Not so well on iOS devices by my experience, however that may have been a one off. On 24 Oct 2013 18:44, "Dave Park" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Skype is the only stable mass market video platform that allows multiple > callers/conferencing that is PC, Mac and Linux compatible and free to use. > That's why I use it. > > Dave > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Mark Martin <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Recent discussions about holding a physical meeting have gotten me > > thinking. Someone mentioned skyping as a possibility, and I can tell you > > that another retro computing group (the CoCo group) have held online-only > > events in the past. These were very informal and low-key, and while they > > were repeated only a handful of times, they were extremely easy to > > coordinate. > > > > Along that line, I'm offering for your consideration two proposals: > > > > -- The informal approach is that I will lead an effort to determine the > > most common IM program used among interested parties (hopefully Skype). I > > will collect contact information and then schedule a first call. I'll try > > to gather consensus on a schedule and an agenda. In other words, I will > > facilitate and then happily let others lead discussions they are > interested > > in. > > > > -- The Big Bang approach is to model after what the virtual tabletop > > role-playing conventions do -- they host schedules for individual tables, > > and allow interested parties to lead those "tables". They allow signup > for > > these tables and coordinate all of the interested parties into a > > (essentially) private meeting space. These are essentially a large > online, > > virtual convention -- but focused on smaller interest topics (in this > case, > > individual role playing game sessions). I could perhaps leverage websites > > that cater to this type of convention and, again, help facilitate smaller > > groups to get together at various times over some pre-planned convention > > weekend. > > > > I do not intend to step on Quantas toes here as I know they are > separately > > trying to schedule a more robust and higher scale venture. I'm more > > interested in seeing if there is interest in something a lot less formal, > > on the side, and not necessarily tied to any Quanta business -- global in > > scale. I have very little to no budget to do this, although I believe > there > > isn't much need for such a budget. This is mostly a volunteer time kind > of > > thing for all parties. > > _______________________________________________ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > > > -- > Dave Park > Sandy Electronics, LLC > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
