From daniel at pocock.pro Wed Apr 1 19:25:33 2020 From: daniel at pocock.pro (Daniel Pocock) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 20:25:33 +0200 Subject: [Free-RTC Discuss] Flock (was: Coronavirus: emergency RTC solutions for conferences/speakers) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5a389f21-cf00-e8ea-85da-ef4d22048787@pocock.pro> Hi all, On the FreeRTC discuss list[1], I started a thread[2] in January about moving conferences online (this email is CC to the existing thread, feel free to reply on both lists). This could be relevant for Fedora Flock[3] under Coronavirus. There is an assumption that people simply try to do what they normally do but using a live conferencing tool (e.g. Jitsi Meet, Zoom, Hangouts). It is not the only way. Other alternatives may be better: for example, pre-recording each talk and then running the Q&A section live. There are many more hacks and permutations that can be considered. It is not just a choice of tool. Please consider sharing ideas on /FreeRTC discuss/ We have a lot of people from across the RTC landscape there who might chip in with ideas or even volunteer to help. 2020 could actually be an opportunity for some people to gatecrash the conferences we've never visited before. Regards, Daniel 1. https://lists.freertc.org/mailman/listinfo 2. https://lists.freertc.org/pipermail/discuss/2020-January/000036.html 3. https://flocktofedora.org/ From daniel at pocock.pro Wed Apr 1 20:53:25 2020 From: daniel at pocock.pro (Daniel Pocock) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 21:53:25 +0200 Subject: [Free-RTC Discuss] Flock (was: Coronavirus: emergency RTC solutions for conferences/speakers) In-Reply-To: References: <5a389f21-cf00-e8ea-85da-ef4d22048787@pocock.pro> Message-ID: On 01/04/2020 21:22, Mar?a Leandro wrote: > Hi all. > > What should be done with Flock; online or move the dates, should be > based mostly on what's the biggest value of the conference. > > You have as example LibrePlanet, who hosted their conference in March > completely online since the value of the conference was the content, and > you have LGM who just decided to push the conference to 2021 (same > location) since the biggest value of the conference was the gathering > itself. > Personally, I don't want to advocate for either side People are welcome to use the thread (both Fedora and FreeRTC discuss) to explore both possibilities as this will inevitably provide insights for many other organizations facing exactly the same problem in 2020.