Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

On Jul 28, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Arturo Servin 
<arturo(_dot_)servin(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

>       That may work as well.
>
>       It depends on the time that the presenters have to make the material
> available.
>
>       The important is to have discussion-material available in advance. It
> could be a presentation or a video (I would personally prefer a
> presentation because I can quickly scan it for important things)
Dear Arturo,

Emphasis should be to ensure equal status for remote participants.  For 
reasonable remote participation, presentation material should be made available 
in advance. It seems reasonable to allow minor edits within a day or even hours 
before the meeting starts.

To do this, video and audio control should be centralized within the meeting 
room and virtualized in the cloud when necessary.  A dual core Atom processor 
should be all that is needed.  Rather than using an audio bridge with multiple 
simultaneous  audio and video feeds, a strategy should be developed that suits 
those in the meeting venue as as well as those who are remote.   For this, 
there should be a minor level of automation available to facilitate selection 
of individuals permitted to speak.  This control should not need to be done at 
the meeting venue, but in the cloud as well.

Regards,
Douglas Otis