Overview

The big goal: Allow anyone to telecommute to our meetings and join in.

Goals

• Using existing technology to at least broadcast our meetings.

Technologies

Available technologies:

• Asterisk (meeting rooms; audio only)
• video4l - The biggest problem is bandwidth.
• http://www.thora.org - Patent-free video codecs
• http://www.videolan.org/ - Streaming video
• http://www.shoutcast.com/ - audio
• VNC2SWF - local video recording

Comments and Discussion

My current plan is to install Asterisk on the GNHLUG server, and set up a few "meeting rooms" that people can call into and listen/talk with other people also dialed into it. The various chapter chairs will be given "management" access codes.

I might turn on recording too - depending on available disk space.

This will allow people to remotely join in a meeting while its happening, and store the audio portion for posterity.

Questions/Comments?

-- BruceDawson - 05 Oct 2007