[Pgi-wg] OGF PGI - Telephone conferences using Skype

[Etienne URBAH]

Moreno, Oxana and all,

Concerning OGF PGI telephone conferences :

SKYPE has just published for Mac OS X a new version labeled 2.8

I suggest that Mac OS X users download this version, test it, and check 
how much participants it allows inside a telephone conference.

If this version correctly works and if the number of allowed 
participants is high enough, I suggest that the chairs of OGF PGI 
organize the next telephone conferences with SKYPE by inviting 
simultaneously :
-  all PGI members for which they know the Skype pseudo,
-  telephone number +9900827049931906

That would permit simultaneously :
-  All invited Skype users to see in real time the list of participants, 
the name of the participant who is currently speaking, and perhaps to 
benefit from screen sharing,
-  People without internet connection to join at +9900827049931906

Best regards.

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Etienne URBAH         LAL, Univ Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS
                       Bat 200   91898 ORSAY    France
Tel: +33 1 64 46 84 87      Skype: etienne.urbah
Mob: +33 6 22 30 53 27      mailto:urbah at lal.in2p3.fr
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Moreno Marzolla wrote:
> Etienne URBAH wrote:
> [...]
>> -  Version 2.8.0 of the Skype client allows theoretically 24 
>> participants,
> 
> Unfortunately this version is not available for linux nor MacOSX, which 
> are the only platforms I have access to.
> 
>>
>> -  Inviting the 8 persons most suspected of willing to talk would 
>> already be an improvement.
> 
> I do not agree with that. The aim of the teleconference is to let 
> everybody talk, discuss and ask questions whenever they feel the need to 
> do so. Questions can be raised (as they did) for specific issues which 
> are described by the speaker. If people are not allowed to hear, they 
> can never know whether they have issues to raise.
> The problem of identifying the speaker can be easily solved with our 
> current teleconferencing infrastructure by making everybody state their 
> name when they want to talk.
> 
> Moreno.
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