The community is somewhat ephemeral in terms of participation. I could see this 
becoming an issue with some projects.

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> On Apr 14, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Casey Cain <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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):  +14086380968,740662219# or 
>>> +16465588656,740662219#
>>> 
>>> Or Telephone:
>>>     Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
>>>     Meeting ID: 740 662 219
>>>     International numbers available: 
>>> https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=bxg9Uo1wEja4DXXdT14gLFhsGBHdaMym
>>> 
>>> -- 
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>> 
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