RE: [chairs] Problems with pranksters on TC calls

[Martin Chapman <martin.chapman@oracle.com>]

The CAMP TC was disrupted once last week.  I changed the security code and sent it privately to TC members - no troll this week. 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kristen James Eberlein [mailto:kris@eberleinconsulting.com]
>Sent: 13 June 2013 23:29
>To: Anish Karmarkar; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
>Subject: Re: [chairs] Problems with pranksters on TC calls
>
>One of our pranksters claimed to be "Steve from Oracle," you could call me
>"The Oracle." That's when it dawned on me that we were being pranked.
>
>I'm still dumbfounded by this. Why would anyone bother to prank OASIS
>Technical Committees? What are these guys getting out of disrupting TC
>meetings?
>
>I am interested in finding out how many TCs have been affected and how long
>this has been going on. For the DITA TC, we had pranksters on both the June
>4th and 11th calls -- Then I changed the call-in numbers.
>
>Best,
>Kris
>
>Kristen James Eberlein
>Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical
>Committee Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee
>www.eberleinconsulting.com
>+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
>
>On 6/13/2013 6:19 PM, Anish Karmarkar wrote:
>> On the CAMP TC one of the trolls claimed to be from an OASIS Member
>> Company (in our case, IBM). Because of this we let them be on the call
>> longer than we should have. If this or similar things happen I suggest
>> that you check your roster for recent signups before giving any
>> credence to such claim.
>>
>> -Anish
>> --
>>
>> On 6/13/13 12:44 PM, Gershon Janssen wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> To add to this topic:
>>>
>>> On today's PMRM TC meeting we had pranksters calling in about 17
>>> minutes after the meeting started.
>>>
>>> I have call control on my bridge, so disconnected the most recent
>>> connections, but they kept coming back, asking for a recap on what
>>> had been agreed on so far.
>>>
>>> Three individuals came in, one named 'Chris Hunter', the other two
>>> being very evasive.
>>>
>>> Is there a pattern with what you remember from your disturbed calls?
>>>
>>> I performed a reset of my pin numbers to prevent further misuse.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Gershon Janssen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Kristen James Eberlein
>>> <kris@eberleinconsulting.com <mailto:kris@eberleinconsulting.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     We are having difficulties with some pranksters calling into our
>>>     weekly DITA TC meeting and being disruptive. Are any other TCs
>>>     having this difficulty?
>>>
>>>     Best,
>>>     Kris
>>>
>>>     Kristen James Eberlein
>>>     Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting
>>>     Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
>>>     Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee
>>>     www.eberleinconsulting.com <http://www.eberleinconsulting.com>
>>>     +1 919 682-2290 <tel:%2B1%20919%20682-2290>; kriseberlein (skype)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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