[Opensim-users] [opensim-edu] Metameets 2012

Tue Oct 16 02:37:56 UTC 2012

++1
I'd love to see some Hypergrid touring as part of the event.
--Rick

On Monday, October 15, 2012, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:

> 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/>
>>         <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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