On 12/04/16 01:07, David Farmer wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> >> But maybe I'm wrong - can you send details of how an approx. >> 1000 person virtual meeting where everyone could provide real >> input has been held by anyone? I'm unaware of such but I'd >> be very interested if that had happened already. >> > > It is definitely a challenge, but it has been done, just like a real > meeting with 1000 people in the room frequently ends up being mostly one > person or small group talking and then questions being asked by the > audience, this can be accomplished virtually too. > > There was a recurring annual event; > > http://www.megaconference.org/past.html Interesting! Thanks. Any idea if anyone has posted a summary of how that went? Ta, S. > > And in Fall of 2001 because of the events of 911, Internet2 canceled its > Member Meeting in San Antonio and held a Virtual Member Meeting in early > October 2001. I can't find much online regarding it any longer, but it is > listed on the list of past meetings. > > http://www.internet2.edu/news-events/events/past-events/past-annual-member-meetings/ > > These are a few examples I know of, I'm sure there are others. >
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