On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
If the German AOO team member would be the "lead presenter" it might work. I leave it up to others to comment now, I am still sceptic. Cheers Christian > 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 -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de
