| Walt Mankowski via plug on 29 Jun 2020 17:38:14 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Jitsi calls & schedule |
I suppose we can try starting a little later this month. My talk's pretty short -- maybe half an hour if there are lots of questions. Walt On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 08:27:31PM -0400, CJ Fearnley via plug wrote: > I like the principle here. But 7:30 feels to me like a more rounded time. > Also, I decided to preserve the much of the old text at the bottom as > a placeholder. With more feedback I will probably change it further. > > So I updated all PLUG Central events on Meetup > (https://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Linux-User-Group-Meetup/events/) with the > following new text: > > PLUG Central - Jitsi Meet: 7-9PM; Speaker from 7:30-8:30PM > > Please join us for PLUG Central. During the pandemic we meet on-line at Jitsi > Meet, beginning at 7pm. RSVPs are optional. Anyone interested in Linux and > Free and Open Source software is welcome to attend. We welcome all levels of > expertise, whether you're just curious, a hobbyist, or a professional. > > Jitsi Meet agenda: > > Q&A with emcee CJ Fearnley from 7-7:30PM. Bring your Linux (and related) > questions for a group exploration. > > The main presentation from 7:30-8:30PM: TBD. > > Q&A continued from 8:30-9PM. > > After the pandemic dissipates, we plan to again meet in Lecture Hall > A in Griffith Hall at USP in Philadelphia. We plan to revert to the > original speaker slot from 8-9PM with Q&A at the beginning to better > support travel constraints. > > After the presentation some of us adjourn to Clarkville > (http://www.clarkvillephilly.com/) a nearby pizza and craft beer restaurant. > > University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) > Griffith Hall (Room "A" or "C", look for the signs) > 600 South 43rd Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495 > > USP is located in University City. Driving directions are available at > http://www.phillylinux.org/locations/usp.html, or > http://www.usip.edu/directions, both of which have an aerial view of the > campus buildings. USP is also easily accessible by public transportation. > > Often, the door to Griffith Hall is locked at 7PM. If you find the door > locked, please contact the security guard (usually in the booth in the parking > lot) and tell them that the monthly PLUG (Philadelphia Linux User Group) > meeting in Griffith Hall is tonight. If there is no one in the booth you can > call UCS's public safety number at 215.895.1117 and they will radio personnel > to unlock the door. Our sponsor is Zhiwei Liu in the Chemistry department. > Security knows this and will almost always open the door for you and have it > unlocked so other participants can enter without issue. > > Here is the old text that was replaced (Meetup does not provide backups): > > PLUG Central - Q&A from 7-8 PM; Speaker from 8-9PM > > Please join us for PLUG Central. We will be meeting in Lecture Hall A in > Griffith Hall at USP in Philadelphia, beginning at 7pm. RSVPs are optional. > Anyone interested in Linux and Free and Open Source software is welcome to > attend. We welcome all levels of expertise, whether you're just curious, a > hobbyist, or a professional. > > Q&A with emcee CJ Fearnley from 7-8PM. Bring your Linux (and related) > questions for a group exploration. > > The main presentation from 8-9PM: TBD. > > After the presentation some of us adjourn to Clarkville > (http://www.clarkvillephilly.com/) a nearby pizza and craft beer restaurant. > > University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) > Griffith Hall (Room "A" or "C", look for the signs) > 600 South 43rd Street > Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495 > > USP is located in University City. Driving directions are available at > http://www.phillylinux.org/locations/usp.html, or > http://www.usip.edu/directions, both of which have an aerial view of the > campus buildings. USP is also easily accessible by public transportation. > > Often, the door to Griffith Hall is locked at 7PM. If you find the door > locked, please contact the security guard (usually in the booth in the parking > lot) and tell them that the monthly PLUG (Philadelphia Linux User Group) > meeting in Griffith Hall is tonight. If there is no one in the booth you can > call UCS's public safety number at 215.895.1117 and they will radio personnel > to unlock the door. Our sponsor is Zhiwei Liu in the Chemistry department. > Security knows this and will almost always open the door for you and have it > unlocked so other participants can enter without issue. > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 07:11:19PM -0400, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote: > > Thanks, JP, that's an excellent point. > > > > Let's say we start the virtual meetings at 7:15. That gives us time to > > say hi, introduce ourselves if anyone's new, and get any tech issues > > resolved. We've got the channel indefinitely so we can do Q&A and > > other chit chat afterwards for as long as folks are up to it. > > > > Walt > > > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 05:27:25PM -0400, JP Vossen via plug wrote: > > > tl;dr: For PLUG North (and future), is 7PM the Q&A or the talk? > > > > > > > > > For the live meetings the schedule was: > > > 1. 7-8 Q&A > > > 2. 8-9 Talk > > > 3. 9-? Dinner/drinks > > > > > > For the PLUG Central call, folks wanted to do: > > > 1. 7-8 Talk > > > 2. 8-? Q&A > > > > > > For the virtual meetings I thing the "talk first" format makes sense, but we > > > need to be clear in the meeting announcements about that or folks will tune > > > in late and miss the talk. > > > > > > The key is, announce it then stick to the announced schedule. > > > > > > For live meetings the Q&A was a great buffer when running late, so it was > > > really frustrating when the talk started early. OTOH, for virtual meetings, > > > it's probably better to start on the talk pretty soon and leave the Q&A > > > until after for any interested. Maybe have a mini Q&A for 5-10 minutes just > > > to allow for technical problems and such, then talk. > > > > > > On a related note, MUTE your mic!!! Don't assume you are muted, check. And > > > the presenter should probably mute everyone at the start of the talk. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > JP > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > JP Vossen, CISSP | http://www.jpsdomain.org/ | http://bashcookbook.com/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > -- > CJ Fearnley | LinuxForce Inc. > cjf@LinuxForce.net | IT and Hosting Consulting > https://www.LinuxForce.net | https://blog.LinuxForce.net > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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