[plug] PLUG servers, and Meetings

[David Lloyd]

Shouldn't we sack Qld. presidents? :P And replace them with SA ones!

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On 23/08/2010, at 5:53 PM, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2010, Tim wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Lastly, as President I've somewhat let you guys down of recent due to
>> having very limited internet for the last 3 or so months. I'm now
>> settled in QLD, in a location that can't even get ADSL1 (it would if
>> telstra put more dslams in), so am limited to mobile broadband still.
>> But, I now have a good gateway machine setup, that gets great
>> reception (weather dependent) and also makes connecting easy. So,
>> hopefully my connection is stable enough that I can participate in
>> plug still. I believe Skype works, so SIP should work too.
>> 
> 
> So, PLUG is now based in Qld? If the President is living in Qld, it seems a bit weird.
> 
>> So, out next meeting should be Sept 14th. I've not seen anything said
>> about meetings since last meeting should have happened, and I've not
>> heard if anything has been organised for Sept 14th. So firstly, the
>> meeting should be at the normal place, the Futuresphere, Patrick will
>> let us know if that can't happen. It should be 7:30pm WST.
>> Do we have anyone who wishes to present a talk that night?
>> Also, do we have anyone who wishes to play around with Ekiga (SIP) and
>> see if we can have a "teleconference" for those who can't be there
>> physically?
>> 
>> 
> 
> I had installed Ekiga on a number of machines, and have given up on it as a bad joke - it doesn't work and it appears to be unsupported, from my experience.
> 
> Skype exists, and, whilst it may be proprietary, it seems to be out there and supported.
> 
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
> 
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