Em Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:59:42 +0200 Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> escreveu: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:43:05AM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > > Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I have a > > > couple of ideas on how we might be able to improve remote experience > > > without restricting in-person experience. > > > > > > - Have one or two moderators per session to watch chat and Q&A to enable > > > remote participants to chime in and participate. > > > - Moderators can make sure remote participation doesn't go unnoticed and > > > enable taking turns for remote vs. people participating in person. > > > > > > It will be change in the way we interact in all in-person sessions for > > > sure, however it might enhance the experience for remote attendees. > > > > This is basically how IETF meetings function: At the beginning of every > > session, a volunteer "jabber scribe" is selected to watch the chat and > > relay any questions to a microphone in the room. And the video streaming > > platform has a "virtual queue" that remove participants can enter and > > the session chairs are then responsible for giving people a chance to > > speak. Works reasonably well, I'd say :) > > I was about to say the same. In addition, local participants line up > at a microphone and do not interrupt the speaker, but the organiser > gives them the signal to ask a question. This allows to maintain a > good balance between local and remote participants. Also it's common > to see some locals go back to their seat because someone else just > asked the same question. And when remote questions are asked using > pure text, it's easy for the organiser to skip them if already > responded as well. > > This method is rather efficient because it doesn't require to keep the > questions for the end of the session, yet questions do not interrupt > the speaker. It also solves the problem of people not speaking in the > microphone. The only thing is that it can be quite intimidating for > local participants who are too shy of standing up in front of a > microphone and everyone else. If someone is shy, he/she could simply type the question as a remote participant would do. This should work fine for a normal speech, but for BoFs and the usual "round table" discussions we have at Kernel Maintainers, this may not work well for local participants. I guess that, for such kind of discussions, I can see two possible alternatives: 1. everyone would use their laptop cameras/mics; 2. every round table would have their on camera/mic set. (1) is probably simpler to implement, but may provide a worse experience for local participants. (2) is probably harder to implement, as the usual conference logistics company may not have cameras. In either case, a moderator (or some moderating software) is needed in order queue requests for speech. So, basically, when someone (either in a table or remote) wants to speak, it adds its name to a queue, which will then be parsed at the queue's order. This is not as natural as a physical meeting, but I guess it won't bring too much burden to local people. Thanks, Mauro
