[VicPiMakers SG] Testing Virtual Meetings

Deid Reimer deid at drsol.com
Tue Mar 17 13:49:00 EDT 2020


I just went to the URL.  I got to look at a lovely picture of me.

Deid

On 3/17/20 10:45 AM, Mark G. wrote:
> I should be present.
> 
> 
> On 2020-03-17 9:11 AM, Craig Miller wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I hope everyone is well.
>>
>> There has been discussion around having virtual meetings. Mark and I
>> have been testing a free service (running on open source software)
>> called Jitsi. It works pretty well with 2 people, but it would be good
>> to do a larger test.
>>
>> The advantages of Jitsi are:
>>
>>   * No log in is required
>>   * Works on IPv6 & IPv4
>>   * No plug-ins required
>>   * Dial-in number available (NOT toll-free)
>>   * Runs on Open Source Software (we could install our own server if we
>>     wanted)
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, Chrome/Chromium are the officially supported browsers.
>> Mark has been using Firefox, which seems to mostly work.
>>
>> An invitation looks like:
>>
>>     You are invited to join a meeting.
>>     Join the meeting:
>>     https://meet.jit.si/vicpitest
>>
>>
>> Just click on the URL (above) and it should take you to the meeting.
>>
>> Would people be interested in giving it a try, say at *3pm today*? I'd
>> like to see how it does with more people, so if you can only stay for a
>> few minutes, that would help. Or if there is a better time, please
>> suggest it.
>>
>> Hope to see you soon (virtually),
>>
>> Craig...
>>
>> -- 
>> IPv6 is the future!
>> http://ipv6-net.blogspot.ca/
>>
>>
> 




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