[Ofa_boardplus] OFA Collaboration via Zoom

[Coulter, Susan K]

To summarize Jim’s request below…

Please respond if you could make use a tool like Zoom for any of your OFA-related conference calls and collaborations.

Thanx.

> On Oct 5, 2017, at 2:06 PM, Jim Ryan <jimdryan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ....following is a copy/paste of my original request for interest in having an account on a collaboration product. I was surprised to hear no indication of interest beyond my own.
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> So, this is a second request w/the following text for background:
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> <dated 10/3>For those of you who don't know, at the last XWG meeting I was asked to evaluate a few collaboration products to see if we should make the product available to members when there's a need. The three I was directed to evaluate included WebEx, Zoom and Bluejean
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> I have now invested a fair amount of time and I'm coming to some preliminary conclusions. However a key driver in determining cost-competitiveness is the number of individuals who might wish to take advantage of this; I really have no idea.
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> I may be unique in needing this because I lost my collaboration option when I retired from Intel. I doubt there are many others, if any, in this same situation.
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> However, this could be a less-than-obvious beneficial option for WG chairs, as an example. They run up against the need to hand-off meeting leadership responsibilities when someone is on travel, vacation, etc. I know from experience if one is using an Intel bridge, it's difficult to hand-off responsibilities outside Intel.
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> I'd appreciate hearing probably directly, not via the full reflector, if you're interested in this. This is interest; not a commitment to use or subscribe
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> I hope this request is clear, but if it is not let me know, and please do that via the reflector
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> thanks, Jim
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