There will be 1-2 floating accounts that will be shared with the TSC/PTLs
for use and then we will sponsor accounts for some members who host regular
community meetings.

Best,
Casey

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Luis Gomez <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Apr 13, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Casey Cain <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello, Everyone!
>
> At the request of the Technical Community I have been investigating
> alternative conference platforms for OpenDaylight to use to conduct weekly
> and impromptu meetings.
>
> The community has gravitated to 2 solutions.  Zoom and Bluejeans.  Most of
> the community is familiar with Bluejeans and has likely used it at one
> point.  Zoom is a relative newcomer to the conference scene but is very
> popular and becoming rapidly adopted by a number of organizations including
> the Linux Foundation and several of it's Incorporated Projects.
>
> Both platforms have feature parity for the basics of conferencing. HD
> Audio and Video, Ability to connect from China, Mobile app support for iOS
> and Android, MP4 Recordings, 50 participants per call (Upgradeable), Local
> Dial in numbers in 70+ countries, Per user based licence model
>
> There are some key differences though.
>
> Zoom has full cross platform support for Linux, Windows and Mac as well as
> some interesting collaborative features and in conference polling.  Zoom
> does have limited Cloud storage, but this is offset by the ability for
> users to record locally.  Zoom's biggest flaw that I have seen so far is
> that a paid licence (from the same account that scheduled the meeting) must
> be logged into the meeting or it will end automatically after 40 minutes.
>
>
> And what is the plan to overcome this? Will you or other LF folks be
> logged to all ODL meetings?
>
> Zoom will cost the OpenDaylight Project $1,650/y
>
> Bluejeans does not have full cross-platform support for Linux but does
> support Mac, Windows and mobile platforms.  Despite the lack of full Linux
> platform support, Bluejeans does have a web client that works on all
> platforms (*though it is currently buggy).  The advantages of Bluejeans are
> Unlimited cloud storage and the scheduler of the meeting is not required to
> be present during the meeting, though some collaborative features such as
> recording will be disabled if the host is not present.
> Bluejeans will cost the OpenDaylight Project $3,000/y
>
> The OpenDaylight trial period for Zoom expires on April 18th and the offer
> from Bluejeans at $25 per licence (Down from $79 per licence) expires on
> April 21st.
>
> I would like to get the technical communities feedback and vote on which
> platform they believe the OpenDaylight project should migrate to.
>
> I have also scheduled an open discussion using the Zoom platform for the
> Monday TWS call:
>
> Monday @ 10AM, PST.
> Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/740662219
>
> Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +14086380968 <(408)%20638-0968>,740662219#
> or +16465588656 <(646)%20558-8656>,740662219#
>
> Or Telephone:
>     Dial: +1 408 638 0968 <(408)%20638-0968> (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656
> <(646)%20558-8656> (US Toll)
>     Meeting ID: 740 662 219
>     International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=
> bxg9Uo1wEja4DXXdT14gLFhsGBHdaMym
>
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