Reminder: GWS telecon: June 22, 15:00-16:00 UTC

[Brian Major]

Hi Grid,

This is a reminder of the Vidyo telecon tomorrow (June 22) at 15:00 UTC.

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Brian

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Brian Major <major.brian at gmail.com> wrote:

> [ Please note:  interop at ivoa.net is included in this first note regarding
> GWS telecons, but all subsequent email will be sent to the grid at ivoa.net
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>
>
> Hello GWS,
>
> As promised at the Shanghai interop, the working group is going to
> experiment with holding monthly telecons to share information regarding
> certain technologies and standards.  The first of these will take place on
> Thursday, June 22nd 15:00 UTC (8:00 PDT, 17:00 CEST).
>
> As these telecons were initially motivated to share ideas about containers
> (docker, etc...) and VOSpace implementations, these will be the two general
> areas of discussion for this first telecon.  Other GWS related topics, such
> as federated authentication (also a hot topic lately), are certainly
> welcome.
>
> I suggest, for this first meeting, we follow this format:
>
>     o We first cycle through each participant, who can, optionally:
>         - Provide a brief update of GWS related activities
>         - Add items to the agenda
>     o We go through each of the proposed agenda items, fixing the time for
> each based on the number of items and time remaining in the hour.
>     o We make plans for the next telecon.
>
> The meeting will use the "Vidyo" video conferencing system.  We have a
> dedicated room setup for these meetings at the link below:
>
> https://vidyo.computecanada.ca/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key
> =fGdlHcqZBXghafbA7BY1VHCmSs
>
> Please join as a guest by entering your name and pressing 'Join'.  Feel
> free to use this room to test your Vidyo installation before the meeting.
> It will require you to install a desktop client, so I highly recommend
> doing such a test.
>
> I hope many of you are able to join.  Even if you have nothing to
> contribute, please feel free to attend and listen to the activities
> (successes and struggles!) from those in our community.
>
> Regards,
> Brian
>
>
> ---
>
> P.S. Although we have found Vidyo to be an excellent tool for handling a
> large number of participants in a telecon, it has a few quirks:
>
> - For those using Ubuntu, there may be some problems with the install
> process.  If so, please refer to this post:: http://askubuntu.com/qu
> estions/766615/how-to-install-libqt4-core-and-libqt4-gui-on-ubuntu-16-04
>
> - To connect to the talk - first start up your Vidyodesktop client. It
>  will show entry fields VidyoPortal, Username, Password.  Ignore these
> fields and click directly on the URL link provided in this email.  A new
> Vidyo window will pop up where you enter your name and click on the
> Connect button.
>
>
> --
> Brian Major
>
> Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
> Centre canadien de données astronomiques
>
> National Research Council Canada
> Conseil national de recherches Canada
>
>
>
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