In a message dated 01/20/2000 1:59:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> All,
>
> I attended the 'Web Best Practices' presentation last night that someone
> forwarded from the EFNH list. After the meeting, I spoke with the
> presenter for a few minutes, and he mentioned that all National Guard
> armories around the state are having videoconferencing systems installed
> at government expense. Part of the deal is that they make these systems
> available to the public when not needed for training purposes.
>
> There are 21 armories in the state of NH; currently 5 have been set up.
> The links are T1 point-to-point, so no bandwidth sharing. UNH is, I
> believe, also a hub, so they could possibly set up downstream-only
> feeds for people who can't get out of the house for some reason.
>
> Not something we'd need/want every meeting, but if a group gets a really
> good speaker (maddog or Linus, for example :), other groups could tie in
> via the nearest NG post.
>
> The person to contact for more information is James Isaak, VP of
> Technical Activities for the IEEE Computer Society. His email is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> MarkG
>
I know, this is an old message. But, it just occurred to me,
that next year's Linux business show could be held in more
than one place, by using this facility. Armories are fairly large.
That could solve the problem of wanting LBSs in Nashua,
Concord, Portsmouth, etc. Add White Pine's interest in
broadcasting next year's show, and we could have
quite an audience. In order to pull it off, we would have
to start now. It could also be a very big draw for
additional sponsors. My guess is that we could get national
press coverage for such a unique event. Maybe even
channel 9's camera crew would show up!
Bob Sparks
Linux guru wannabe
