Re: [TPAC] Ad-hoc meeting coordination - message board + notifications

On Sep 6, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:

> 1) the monitor is writable (by editing the wiki).

I think that's less usable for the spur of the moment idea. I think there's a lot of moving around and therefore wanted to favor physical usability.

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> 2) you don't need to buy anything.  I'm pretty sure I could dig up a monitor to borrow for the week, since both my home and work are less than ten miles from the SCCC.  Then you need a net connection and a spare computer, which also shouldn't be too hard to find.  Pretty sure borrowing a Chromebox for a week is easy…

That's a nice offer, thanks!

Ian

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> On Sep 6, 2014 7:39 AM, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org> wrote:
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> On Sep 5, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com> wrote:
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> > I like it too, except I would propose an additional change - can we just have the physical presentation be an auto-reloading computer monitor pointing at the wiki, rather than a physical copy?  Should be able to find a TV screen…
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Two thoughts:
> 
>  1) We are trying to reign in costs.
>  2) The monitor isn't writable.
> 
> Ian
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> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > #ilikeit
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2014 5:05 PM, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have added a couple of notes to the wiki on ad-hoc group meetings during TPAC [1].
> >
> > It seems to me that, like an unconference, it would be useful to have a centrally located (physical) message board where people can
> > easily find out what ad-hoc meetings are happening, and propose their own. Each day, the message board would be refreshed.
> >
> > I do not want to have to keep the wiki [1] and the message board in sync. Therefore, I propose that we use the wiki
> > to gather information in advance. Each day I (or someone else) would copy anything in the wiki to the message board, which would
> > then become the authoritative place to look for that day.
> >
> > • We should also encourage multiple channels for people to let others know about ad-hoc meetings. For example some combination of:
> >   - Twitter (#tpacadhoc)
> >   - IRC (#tpacadhoc)
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > [1] https://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC2014/ad-hoc-meetings
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> > Tel:                       +1 718 260 9447
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