On Wed, 4 May 2005 10:44:06 -0700 Alex Zinin <zinin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > John, > > I was thinking about whiteboards too. I'll check with the secretariat > if smth like this would be possible. > Thanks. There are, of course, a number of companies which make products for group interaction. Some that I like (and I have no connection with these) are eLLuminate, which makes a nice java based platform for sharing information on a desktop (we tested this a while back on Windows, OS X and Linux with good results) and Smart Technologies (which makes a set of really cool smart whiteboards). Of course, there is a learning curve for anything, and none of this is free. Even if we used VRVS, which we could probably get from CalTech for free, IMHO it would be a full time job for someone to get and keep all of this running for every WG at an IETF meeting. It might be time to revist some of these tools for interactive collaboration. Smart is a Canadian company; maybe we should get them as a sponosor for IETF 64. Regards Marshall Eubanks > > -- > Alex > http://www.psg.com/~zinin > > Monday, May 2, 2005, 9:30:00 AM, John C Klensin wrote: > > > > --On Monday, 02 May, 2005 05:43 -0700 Alex Zinin <zinin@xxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > >> Margaret, Dave, et al- > >> > >> Based on the discussion started in the IESG, one thing we are > >> going to try to do in Paris is have a couple of smaller rooms > >> with a different chair setup--herringbone instead of the > >> theater style, a couple more radio microphones, and > >> appropriate-size (smaller than huge) projector screens. > >> > >> I'm working with the secretariat on this. > > > Alex, > > > Given other discussions on this list, might I suggest that those > > rooms also be equipped, if possible, with some mechanism by > > which interactions within the group/meeting can easily be > > recorded: Any of overhead projectors with foils and markers, > > flip charts with markers, or whiteboards would all do the job > > and all have been mentioned. As others have pointed out, these > > things can, in theory, all be done in powerpoint, but I suggest > > that few of us are efficient enough with it to be able to do > > pictures and serious mark-up in real time (independent of > > whether we can transcribe text or not). > > > Or, if that isn't feasible for Paris, could it be considered for > > Vancouver? > > > thanks, > > john > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf