<div dir="ltr"><div>Do we know of a good online video conference platform that's free, runs on Linux as well as MacOS and Windows, and can support a reasonably large number of participants? Let's say at least 20 attendees if possible. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Whatever we come up with, I'd really want to test it out at least a couple of times prior to the actual meeting, so we can work out any technical issues ahead of time. It would also be ideal if the results could be simultaneously live-streamed to youtube so we have a permanent record of the meeting. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:47 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I don't have any contacts at akemai. What I would like to see is a more professional studio where we can do a reliable online meeting where some people can participate, but if not maybe just youtube presentations. I would hope we can go back to human meetings in a few months. <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 7:54 AM Kurt Keville <<a href="mailto:kurt.keville@gmail.com" target="_blank">kurt.keville@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">While MIT has mostly left of the definition of a "large group" to the reader, Harvard clearly believes it to be 25 people. If the students do not return to campus this semester it will be progressively hard to justify in-person meetings at MIT, regardless of the actual infection rates. Do we have another location? Akamai?<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 7:37 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I'll send out an announcement<br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 9:55 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I've updated the BLU calendar to show that next week's BLU meeting is cancelled. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I also deleted it from our google calendar. <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 6:21 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">My thinking is to schedule April and May as virtual. Let's concentrate on next week right now. <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf@gapps.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf@gapps.blu.org</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix<br>PGP key id: 537C5846<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 6:13 PM Bill Ricker <<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020, 5:56 PM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I think we should cancel at least this month</div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Given MIT cancel and Governor declaring Emergency in Mass, yes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I've cancelled tonight's Perl, and am wondering if we should do virtual meeting in April. </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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