[RP TownTalk] Video and Audio Streaming (Rob Oppenheim)

[Jack R. Jones]

Dear Rob,

I assume that most people are busy like I am 
doing volunteer work in several different 
organizations so that it is not always an option 
to come to a work or legislative session...some 
times civic duty just takes me else where. So it 
is that if I do not make the meeting, I am also 
not likely to be able to watch a live broadcast 
of the meeting. So a video of the meeting would 
be a low priority for me

On the other hand, access to the minutes in my 
own time frame would be most excellent. A table 
of contents summary of topics discussed and/or 
actions taken would also help in a time crunch so 
I could mark those minutes to come back and read 
later.

Thanks for your good thoughts and efforts,
Jack


>    3. Re: Video and Audio Streaming (Rob Oppenheim)
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:33:22 -0500
>From: Rob Oppenheim <rob.oppenheim at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Video and Audio Streaming
>To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
>Message-ID: <2006122213322.881176 at Rob2>
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>Ý
>I like Roland's suggestion of archiving the 
>meetings on Google Video. That would be a good 
>way to minimize our bandwidth costs. The only 
>minor downside that I see is it requires Mac OS 
>X 10.3 or higher or Windows 2000 or later 
>(Windows 98 is not supported) and there is a few 
>days delay before they put it up.
>Ý
>It appears that Google does not host live 
>broadcasts. So if we want to do live webcasts, 
>then we have to find an additional method. 
>Before we do a whole lot of work (or spend money 
>on this) I would like to know if there is real 
>interest. That is, will anyone actually watch? I 
>would not expect many watchers. I would think 
>that 5 or 10 watchers would justify it. This 
>TownTalk discussion is helpful in gauging 
>interest.
>
>*** Please post if you think you might watch a 
>live Webcast of the town meetings. ***
>Ý
>If we are serious about two-way communications, 
>that is, getting home viewers a chance to 
>comment, we would do well to consider web 
>meeting software. Such software can include 
>video, audio, whiteboards, document sharing, 
>real-time polls, annotations, chat, question 
>manager, and even seating charts.
>Ý
>Could be a real step forward for democracy.
>Ý
>Rob
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>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:09:45 -0600 (CST)
>From: <ng_md at verizon.net>
>Subject: [RP TownTalk] great electrician
>To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
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>Greetings all -
>I don't know if we've discussed and agreed that 
>recommending contractors is an acceptable use of 
>this list. I've been on several other 
>neighborhood lists that DO, one that even keeps 
>an ongoing internet-accessible 
>(password-protected) listing of recommended 
>contractors. My apologies in advance to those of 
>you that object; time to put that good old 
>"delete" key into use.
>
>I am very happy to recommend an electrician that 
>is responsive, communicative, thorough, and 
>experienced with older houses. I hired Crieger 
>Electric to upgrade my panel to 200 amps [fyi, 
>after checking around some, the going rate on 
>this job seems to be about $2000] and do some 
>other small electrical work around my house. 
>They showed up when they said they would show up 
>and stayed until the job was done.  Nice to know 
>that operations like this still exist.  Located 
>in Virginia, but he told me he's happy to come 
>to Maryland, and he's especially interested in 
>our little burg, older houses that need the kind 
>of work done that I just had done. Not sure, but 
>I think some of his crew live in Maryland, too. 
>Mark Crieger at 703-573-6275. 
>
>Nancy
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