[OSGeo-Edu] proposed meeting

[Markus Neteler]

On 3/29/06, P Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> Yesterday I had a lot of problem getting to the wiki... kept on
> erroring  out. Finally, reached it late last night. But, problem again
> this morning.
>
> I am on the road right now, but am thinking of setting up a meeting
> where we can jabber about our ideas in voice instead of via email.
> With regards to the time, no matter what time we pick, it will be
> inconvenient for someone somewhere (thanks to Ari for the
> timeanddate.com's meeting planner). However, my 10p to midnight slot
> seems (to me at least) to be most do-able for most folks.
>
> Rather conveniently, for the next several days, "round midnight" would
> be the most workable for me (well, my mornings would also be fine for
> me, however, likely inconvenient for most other attendees).
>
> Please email the list any specific days that would NOT work for you
> all, and I will try and arrange a reasonably good time-slot.
>
> Note to Markus: I admitted to needing some coaching when I volunteered
> for the chair.

No problem - I can help as much as needed and as I know (need coaching
myself for the board business :-) But indeed, it's all that fresh,
don't hesitate
to ask. I do the same, preferably in the list to get the answer(s) archived.

> Markus, I will likely need some help figuring out the
> Skype/IRC business and any other logistical matters related to
> meetings.

It's pretty straightforward in general. But I vote for doing IRC conversation
if possible since audio is often poor (especially, if people do not
use headsets).

For IRC, I made some small tutorial here:
 http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/HowToIRC

We should use the #osgeo channel on freenode for that, then the
discussion is logged.

>
> Many thanks,
> (hoping this will reach you all... the wiki ist still kaput)

Works for me (for a few hours now).

Best
 Markus