[ale] Recording & Distributing ALE meetings (was Re: ALE CENTRAL MTG. for 7:30pm on Thursday, February 17, 2011 CE (reprise))

[arxaaron]

Thanks for chiming in with more detail on the Linux-etc
options, Crawford!

Sorry I only had time for the abbreviated version.

peace
aaron

On 2011/02/16, at 18:26 , Crawford Rainwater wrote:

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>>
>> On the same note, I've also been contacted this past week by
>> Linux-etc <http://Linux-etc.com>, a Linux training a certification
>> company, about contracting their [FLOSS based] webcast
>> conferencing services. They have an account set up in my
>> name but I need find time to activate it and test the setup
>> (and I won't have any time for that before March).
>>
>
> To clarify some more, Linux ETC has a web portal access for
> Aaron and ALE to use one (Big Blue Button or "BBB" for short
> with a Drupal "front end" for user and conference room management)
> of our two systems (OpenMeetings being the second).  At this
> time we are leaning towards BBB for the various LUGs because
> of the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) idea/concept here.  However,
> BBB does not have a recording feature at this time
> (slated for v0.80 I am told though).
>
> Also, Linux ETC is not just a Linux training company, we are also
> an Open Source consulting company as well. ;-)
>
>> The Linux-etc offering is a paid service, but the costs are pretty
>> minimal and if we were to arrange to share the expense with
>> associate groups or seek some donations it might be doable.
>> The service could include direct recording at the server for
>> distribution as a podcast, etc.
>>
>> More when we have details from the Athens experiment.
>>
>
> If using the OpenMeetings system, there is a recording feature,
> as well as the ability to share it out.  We (Linux ETC) are testing
> this out some still, so I cannot comment on it in full at this time.
> However, I will remark that it is not transparent for the presenter
> initially, but once it is start, it is transparent.
>
> If Aaron is okay with the idea of ALE using the BBB system and
> if there are some volunteers to give it a "test run", please contact
> Aaron and myself off list to make the arrangements, and we can
> proceed from there.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Crawford Rainwater
> CEO and President
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>
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