About "I want to suggest (again) that, between us, we certainly have enough
tech expertise to conduct these meetings remotely. Anybody want to
volunteer? (Cliff?)"
I have used remote conferencing a lot for work. Unfortunately those
(GoToMeeting and Webex) are great but pricey. To be useful for all who
might want to call in a conference should offer both computer based
connection AND a call in number to allow those who are not near a computer
to call in.
Two potential candidates for this are:
https://www.uberconference.com - new I have never used them - free for
conferences up to 10 participants.
https://www.freeconferencecall.com I have used them quite a while ago -
free conferences for up to 1000 participants.
Both offer on-line and phone 'call in'.
How it would work. Given there is a live meeting someone (on computer)
would have to connect to the 'call' from the live meeting. Others could
join by phone or on their computer. The tech issue is at the live meeting.
Need good INTERNET connectivity and often the remote folks can't hear what
is going on at the live meeting. (Background noise etc)There are conference
call phones that help that but that is not something we have. I have done
this with a standard phone on 'speaker' and it is not all that fun
(understandable) for those at the far end.
Unless there is a will to have a couple of totally on-line meetings, I
would guess that it is not worth the work.
Clif
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:58 AM, william jefferson <wcjeffer@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sorry folks, I won't make it today. As for Portsmouth, we decided at the
last minute to attend only for Thursday and Friday. Started off with a
terrific slate of shorts, both docs & narrative - one in particular,
"Namuli," should be on your radar. From there it was pretty much downhill
for the first day, with more - and not so good shorts and a feature doc
also disappointing. I got shut out of two interesting sounding films, "The
Golden Age" and "God Knows Where I Am" (Good news: you can buy unlimited
one day passes for each day of the festival; Bad news: no priority
admission) The Music Hall - easily my favorite place to see a film, huge,
comfy seats, good eats & booze if you want it - is the only one of the
venues large enough to pretty much guarantee seating. On the other hand,
it's very cool that ALL the options are within a few blocks. Also of note:
Unlike Camden, the New Hampster folks really have their act together, very
well organized. While better than Camden's the program is tough to
decipher, MIFF definitely takes the cake. It took me almost the full two
days to realize why I felt sort of uncomfortable in the various
between-film festivities. Theirs is noticeably a well-healed crowd (even
more so than Camden) Just didn't feel like I had much in common, felt like
more of these folks were there for the glitter, not the movies.
More bad shorts, then to bed.
Here's a cool thing: many, if not most, of the in-town merchants offered
discounts if you were sporting a pass.
Anyway, on Friday a really interesting - I thought - feature doc called
"Peter and the Farm." Some very tough, no holds barred footage of farm life
and a not very sympathetic , sixty-something farmer with a mangled hand and
a drinking problem.
Next, "The Architect," a 95 min. feature that tries and in some respects
succeeds to be a Christopher Guest-style parody, about a couple who hire an
architect who proceeds to design and build the house that he, not they
envision. Loses it's momentum near the end when blunders (needlessly) into
the realm of the serious.
"Zero Days" excellent, scary feature doc about the dangerous cyber wars
being conducted by U.S., Russia, Israel, et al, based on the book; compares
current state of affairs, rightly, to the aftermath of the first use of
nukes.
"Trespass Against Us" Crime family story with Michael Fassbender and
Brendan Gleeson, both actors I admire. Didn't see anything new in it, put
me to sleep, but Julie liked it.
Finally, I have to add that we ate better over the course of the two days
than at any MIFF - with the exception of the satellite weekend that MIFF
held in Portsmouth several years ago.
I want to suggest (again) that, between us, we certainly have enough tech
expertise to conduct these meetings remotely. Anybody want to volunteer?
(Cliff?)
P.S. Glad the London trip was a success. Would like to hear more at some
point.
Bill
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