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Subject: RE: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges
Paul, thanks for the tip, I didn't know they had that option. (I still get asked all the time - and wonder myself - how do these guys DO it??) =Drummond -----Original Message----- From: Paul Fremantle [mailto:paul@wso2.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:19 PM To: Drummond Reed Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges Drummond You can also use freeconference for up to a 100 people with a reserved call and still no charge, as long as you dont need toll-free dial in. Paul Drummond Reed wrote: >The XRI and XDI TCs also frequently used www.freeconference.com as our >bridge. It's received some press recently as a popular alternative to paid, >reservation-based services. Up to 25 participants can conference for up to 3 >hours with no reservation and at no cost (though a toll call). > >They have an upgrade to paid service for reservation-based calls, toll-free >numbers, or webconferencing. > >=Drummond > >-----Original Message----- >From: John M. Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net] >Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:10 PM >To: 'James Bryce Clark'; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org >Cc: rob.figenbaum@oasis-open.org >Subject: RE: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges > >The LegalXML Member Section TCs all use freeconference.com as our bridge. >It is free and we have never had a problem with the service. > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: James Bryce Clark [mailto:jamie.clark@oasis-open.org] >>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:04 PM >>To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org >>Cc: rob.figenbaum@oasis-open.org >>Subject: Re: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges >> >> Thanks, Kelvin. Tech staff (principally IT manager Rob Figenbaum) >>gets the thanks for the iRC work. More to talk about, quite soon. >> >> On phones: global accessibility is a big concern for us also. On >>the >>other hand, our dues and infrastructure are a fraction of W3 -- >>OASIS traditionally has been thin-client, fiscally and in other ways, by >>design. On the third hand, the economics of phone service fundamentally >>is >>changing. >> I know, from painful memory myself, that asking for and managing >>bridges is an annoyance. More acutely, is it a barrier? To what extent >>do >>other leaders on this list think that phone bridge economics is a gating >>issue for us? Is there a distinct issue for big vs. small TCs, or those >>with wider vs. narrower geographic dispersion? >> >> Regards JBC >> >>~ James Bryce Clark >>~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS >>~ jamie.clark@oasis-open.org >> >>At 01:19 PM 9/22/2005, Kelvin Lawrence wrote: >> >> >>>Jamie, I applaud you for doing this. I have found IRC very useful in the >>>W3C meetings I have attended. This is a good sep forward. >>>Related to this, are you making any progress towards having an OASIS >>>provided (does not need to be 800 number) phone bridge for TC meetings? >>>W3C also has this facility and it makes the life of the chair so much >>>easier (as opposed to having to keep asking for people to sponsor calls) >>>Cheers >>>Kelvin >>>WSS TC co-chair >>>Kelvin R. Lawrence >>>Distinguished Engineer & CTO, Emerging Internet Software Standards >>>Member of the IBM Academy of Technology >>>IBM Software Group. 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758. >>>BLOG: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=730 >>> >>> > > > > > > -- Paul Fremantle Co-Founder, Vice President of Technology WSO2, "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform" Yahoo IM: paulfremantle Cell/Mobile: +44 (0) 7740 199 729 Fax: +1 360 485-4275 paul@wso2.com
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