On 05/08/2013 06:54, Ted Lemon wrote: > While I think getting slides in on time is great for a lot of reasons, > reading the slides early isn't that important. What is important is that > remote people see the slides at the same time as local people. For that, it > seems to me that Meetecho support does exactly what is needed. You just > follow the slideshow online, along with the audio. > > Of course, in order to have Meetecho support, you need the slides in advance > of the meeting, preferably far enough in advance that it doesn't create a > massive hassle for the Meetecho team. But by making Meetecho the place where > the slides are presented, you ensure that everybody is on an equal footing, > without engaging in punitive behavior. > > The main reason to want to see the slides in advance is so that the working > group chairs can evaluate them to see if they will actually be a good use of > time. But that's completely orthogonal to the remote participation issue.
For remote attendees, there is a distinct advantage in having time to download & store slides in advance. There are still plenty of places where real-time bandwidth is an issue and audio and jabber may be all you can get. There is another equally important reason for having them well in advance, for both on-site and remote attendees: so that participants can review them in advance, decide which of several clashing sessions to attend, and even prepare questions. This applies even if the slides summarise a draft that was available two or three weeks in advance. Things are often expressed differently in the slides. Finally: a deadline one week before the meeting is no harder to meet than one minute before the meeting. If it's a zero-tolerance deadline, people will meet it. Brian
