[evergreen-outreach] Virtual Conference: Dates

Wed Apr 22 17:22:21 EDT 2020

I'm.... not sure I agree here. A few thoughts:

1) Equipment - not everyone has dual monitors, and it would be nice to
"standardize" as much as possible for our presenters, attendees, and
wranglers.
2) Bandwidth on Zoom's end - no need to have dozens of video streams from
watchers when that's not really necessary.
3) Webinar mode - my readings about using Zoom for these kinds of events
point to Webinar mode as the best option, since it can include
pre-registration requirements, chat/Q&A controls, and more ... and Webinar
mode is view-only for attendees, IIUC.

Now, if none of our potential Zoom hosts have the Webinar license, that
third one is a moot point.

On a personal note, as a presenter I would strongly prefer to NOT see
potentially dozens of video feeds while I'm trying to present.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:45 PM Ruth Frasur <rfrasur at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rogan,
>
> If we're using Zoom, it might be worthwhile to encourage individuals to
> have dual monitors set up if they have the capability.  Then you can
> utilize one monitor for "faces" and chat and other interactions, and the
> main monitor can be used for the actual screen share.  And presenters
> should be encouraged to do the same.  There will be wrangler for each
> session (from what I'm understanding), but having those faces available is
> beneficial to the presenter as well.
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:21 PM <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm just on the fence.  I'm not sure how well it work online anyway
>> without being able to gauge people's faces of whether to speed up or slow
>> down so there's a part of me that says maybe we should drop it.  But that
>> said I can narrow the scope.  So ... I think this is a long way of rubber
>> ducking myself to being fine with it, I just wanted to be sure.  I think
>> I'll focus on PERL in SQL and it's not a problem.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:15 PM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, the sense I got from the other preconf people was that they wanted
>>> to go for shorter versions of their initial presentations - as a preconf
>>> presenter, is that not the case? I can give you a longer block if you want.
>>>
>>> I will double check with Chris Sharp, but Galen told me specifically
>>> that he and Mike would be doing a more scaled-down version of their
>>> presentations.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 3:53 PM <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is the idea that the things originally planned for pre-conferences are
>>>> now basically an hour (or 50 minutes or whatever)?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:34 AM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>>>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OK, same spreadsheet now has a draft schedule - input very much
>>>>> welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:37 PM Gagnon, Ron <gagnon at noblenet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds fine to me also.
>>>>>> Ron
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:27 PM <rogan.hamby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> June sounds good to me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:16 PM Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>>>>>>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Based on the Doodle poll, it looks like the dates that work for
>>>>>>>> most people are either May 26-28 or June 9-11. Poll output can be seen in this
>>>>>>>> tab
>>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t9isOkx06y6nx-S5jyFpcrNUKpDqJ6QrLyeu8OI3PJY/edit#gid=457283236>
>>>>>>>> of our spreadsheet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm kinda leaning towards June, not only because it gives us two
>>>>>>>> more weeks prep time, but also because it had more "yes" responses and
>>>>>>>> fewer "if need be".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've also noted on the sheet the number of presentations each
>>>>>>>> person has (both yeses and maybes).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ABN
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>>>>>>>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org
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>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org
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