Re: [guadec-list] Call for papers Howto

[Dave Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi,

Davyd Madeley wrote:
> I have asked before why we don't set up a machine running a SIP server (ie.
> Asterisk) for handling conference calling. It would be rad to have a 
> GNOME.org
> machine that anyone with a GNOME.org LDAP account would be able to log 
> into via
> SIP to place calls to other developers or participate in conference calls.

Funny you should mention that... Christian Schaller set one up for the 
board a couple of months back. It hasn't gotten much of a run-out yet, 
because some of us (/me hides) don't have the equipment for it. I priced 
a headset for my mac mini (USB, no guarantee that it'll work with 
Ubuntu) at €80, which is a bit outside the IT budget at the moment.

But now might be the time to start.

> Given the relative expense of conference calling. The Foundation could 
> probably
> get some hardware SIP phones sponsored (apparently the simple ones are
> practically worthless) for board members and such, so that they don't 
> have to
> use a softphone and headphones (unless of course, they want to).

Any chance you could get us a quote?

I agree moving to voip is a logical step - the only issue so far has 
been cellphone calls (we've typically had 1 or 2 people on every board 
call on a cellphone) and people like me who don't have the equipment for 
softphones.

Cheers,
Dave.

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David Neary
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