[Nottingham] [Talk] *TODAY* Thursday 7:30pm 26/03/2020: Going Virtual!

[J J]

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J.

On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 19:33, Martin via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Jason and myself are giving
>
> https://meet.jit.si/NLUGmeet01
>
> a try... With very laggy results...
>
>
> If joining us, please set to use minimum bandwidth!
>
> The selection is at the bottom right and then select "Manage video
> quality" for low bandwidth.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> > We'll be giving the https://meet.jit.si/ a try for a virtual meet...
> >
> > Get yer equipment, beers, brews, snacks at the ready!
> >
> > Note, this is all untested so... All good fun! Further details on the
> > maillist to follow.
> >
> >
> > One virtual meeting from the BCS that I'll mention is:
> >
> > Business continuity planning | Digitally coping in times of crisis
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgwdt9h_Pk
> >
> > There's some good comment in there but all oh so slow! Hopefully, for
> > those interested, my TLDR summary will be meaningfully faster :-)
> >
> > And... Anything and everything else!
> >
> >
> > Join us soon:
> >
> > 7:30pm Thursday 26/03/2020
> > ==========================
> >
> > (Joining details to follow.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >> I'm sure you've all been 'informed' in various ways all about the newly
> >> prominent virus SARS-CoV-2 and the resultant COVID-19.
> >>
> >> See: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
> >>
> >> And the source data that has prompted the present UK 'stay-at-home'
> >> quarantining can be found for a rather disturbing read on:
> >>
> >> Modelling by Imperial College London
> >>
> https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >> Hence, now is the time for us to sample the wonder of FLOSS for going
> >> for our first *virtual* meeting!
> >>
> >> There's lots to see and discuss!! ;-) :-) :-)
> >>
> >> For ease of access, I'm looking at throwing together something to
> >> support a webRTC virtual meeting so that y'all can connect with merely a
> >> webcam and a web browser. (If anyone has a willing big internet uplink,
> >> I'm very happy for the bandwidth ;-) :-) )
> >>
> >> Watch the list for details!
> >>
> >>
> >> Hopefully you've already got your supply of beverages to hand!! :-)
> >>
> >> Stay safe,
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Martin
> >>
> >>
> >> FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source Software
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software#FLOSS
> >>
> >> SARS-CoV-2:
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2
> >>
> >> COVID-19:
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019
>
>
>
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