New WebEX conferencing - replacing Zakim

W3C has sadly announced the demise of Zakim effective 30 June 2015. MIT 
has allowed W3C to use their WebEx conferencing service until a better 
conferencing solution is available.  On the positive side, the WebEx 
service will call you back on a landline anywhere in the world (at MIT's 
expense), as well as allowing you to connect by phone or by computer.

I recommend starting to connect to the ATAG WG call 15 minutes early so 
you have time to download and install the WebEx application.  I want to 
warn you  that there are problems with the accessibility of WebEx.  
Please email me (jeanne@w3.org) if you experience problems, as WAI is 
compiling a list of issues.

Link to start the WebEx meeting:
https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=mdd715d54aa5646914e96012d0c7b12af

You can get the password from the IRC channel

Once the WebEx app downloads and launches, you can click the "Connect to 
Audio" button to select how you want to connect to WebEx.  I usually 
select "Call me" and enter my cell phone number. Once I answer the 
phone, I press "1" to be connected to the conversation.  If you need to 
enter a meeting number, it is  646 389 004.  If you are prompted for a 
password, you can ask on our regular IRC channel.

Alternatively,  you can dial the audio connection number (if you are in 
the car or away from your computer):
+1-617-324-0000
  646 389 004 is the code to enter

We still plan to use IRC to take minutes of meetings.  Agenda and 
queuing will still work.  Unfortunately, because we no longer have a 
programmatic connection to the phone bridge, Zakim will not know that 
the meeting has started or who is present.  When you join the meeting, 
please go to IRC and type:
present+ [your name]
For example, I type
present+ jeanne

Thanks for bearing with us for through this transition.  WebEx offers 
additional features and a great audio quality. It shows who is speaking, 
it has a whiteboard and screensharing (none of it accessible).  We hope 
that MIT will upgrade to a new version of WebEx that is supposed to have 
better accessibility.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

jeanne

Received on Thursday, 28 May 2015 22:01:53 UTC