakers from China (all in the OpenOffice track, it seems) who >>>> are facing delays in getting a visa to Germany for ApacheCon. >>>> >>>> A suggestion from Louis Suárez-Potts is to allow teleconferencing: >>>> speakers who cannot be physically in Germany would still be able to give >>>> their presentation as an online seminar. >>>> >>>> Would this be possible with the current infrastructure in Sinsheim? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Andrea. >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Holden [email protected], Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ >>> Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ >>> Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ >>> Next: Helping with ApacheCon EU (community edition) http://apachecon.eu/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.grobmeier.de >> https://www.timeandbill.de -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
