On the topic of badge-sensing at the mic, I seem to recall that we had this working at an IETF sometime back in the RAI working groups. It was maybe 4 or 5 years ago and I think it may have been some student(s) under Henning Schulzrinne at Columbia... but I am not sure about that. I remember that when you went to the mic you put your badge up to this sensor and your name appeared in the jabber room. We used it in several of the RAI sessions at that IETF. Unfortunately I don't remember how well it worked or why it wasn't continued. There may be someone out there who can provide some insight. (And if it was Henning's students we can just drop him a note.) Dan -- Dan York york@xxxxxxxx +1-802-735-1624 skype:danyork http://twitter.com/danyork On Aug 2, 2013, at 10:26 AM, "Paul Aitken" <paitken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've remotely participated in several IETFs. > > I find that the biggest problem with remote attendance is the lack of visual cues. I've come to realise just how important these are in a meeting. > -are people paying attention, are they interested / confused / distracted / bored? > > Also there's no way for local attendees (in the WG room) to know that remote attendees are "at the mic" and whose turn it is to speak. > > There's been some discussion on the "87attendees" mailer about badge sensing at the mic - whether QR codes, NFC, or RFID. This could help remote attendees too. > > eg, see what they did with NFC + mic here: http://www.5thbar.me/blog/2012/09/14/nfc-enabled-badges-at-the-5thbar-mobile-marketing-forum/ > > P. > _______________________________________________ > iaoc-rps mailing list > iaoc-rps@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/iaoc-rps