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Need to figure out which video call service to use for meetings #201

Closed fitzgen closed 6 years ago

fitzgen commented 6 years ago

Google Hangouts is maxing out at 10, and we have more people who want to participate than that. Additionally, it is laggy and flaky.

appear.in seems like a possibility if we got a paid account. It has the advantage of not requiring any downloads.

Zoom is another possibility. It has a reputation for reliability. Also requires a paid account. Requires downloading their client.

Thoughts? Other alternatives?

sendilkumarn commented 6 years ago

appear.in maxes out at 12 even for the paid account https://appear.in/information/pricing/

fitzgen commented 6 years ago

That's a bummer.

data-pup commented 6 years ago

If group size is an issue, would separate meetings about different projects make sense? Not sure if that would introduce more complexity, but it could help keep meetings smaller :)

ashleygwilliams commented 6 years ago

so- a few things here:

  1. zoom has a 25 max on it's paid account tier (which i have), also allows recording and "observing" roles (see Webinars https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360000252726-Roles-in-a-Webinar)
  2. we should figure out if we have too many people who want to actively participate before breaking into smaller meetings. it may be that folks would be happy just in an observer role (or to watch a video later). alternatively, if we have a lot of folks that want to participate, i'd be curious to see what the category breakdown of the participation interest is to see what sorts of meetings folks want, and make sure they are aligned with the working group's goals for the 2018 edition.
sendilkumarn commented 6 years ago

Breaking down means we need to sync and I think that will have its own issues.

If zoom allows 25, we can try with that.

I do feel sometimes after you choose to be an observer, if you may have 1 or 2 questions you have to wait till next meeting to talk or things go offline or missed out.

OvermindDL1 commented 6 years ago

For note, google hangouts on a paid account maxes out at 50 active video streams (and unlimited viewers), where unpaid/free account maxes out at 10 active video streams (and still unlimited viewers).

(Not seen laggy or quality issues unless I'm streaming from my phone or something, but from my computer I've always been rather perfect quality.)

ashleygwilliams commented 6 years ago

my experience with large paid google hangouts has not been as good as yours @OvermindDL1 :/ every org or company i've worked at has switched due primarily to sound quality issues, even for small meetings, even on paid accounts. (just sharing my experience)

mgattozzi commented 6 years ago

zoom's advantage at recording stuff seems like a boon to me for meeting notes and people who want to stay on top of things but might not be able to make it. I'm in favor of it. Worse comes to worse we go to an irc meeting

fitzgen commented 6 years ago

Ok, let's try Zoom for the next meeting, and if it doesn't work out, we can reopen this issue.