[Opensim-users] Metameets 2012
Justin Clark-Casey
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Mon Oct 15 23:46:02 UTC 2012
Thanks Fleep, much appreciated.
On 14/10/12 15:27, Fleep Tuque wrote:
> We've added this to the agenda for our next AvaCon board meeting, and I think that timeline sounds feasible. Most
> people are pretty busy with holiday stuff for the next couple months, so starting the serious planning after the New
> Year makes sense.
>
> Will post an update after our meeting to confirm the rest of the AvaCon folks are on board. (I don't anticipate any
> issues!)
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Chris/Fleep
>
>
> Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
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> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Justin Clark-Casey <jjustincc at googlemail.com <mailto:jjustincc at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Fleep (and everybody else) for their comments.
>
> I was envisioning something very simple, at least for the first year, most preferably held on up to 4 regions of
> osgrid. This would be to make it simpler to control and troubleshoot, rather than having to co-ordinate with a
> number of people and different grid conditions. I think that it also provides better focus, though of course
> there's no reason people couldn't also just go and visit other locations intergrid or hypergrid.
>
> I would also try to squeeze as many avatars in a single voice-enabled location rather than relay to other places.
> This is probably the major technical challenge - I guess the obvious 'normal' thing to do is to meet at the
> intersection of 4 simulators.
>
> I will be leaning very heavily on people like Avacon and yourself, Fleep, for organization since this is far from my
> strong point. So help will be really appreciated.
>
> My own mental timetable is to start the ball rolling in earnest early next year (probably January) with a view to
> having the conference in the last half or quarter of 2013. So next year I will create a Google group and ask
> interested people to join so we can start talking further and get volunteers.
>
> Of course, any early suggestions from yourself (or anybody else) are very welcome since people have vastly more
> experience and skill with this kind of stuff than do I!
>
> Best,
>
> Justin
>
>
> On 11/10/12 06:21, Fleep Tuque wrote:
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> About a year ago, AvaCon discussed the possibility of organizing an online Opensim Users Conference, but it
> seemed like
> the timing wasn't good for many folks: http://www.avacon.org/blog/__events/opensim-users-__conference/
> <http://www.avacon.org/blog/events/opensim-users-conference/> I'd need to check
> with the rest of the Avacon board since we haven't discussed it in a while, but I'm pretty sure we'd still be up for
> organizing or sponsoring/partnering with others if this is something the community would like to do.
>
> Personally I think it's a great idea, I'm sure there are tons of things we could all learn from each other, and
> I always
> love an excuse to go visit other grids!
>
>
> - Chris/Fleep
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Mic Bowman <cmickeyb at gmail.com <mailto:cmickeyb at gmail.com>
> <mailto:cmickeyb at gmail.com <mailto:cmickeyb at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a great idea.
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Diva Canto <diva at metaverseink.com <mailto:diva at metaverseink.com>
> <mailto:diva at metaverseink.com <mailto:diva at metaverseink.com>>__> wrote:
> > On 10/10/2012 5:56 PM, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> >>
> >> On another note, I think it would be good to have an OpenSimulator
> >> conference at some point in OpenSimulator itself, maybe next year. Of
> >> course the problems are avatar limits (maybe Intel DSG could help with that)
> >> and possible crashing (hence would have to be an 'alpha' free conference).
> >> However, I don't think these would stop it from being a really valuable
> >> thing to do.
> >
> >
> > I would support this very much!
> >
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