<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Why don't we plan to hold a virtual conference? It would be practically free to host, we could hold a variety of meeting opportunities via virtual worlds perhaps meeting in the Army MOSES OS grid, hi-def video conferencing, sessions in Adobe Connect or GoTo Meeting. All of this could easily be recorded for those that might miss a session or two. I have colleagues who manage very large hi-def video bridges that I could convince to let us use for free too and I have five rooms in Adobe Connect that can each handle 50 attendees. I suspect many of us have access to hi-def facilities that frankly do not get used enough as it is. I myslef have nine Lifesize systems and several Lifesize Desktop licenses. Plus you can download a free 30 day trial of Lifelize Desktop for a conference use too.</div><div> </div><div>It saves everyone a lot of travel money, avoids the expenses of hosting a conference, and we could have social events in the virtual world with BYOB. Pass the pretzels please.</div><div> </div><div>And it is repeatable to do these kind of gatherings on a more regular basis. Lets face it, we are all hi-tech folks so why don't we use the technology to facilitate our discussions?</div><div> </div><div><br>Stewart Bruce</div><div>Washington College</div><div><br></div></body></html>