Virtual Meet of Newsvine Photographers

I'm curious, which NV group?

A conference call is viable. Can you get me some information on setting one up?

Those without video/audio capabilities would have to use text only. If you're using a laptop, tablet, etc, some of those have microphones built-in, also, some of the old CRT monitors have microphones built-in (not sure about LCD) so make sure to check.

But, dude, I owe you. I happen to have a stand-alone microphone that I could send you. It's pretty old but I don't think it's been used much (or ever); it won't get any future use. It's just one of those things I'm eying to throw away but don't because I'd rather reuse it.

No worries, we don't have any of those details yet. An announcement with instructions will go out.

Is everyone fine with stickam?

Stickam is a place where you can do live streaming radio broadcasts (podcast). You can also setup a group chat whereby we would all connect with our webcams and microphones (not required to participate) to see and hear each other.

Or, ... we could just use a Google chat, I think they added an audio/video feature. I'd prefer we use more than just text but if we can't work it out, that's okay. We stand to gain from everyone just getting together at the same time.

Who all has audio/video capabilities? If it's just me, I'm ditching them.

This page explains what stickam is.

Anyways. I just created a room on Stickam, so if anyone is "live" you can join. I'll keep it up throughout my work day as a demo (I may or may not be around).

1. Go to Stickam.com
2. Sign up for an account, if you don't already have one.
3. Click on Chat Rooms
4. Sort by date created.
5. Find "NVP" and click enter. It should load the room.

At the top of the room, you'll see a bunch of squares that say 'click to start video', you would just click one of those spaces and that would start your video and audio. It's pretty straight forward. The test room isn't permanent, so I'll need to recreate it when the time comes. I'll probably use "Newsvine Photographs" as the room name.

ETA: I just found out that I need to work off-site this afternoon, so it'll look like I'm there but I'm probably not.

Forgot to add, the room should be open all night and into tomorrow morning (unless someone logs me out, which is a rarity). I'm just leaving up at my workstation.

Test it out if you aren't familiar and get back to me with any questions.

I may have screwed up by logging in from my tablet with the same logon, but whatever... I'm there now.

If Miss Rottie will come back, we can *probably* test to see if your mic works.

I wish I could take a nap at 2:00 in the afternoon...

I got some sort of weird error message that probably had something to do with me logging in from two locations with the same ID. Sorry, it's been recreated. You want to test your microphone, is there a way you can add me to a messenger or something to let me know when you are ready?

I thought an A.Mac presence was obligatory. What excuse have you?

Well, then, what is a good Saturday for you?

Not much to using the microphone, the only thing you may need to do is adjust the sound controls (make sure it's not muted, volume is loud enough).

What about March 13th @ 7? That gives me more time to procrastinate putting an agenda together.

I understand and expect that. I'd however like to put effort into scheduling when everyone that wants to join can. It starts us on the right foot and gets us the most input. Perhaps the occasion calls more for sociability than "business" but I'd like to at least try the latter.

I'm actually not looking forward to speaking to everyone simultaneously.

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Ever been in a Yahoo! chatroom with audio? It's sort of like that, only with the video embedded in the chat window. Everyone sees and hears the same thing, they're just participating in different ways.

That is, of course, assuming you have speakers.

ETA: rottlady was commenting at the same time, there's an eight minute difference, I know, but it really took me that long, or longer. Yes, rott and I can coordinate a test run if you need it or you can just log into Stickam ahead of time and join one of the existing chatrooms (it might be really hard to coordinate that between the three of us).

I've only used the site one other time but I'm pretty sure that it's primarily for broadcasting radio-type shows. We're just using the chat room feature, so I don't think it matters which channel you pick. If it's somehow the wrong one, you can probably change.

As long as you don't have sexual contact with Stickam, I think you're safe. Go ahead, check it out.

March 13th @ 7:00. An article will on the meet will go up later early this week (Tuesday-ish).

Not yet, like I said, I've been researching Internet collaborative tools, not necessarily for the meet, something in the works, but we'll definitely be using some of these in the future.

December?

Hey all ... check out dimdim.com and let me know what you think about using it. It's a web-based application, so no install (but you still have to install a browser plug-in), with text, microphone and telephone options, and also screen sharing - though the free account only allows for the use of one webcam...so much for video, but I suspect no one will really care about that.

Also, it would be really nice to have a co-organizer. ;-)

Shoot me an email, mther - I'll get back to you this evening. I have an audit to organize this afternoon, fun and hilarity is sure to follow.....