Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Rouben via talk
Hi, Long-time lurker here. I’d be happy to provide virtual hosting for GTA LUG proceedings and meetings via Zoom or MS Teams. I work at UofT and I believe I can get GTA LUG meetings hosted on our infrastructure. Alternatively, if we can get sponsored (or have other means/resources available) we

[GTALUG] What have people been using for remote meetings?

2020-03-26 Thread Dave Collier-Brown via talk
My work has the usual dreck, plus bluejeans which is passible, but do people have favorites for non-one-to-one work? --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest dave.collier-br...@indexexchange.com |

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 14:42, Rouben via talk wrote: > Hi, > > Long-time lurker here. > > I’d be happy to provide virtual hosting for GTA LUG proceedings and > meetings via Zoom or MS Teams. I work at UofT and I believe I can get GTA > LUG meetings hosted on our infrastructure. > >

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Znoteer via talk
Hi (lurker in Montreal, here), On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 04:06:26PM -0400, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 14:42, Rouben via talk wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Long-time lurker here. > > > > I’d be happy to provide virtual hosting for GTA LUG proceedings and > > meetings

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread sean mancini via talk
How about a google hangout session? On Thu., Mar. 26, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Christopher Browne, wrote: > The ongoing COVID-19 problem has made it impossible to hold > our monthly meetings at Ryerson. > > Our meetings are held at Ryerson University; the University has > declared [1] that, to help

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hey Znoteer, Do you have a rough estimate how much CPU bigbluebutton was using during the conference and for how many people? So far I've been inclining to spin up a VM with 4-8 dedicated CPUs that should give some extra headroom for our average meeting size, and have Zoom as a backup. My

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
The ongoing COVID-19 problem has made it impossible to hold our monthly meetings at Ryerson. Our meetings are held at Ryerson University; the University has declared [1] that, to help diminish the spread of the virus, they are eliminating all discretionary activities on (and off) campus until May

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
That sounds like a different feature. I personally call a local 647 number to join zoom events, its an option that meeting administrators can allow. No software or download required. Kare On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, William Park via talk wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 07:48:44PM -0400, Karen

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
how about zoom? At least that way people can choose to call in or do video. Thing about google is the privacy sacrifice..among other factors. On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, sean mancini via talk wrote: How about a google hangout session? On Thu., Mar. 26, 2020, 2:23 p.m. Christopher Browne, wrote:

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread William Park via talk
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 07:48:44PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > One can hold zoom meetings strictly by phone, no software required. > Might not resonate with plans, but does add an option that avoids the > client drawback. > Kare Yes, I used this feature when I had problem with

Re: [GTALUG] téléconferencing options, was GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
One can hold zoom meetings strictly by phone, no software required. Might not resonate with plans, but does add an option that avoids the client drawback. Kare On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hey Znoteer, Do you have a rough estimate how much CPU bigbluebutton was using

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact

2020-03-26 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2020-03-26 03:10 PM, sean mancini via talk wrote: How about a google hangout session? How many participants?  I believe Hangouts has a maximum of 10, unless you get some extra cost business package. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] Planning April Meeting

2020-03-26 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 7:26 PM Alex Volkov via talk wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > We're thinking of doing April meeting online, we're thinking of having a > Q > > Which of the teleconference software do you find the most comfortable to > work with? > > > * Zoom > > * Hangouts > > * Jitsi > >