[Bradford] Green light for trial of Conference Call facility.

[David Carpenter]

This is all good.

Brian and I have had similar discussions. 

I'm quite happy to give the teleconference room a go for the 18th, and
to see how it works. 

It's a good exercise to think of alternatives as well. Maybe we'll end
up with a number of ways to achieve the goal of 'Is anyone else gonna be
there?', and have some fun in  trying to set those systems/technologies
up.

Go to it techies!

Cheers
David
  


On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:45 +0100, Wayne Hanley wrote:
> Evening all,
> 
> 
> Nice one Brian for setting this up firstly:)! I thought I would throw
> out a couple of concerns I see of how this might actually work in
> practice, though in theory I like the idea I'm not sure how viable it
> is for people to call a hour or so before the meeting on the day of
> the meeting.  The time slot might be a tad shy of convenient for some
> people that don't have the luxury of working from home and  might
> actually be on the commute from work directly to the social or home
> and having a quick shower and change and before coming out etc.
> 
> 
> I do see the appeal of letting people know who is going to be there
> and it will certainly be interesting to see how this works out I do
> hope it will but I can't help personally but see it as a
> tad redundant as if its not public the only people that can find out
> is the people that generally already know who is going as for the most
> part the a core group attends the socials (Yes I know I have been
> missing from the last few and the next one!) calling up a few hours
> before to confirm something that as probably already been done via IM
> or IRC, Mailing list etc seems more of a distraction.  Maybe if it was
> open to the public so anyone that as not been before then sure.  
> 
> 
> What might be a more usable evolution of this is a automated system
> where you can leave a message and say if you are attending and then
> just listen to a those a hour before or even just call to confirm on
> the day and a AVR just say "yes members will be at the social" or "no
> one is playing out tonight" type of thing maybe?
> 
> 
> Could it be we need something on the table for people that don't know
> who we are as a group?  A Tux maybe and a laminated sign.  Possibly
> speak to the staff and ask if we could put a sign on the door while we
> are there so people know that we are about?  
> 
> 
> All just idea's of course but thought it might be worth some space on
> the list :D
> 
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 8 June 2010 19:59, Brian <bradlug at leafcom.co.uk> wrote:
>         After consultations with David we have decided to unleash the
>         Telephone Conference facility upon you. :-)
>         
>         Here is the number:-
>         01274 291103
>         
>         David has declared Friday  18th of June as the next social
>         meeting date. Thus, on that night, if you intend to come along
>         to the 'Corn Dolly', please call this number at 18:30 and stay
>         on for a few minutes to allow other members to join you in the
>         'Conference Room'.
>         
>         The first caller (that might be you) will be asked to enter a
>         PIN. Please just key a '#' to enter. After that anyone else
>         will immediately have access to the 'Conference Room' without
>         being prompted for a PIN. (# means no PIN).
>         As other people join the Conference you will be alerted. 
>         
>         The intention is to use this facility, similarly, on each
>         social meting date.
>         
>         N.B.   N.B.  N.B. (Got it ? )
>         This Telephone Conference Facility is for the exclusive use of
>         BradLUG members. Please do NOT make the number public by
>         putting it on a web site or otherwise. If you pass it on to a
>         new member please ask them to keep it confidential to the
>         group.
>         
>         Hope to hear you in conference @ 18:30 on Friday June 18th !
>         
>         If you have any questions please email me.
>         
>         Thank you,
>         Brian
>         
>         
>         
>         
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