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    <p>I forget, did we consider Discord for streaming and chat?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/20 5:07 PM, John Abreau wrote:<br>
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        <div>Yes, the BLU meeting is on 8/19. <br>
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        <div>We're running the BLU meeting in Jitsi, and we cannot run
          BigBlueButton within Jitsi; we have to run BigBlueButton
          instead of Jitsi. That's why I figured it makes sense to do
          the test on a different day, after the meeting. <br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 9:08
          AM Brian DeLacey <<a href="mailto:bdelacey@gmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">bdelacey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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              <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?
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                <div><a href="http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2020-aug"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2020-aug</a><br>
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                <div><a href="https://bigbluebutton.org/"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://bigbluebutton.org/</a><br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Brian</div>
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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at
              7:40 AM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com"
                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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                <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>
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                <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>
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                <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"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>>
                  wrote:<br>
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                  <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" moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>
                      Boston Linux and Unix <a
                        href="http://www.blu.org" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.blu.org</a><br>
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                    <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 11,
                      2020, 7:29 AM John Abreau <<a
                        href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>>
                      wrote:<br>
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                      <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>
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                        <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"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                          <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"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>
                              Boston Linux and Unix <a
                                href="http://www.blu.org"
                                rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.blu.org</a><br>
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                            <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"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>>
                              wrote:<br>
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                                <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>
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                                <div>We're still committed to using
                                  Jitsi for August, of course. <br>
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                                <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>
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                                <div>It shouldn't take more than 20
                                  minutes or so.<br>
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                                <div><a
                                    href="https://bigbluebutton.org/"
                                    rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://bigbluebutton.org/</a></div>
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                                <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"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">bdelacey@gmail.com</a>>
                                  wrote:<br>
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                                  <div dir="auto">Ill test the streaming
                                    to YouTube part as well. 
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                                    <div dir="auto">I magine a test with
                                      you will take no more than 15
                                      minutes.</div>
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                                    <div dir="auto">Thanks. Looking
                                      forward to this.</div>
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                                    <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"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>>
                                      wrote:<br>
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                                      <div dir="auto">Thanks JABR<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <div>--<br>
                                          Jerry Feldman <<a
                                            href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com"
                                            rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                            noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>
                                          Boston Linux and Unix <a
                                            href="http://www.blu.org"
                                            rel="noreferrer noreferrer
                                            noreferrer" target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.blu.org</a><br>
                                          PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>
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                                          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"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>>
                                          wrote:<br>
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                                            <div>I've updated the
                                              calendar entries for
                                              August and September to
                                              show that we're meeting
                                              online with jitsi. <br>
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                                            <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>
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                                            <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>
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                                              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"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>>
                                              wrote:<br>
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                                              <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>
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                                                <div>--<br>
                                                  Jerry Feldman <<a
                                                    href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com"
                                                    rel="noreferrer
                                                    noreferrer
                                                    noreferrer
                                                    noreferrer
                                                    noreferrer
                                                    noreferrer"
                                                    target="_blank"
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>
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                                            <div dir="ltr">John Abreau /
                                              Executive Director, Boston
                                              Linux & Unix<br>
                                              Email: <a
                                                href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com"
                                                rel="noreferrer
                                                noreferrer noreferrer
                                                noreferrer"
                                                target="_blank"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>
                                              / WWW <a
                                                href="http://www.abreau.net"
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                                <div dir="ltr">John Abreau / Executive
                                  Director, Boston Linux & Unix<br>
                                  Email: <a
                                    href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com"
                                    rel="noreferrer noreferrer"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>
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                        <div dir="ltr">John Abreau / Executive Director,
                          Boston Linux & Unix<br>
                          Email: <a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com"
                            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                            moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>
                          / WWW <a href="http://www.abreau.net"
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                <div dir="ltr">John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston
                  Linux & Unix<br>
                  Email: <a href="mailto:abreauj@gmail.com"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">abreauj@gmail.com</a>
                  / WWW <a href="http://www.abreau.net" target="_blank"
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