On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Mike Flannigan<[email protected]> wrote: > > G. Wade Johnson wrote: >> >> It looks like WebEx is $59 per month, with no support for Linux. >> >> I remember trying to use WebEx on Windows at a previous employer >> without much success. I don't know how it is now. >> >> As far as the cost is concerned, Wayne made the suggestion that people >> might be willing to pay a "club fee" to help facilitate this. The >> problem is that the only "organization" we have is Perl Mongers. >> Houston.pm is not a "legal entity". As I've seen recently with the SVG >> Open conference, becoming a "legal entity" is complicated and >> potentially expensive. >> >> If we can come up with a free solution (or low-cost that people can >> make use of outside our meetings), I think that would be a better idea. >> >> One of the problems at the moment seems to be that most of the >> solutions I've seen are Windows-only. Many people use other OSes, and >> that has been reflected so far in the attendance. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with any meeting or screen sharing >> software that is really cross platform? >> >> G. Wade >> > > Agreed. > > I was going to try Ekiga (Was GnomeMeeting) an > hour ago, but they quickly confused me with > 3 different file choices that I didn't know which > one to get (I'm on Windows). Maybe I am > supposed to get Microsoft NetMeeting - I'm > not sure. > > I have another club I want to do this for. Does > anybody have a recommendation on what video > camera to get to do these teleconferences? This other club has a ton of > money and maybe I > can talk them into it. I sure would like to hear the > experience of others doing this. What do I need > to output the camera data to the internet? > > I feel like I'm back in the Dark Ages. I can't > believe this is so rarely done. > > > Mike >
I think Wade or myself should send out to the pm group owners. Maybe someone has an in or maybe someone would pay a grant to start publishing meetings to a central location. Wouldn't be a bad idea... _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
