Thanks Chet.
It seems that perhaps since all of the big players in this space
(Cisco, Citrix, Adobe) are also member/sponsors, perhaps you'd be
able to work out some sort of arrangement for a corporate license.
Worth a try anyway.
Cheers,
...scott
On 2/27/12 12:38 PM, Chet Ensign wrote:
Hi Scott,
I will pass this along to Scott McGrath. For TCs with large
corporate members, it hasn't been an issue but I can see how for
TCs without a large corporate member and with participants from
multiple countries, this poses challenges.
My understanding is that this has been researched and the
cost, for a small non-profit like OASIS, was prohibitive.
However, I will check with Scott and get back to you.
Best,
/chet
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Scott
Prentice <sp10@leximation.com>
wrote:
Hi
Chet...
I've also used multiple combinations of "free" services
to organize meetings like this, but you often end up
spending the first 15 minutes getting everything set up
and working properly. Once everyone has figured it out
it goes a bit smoother, but any time there are new
people or changes, it's a real hassle. Not to mention
that the "free" is not really free since people
typically have to call in to a single number in the US,
which just pushes the toll charge on each caller (we've
got members in Australia, India, and Europe). Yes, you
can use Skype to call into the number, which reduces the
cost, but increases the layers of technology that can
fail or distract from the focus of the meeting.
It seems that OASIS could buy a few GoToMeeting licenses
and let groups sign up for time slots .. might just need
two licenses to handle everyone (I don't know the
frequency of overlap, so this might not be accurate).
Also, I'm assuming that most TCs do use some screen
sharing app and not just audio (where a "free conference
call" service may be a more reasonable option). If you
split this cost up over the number of TCs, the cost is
likely to be quite minimal.
It just doesn't seem right that TC members would need to
"beg" for a slice of a corporate or personal license
from another member. OASIS is a professional
organization and seems like it should be providing the
tools for its members to do their jobs as efficiently as
possible. Has this been discussed before? I can't
imagine that I'm the first person to bring it up.
Thanks,
...scott
On 2/27/12 7:02 AM, Chet Ensign wrote:
Hi Kris,
No, we really don't. I use my Free Conference
Call and my Free International Conference Call
accounts for meetings that I organize. There is
also a Freescreensharing facility from them
although I haven't used it yet. And of course we
have the Soaphub chat room facility (e.g. http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/dita-help).
But we don't have a web conferencing facility for
TC use.
/chet
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at
11:11 PM, Kristen Eberlein <keberlein@sdl.com>
wrote:
Chet,
does OASIS have a WebEx-type account
that the DITA help SC could use for
their meetings? Please let us know.
Best
regards,
Kris
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Hi
Tony...
I've got a GoToMeeting account (not
corporate, just the base model) that
we could use if needed until a proper
replacement is found.
Never really thought about his before,
but it seems that OASIS should be
providing this for these meetings, no?
We shouldn't need to scrounge around
for a method to communicate. Am I out
of line in thinking this?
Cheers,
...scott
On 2/24/12 3:24 AM, Tony Self wrote:
Greetings colleagues
It looks like we might have lost access to the GoToMeeting service that
we've been using for the past couple of years, and I have been consequently
unable to set up the meeting for next Monday afternoon (US time). Could I
suggest we postpone the meeting until we've found a replacement WebEx or
GoToMeeting service?
Does anyone have a corporate GoToMeeting or WebEx service that we could use?
Best regards
Tony Self
Chair, DITA Help Subcommittee and DITA Adoption Help Subcommittee
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