Re: ditch voip/sip

Can we *enable* SIP for zoom though (W3C zoom hasn't managed this yet)
for those of us who'd rather not install zoom (because privacy and
security problems etc, or just avoiding proprietary software in general)
and don't have one of those old fashioned phonecall-making devices? :)

On 28.5.2020. 15:58, Drummond Reed wrote:
> +1 as well. Zoom + dial-in capability for phone access + IRC for
> scribing works well.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:17 PM John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov
> <mailto:anil.john@hq.dhs.gov>> wrote:
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>     > Zoom offers a phone dial-in option as an alternative which
>     hopefully would cover members in more restrictive IT environments?
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>     +1
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>     Provided any presentation materials are shared, this is a very
>     viable option.
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>     Best Regards,
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>      
>
>     Anil
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>     *From:* Rouven Heck <rouven.heck@consensys.net
>     <mailto:rouven.heck@consensys.net>>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:19 PM
>     *To:* Wayne Chang <wyc@fastmail.fm <mailto:wyc@fastmail.fm>>
>     *Cc:* Joe Andrieu <joe@legreq.com <mailto:joe@legreq.com>>; MXS
>     Insights <mxsinsights@gmail.com <mailto:mxsinsights@gmail.com>>;
>     Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com
>     <mailto:kimdhamilton@gmail.com>>; Kostas Karasavvas
>     <kkarasavvas@gmail.com <mailto:kkarasavvas@gmail.com>>; Nikos
>     Fotiou <fotiou@aueb.gr <mailto:fotiou@aueb.gr>>; W3C Credentials
>     CG <public-credentials@w3.org <mailto:public-credentials@w3.org>>
>     *Subject:* Re: ditch voip/sip
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>     Zoom offers a phone dial-in option as an alternative which
>     hopefully would cover members in more restrictive IT environments?
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>     I also struggled multiple times to join via SIP, so I would be
>     happy with Zoom too. 
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>     On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 9:17 PM Wayne Chang <wyc@fastmail.fm
>     <mailto:wyc@fastmail.fm>> wrote:
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>         A Zoom SIP connector seems to available for a fee to allow
>         those users to
>         join: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201363273-Getting-Started-With-H-323-SIP-Room-Connector
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>         Also, note that it seems Zoom doesn't support chatbots within
>         the live meeting chat
>         (https://devforum.zoom.us/t/allow-chatbots-to-join-meeting-chats/8875),
>         although we could still have parity with the join/part
>         notifications we have in IRC today using the Meetings Events
>         webhooks
>         (https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/webhook-reference/meeting-events/participant-joined-meeting).
>         So if we were to use Zoom, we may need to rewrite this
>         integration and should keep all the chat and scribing within
>         IRC for max accessibility.
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>          
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>         On Wed, May 27, 2020, at 3:07 PM, Joe Andrieu wrote:
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>             We also have the problem that many of our members,
>             including federal employees, are restricted from running
>             Zoom on corporate computers.
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>             So, while I do like the idea of a standard screen sharing
>             solution, I'd lean towards something that doesn't isolate
>             our members who have IT departments with a sensitivity to
>             Zoom's privacy and security issues.
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>             -j
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>             On Wed, May 27, 2020, at 10:17 AM, MXS Insights wrote:
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>                 Kim, you may also want to look at the
>                 auto-transcription capability.  It is being used on
>                 the Secure Data Storage WG, and it has convinced the
>                 community there.
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>                  
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>                 Michael Shea
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>                     On May 27, 2020, at 7:10 PM, Kim Hamilton
>                     <kimdhamilton@gmail.com
>                     <mailto:kimdhamilton@gmail..com>> wrote:
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>                      
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>                     Thank you so much Balázs. When we've discussed
>                     this in the past, we had a few concerns around
>                     switching (which I've managed to block out), but
>                     the big factor that stands out is cost. DIF's
>                     support would be a tremendous help.
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>                     I think all of our other concerns would be
>                     addressed by doing zoom + irc (for
>                     queueing/minutes). As a bonus, zoom recordings are
>                     way easier than what we do now (which is the
>                     reason some recordings are still to-be-backfilled).
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>                      
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>                     Chairs: we'll need to make sure we're not
>                     forgetting anything; let's discuss.
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>                     On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:03 AM Kostas Karasavvas
>                     <kkarasavvas@gmail.com
>                     <mailto:kkarasavvas@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>                         +1
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>                         On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 9:29 AM MXS Insights
>                         <mxsinsights@gmail.com
>                         <mailto:mxsinsights@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>                             +1
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>                              
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>                             Michael Shea
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>                             > On May 26, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Nikos
>                             Fotiou <fotiou@aueb.gr
>                             <mailto:fotiou@aueb.gr>> wrote:
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>                             >
>
>                             > Hi,
>
>                             > I would like to bring up again the
>                             voip/sip issue. At least in my case it is
>                             impossible to connect using sip and I
>                             always end up dialing in using skype. I am
>                             wondering why sip is still the used
>                             method, especially given that ZOOM is used
>                             for other calls, even in the same group
>                             (e.g., did-resolution). I read in the
>                             mailing list archives that one of the
>                             reasons is audio recording, but AFAICT the
>                             audio recordings from most of the last
>                             meetings are missing (e.g.,
>                             https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2020-05-19/audio.ogg 
>                             https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2020-04-21/audio.ogg
>                             https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2020-04-07/audio.ogg
>                             and many others)
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>                             >
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>                             > Best,
>
>                             > Nikos
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