[ogb-discuss] voice conferencing (Was: Meeting Minutes, OGB Call :: Wednesday 4th April)

[Bill Sommerfeld]

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 09:39 +1200, Glynn Foster wrote:
>  I worry that
> the infrastructure isn't available for public meetings - we could use IRC, but
> that inhibits people who can't type fast, we could open up more ports but that
> still inhibits people from countries that can't afford to pay the phone costs. I
> think we need a fair level playground for *everyone*, and if we can't achieve
> this, then the constitution should be amended.

The OGB is not the only body in need of this -- ARCs (architecture
review committes) have the same problem but have the additional
requirement that we need to allow attendance by not just the committee
members but also the folks with proposals being reviewed and any other
interested member of the community.

voip technologies have at least some promise here from the "phone cost"
perspective. 

						- Bill