<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Our Aug meeting is 8/19, correct? If you wanted to try to do an online test of BigBlueButton at that meeting, we could work it in ... in the spirit of "back to school" this could possibly be helpful to some?<div><br></div><div><a href="http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2020-aug">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2020-aug</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://bigbluebutton.org/">https://bigbluebutton.org/</a><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Brian</div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:40 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com">abreauj@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"><div>Conferencing software designed for teaching might turn out to be a better fit for the kind of presentations we do at our meetings. I figure it's worth giving it a try to see how it differs. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Things like Zoom and Google Meet seem to me to be designed with corporate meetings as their primary target audience, and Jitsi seems to be designed as essentially a Zoom clone. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:33 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" 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">Conferencing software used for teaching is quite different from the jitsi and zoom models. We will take a look <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" target="_blank">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 7:29 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" target="_blank">abreauj@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">The weekend is fine with me, too. Let's see when other folks are available. I'd like at least 4 or 5 participants so we can kick the tires and really put it through its paces.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 6:25 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="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">Aug 21 might be a challenge for me since it is move in day to our new place. I could do the 22nd or 23rd.<br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020, 1:10 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">abreauj@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"><div>I've heard about BigBlueButton from the GNHLUG list, and it sounds like it would be useful to try it out so we can compare it to Jitsi. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We're still committed to using Jitsi for August, of course. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Can we plan an evening after the upcoming BLU meeting to give BigBlueButton a try? Perhaps Friday, August 21, or sometime the following week? What evening is good for everyone's schedule? <br></div><div><br></div><div>It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes or so.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://bigbluebutton.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bigbluebutton.org/</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 9:36 AM Brian DeLacey <<a href="mailto:bdelacey@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bdelacey@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">Ill test the streaming to YouTube part as well. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I magine a test with you will take no more than 15 minutes.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks. Looking forward to this.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 07:07 Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="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">Thanks JABR<br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 8, 2020, 12:18 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">abreauj@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"><div>I've updated the calendar entries for August and September to show that we're meeting online with jitsi. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We should come up with a topic and speaker(s) for October soon, and perhaps as far ahead as January, too. I think it's unrealistic to schedule out more than six months ahead, but it's always a good idea to plan as far ahead as is reasonable, so we're not always scrambling at the last minute. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll dig through my inbox for that Gentoo guy we invited before the pandemic. And as long as we're doing online meetings, we don't have to limit ourselves to the Boston area when inviting speakers. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 8:50 AM Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer 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 assume we are doing jitsi. Please post on web page. I will know later today if I will have an internet connection to do you tube. <br><br><div>--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div>
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