<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 2011/02/18, at 16:49 , Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><p>Podcast will be available I presume.</p></blockquote><div>No. You presume too much. Again.</div><div><br></div><div>We're still working out a way to create recordings in a</div><div>consistently simple way. If you followed the thread</div><div>on the topic, then you know that we are still in proof</div><div>of concept phase and that nothing was promised in</div><div>the way of Pixieo delivery for this meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>I did get as far as assessing my gadgetry and was</div><div>able to assemble a pile of gear that would allow direct</div><div>recording of a live video switch of our mtg. presentations</div><div>at a high enough quality to be worthwhile, but it requires</div><div>wiring together no less than 9 components. I didn't have</div><div>time to test the set up before the meeting, and there was</div><div>no way I was going to drag it all there without knowing</div><div>I had all the cables and adapters and that all of it worked. </div><div>Also, in addition to getting the gear there, it will probably</div><div>take 45 to 60 minutes to set this rig up for every meeting.</div><div>I have to decide if I want to donate a whole bunch more</div><div>time to ALE than I already do.</div><div><br></div><div>peace</div><div>aaron</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 18, 2011 1:48 PM, "arxaaron" <<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><p><font color="#500050">On 2011/02/18, at 11:00 , Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:<br> ><br>> Ehhhhh<br>><br>> I bunked this sessuon since i l...</font></p><div>Sorry you decided not to join us last night. Just so you</div><div>know for the future, we try to accommodate for late arrivals</div><div> to ALE meetings by calling things to order about 7:35 / 7:40</div><div>(being sensitive the numerous interesting conversations</div><div>inevitably going on), and then announcements (etc) for the</div><div>first few minutes. This also gives the presenter time to get</div> <div>plugged in and settled. We target the start of the main</div><div>presentation for 7:45pm.</div><p><font color="#500050"><br><br>> Wish there was an update from folks saying not started,<br>><br>> abt to start, just started like that...</font></p> <div>We follow the schedule above very consistently and</div><div>last night's 8:05 start was a very rare exception.</div><div>A few unusual circumstances of traffic and transport</div><div>converged to delay the arrival of our presenter, and</div> <div>he could not give us an accurate ETA until about</div><div>7:35 anyway. The kind of problems that disrupt</div><div>the meeting schedule are always going to be last</div><div>minute issues like that.</div><div><br></div> <div>As a rule I don't tweet, twitter or text, so the generous</div><div>accommodations we already provide in our Central</div><div>Meeting schedule for the chronologically challenged</div><div>will have to suffice. :-)</div> <div><br></div><div>peace</div><div>aaron</div><p><font color="#500050"><br><br><br>><br>>> On Feb 18, 2011 10:49 AM, "Randy Ramsdell" <<a href="mailto:rramsdell@activedg.com">rramsdell@activedg.com</a>> wrote:<br> >><br>>> Narahari 'n...</font></p></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> Ale mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br> <br></blockquote><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> _______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>