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[Entwood]

As the secretary of an organisation involved with tin-tents, our monthly committee meetings have all been cancelled by the school we use .... I've put everything off for this month but we'll need to do things from May onwards... I'm looking for advice on ideas for the best way forwards .....  we can sort most urgent matters/things out by email (we have our own domain/email system) but it takes time and requires everyone to actually check their emails !! Some committee members are not the most computer literate folks going ....

I'm thinking of trying to set up a timed video conference to replace the meetings and wonder if any of the resident experts on these things have any advice ... my thoughts are ..

Zoom .... fairly easy to set up and if I "host" the meeting I can control some aspects .. but the free version is limited to 40 minutes

Skype ... also easy but the free version is a max of 5 connections and I need 12 if everyone joins in

Microsoft Teams ... not free ... free version takes you to Skype so we go around in circles ....

Are there any other decent free conferencing software solutions I've missed ?? 

ta muchly

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[Kevin Wood]

Cisco Webex is worth a look. That's what my radio club ended up landing on.

[Doctor Gollum]

Cisco Webex is worth a look. That's what my radio club ended up landing on.

Ironic given the subject matter... 

[TheBoy]

FFS, my bloody wifi is *REALLY* pissing me off. Another long reply lost. FFS. So short reply this time.

If any of your members have a paid for Office365 Subscription, then Teams/Skype for Business would be free, and other members can join via web link. Do a pre run a few days before so everyone can get the plugins installed (same applies to all options.

Cisco Webex is king, but don't think they do a free option.  Same with Citrix's Goto Meeting.


Worth trying SIP providers for (audio only) free conferencing options.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Cisco Webex is worth a look. That's what my radio club ended up landing on.

Ironic given the subject matter... 

Made me chuckle as well. 

Although I imagine a 12 way radio chat could get quite confusing. Over. 

[STEMO]

FFS, my bloody wifi is *REALLY* pissing me off. Another long reply lost. FFS. So short reply this time.

If any of your members have a paid for Office365 Subscription, then Teams/Skype for Business would be free, and other members can join via web link. Do a pre run a few days before so everyone can get the plugins installed (same applies to all options.

Cisco Webex is king, but don't think they do a free option.  Same with Citrix's Goto Meeting.


Worth trying SIP providers for (audio only) free conferencing options.

You really should get on to BT about your Wi-fi 

[dave the builder]

can'r understand why people use WiFi
I use hard wired electricals
even in the bath
what's the worst that can happen 

[Viral_Jim]

Our business uses Google Hangouts, think it's free to use too.

It works but is sensitive to connection speed (audio quality dies on it's ar$e with slow WiFi).

It's main advantage is that it's very widely available and links to your Gmail account which means some or more of your members may already have it.
 

[STEMO]

Our business uses Google Hangouts, think it's free to use too.

It works but is sensitive to connection speed (audio quality dies on it's ar$e with slow WiFi).

It's main advantage is that it's very widely available and links to your Gmail account which means some or more of your members may already have it.

I always thought that was some sort of porn site.

[Viral_Jim]

You're in a 'funny' mood this evening I see.   

[Sir Tigger KC]

Our business uses Google Hangouts, think it's free to use too.

It works but is sensitive to connection speed (audio quality dies on it's ar$e with slow WiFi).

It's main advantage is that it's very widely available and links to your Gmail account which means some or more of your members may already have it.

I always thought that was some sort of porn site.

Maybe you can use it for virtual orgies?   

[STEMO]

Our business uses Google Hangouts, think it's free to use too.

It works but is sensitive to connection speed (audio quality dies on it's ar$e with slow WiFi).

It's main advantage is that it's very widely available and links to your Gmail account which means some or more of your members may already have it.

I always thought that was some sort of porn site.

Maybe you can use it for virtual orgies?   

I might be able to manage a virtual orgy 

[Auto Addict]

FFS, my bloody wifi is *REALLY* pissing me off. Another long reply lost. FFS. So short reply this time.

If any of your members have a paid for Office365 Subscription, then Teams/Skype for Business would be free, and other members can join via web link. Do a pre run a few days before so everyone can get the plugins installed (same applies to all options.

Cisco Webex is king, but don't think they do a free option.  Same with Citrix's Goto Meeting.


Worth trying SIP providers for (audio only) free conferencing options.

Well, I didn't know that

[TheBoy]

FFS, my bloody wifi is *REALLY* pissing me off. Another long reply lost. FFS. So short reply this time.

If any of your members have a paid for Office365 Subscription, then Teams/Skype for Business would be free, and other members can join via web link. Do a pre run a few days before so everyone can get the plugins installed (same applies to all options.

Cisco Webex is king, but don't think they do a free option.  Same with Citrix's Goto Meeting.


Worth trying SIP providers for (audio only) free conferencing options.

You really should get on to BT about your Wi-fi 

My Wifi aint provided by BT.

The issue here is people are stupid, and don't stick to the 3 non overlapping channels, instead going for the overlapping ones, thinking they are available.  So, as every single channel from 1-13 is in use, everything has overlapping channel interference, making 2.4Ghz unreliable .  Tempted to acquire a jammer, just to knock everyone off, so they actually bother to look up how to set them up


5GHz works well, but not all my devices are 5GHz capable

[STEMO]

FFS, my bloody wifi is *REALLY* pissing me off. Another long reply lost. FFS. So short reply this time.

If any of your members have a paid for Office365 Subscription, then Teams/Skype for Business would be free, and other members can join via web link. Do a pre run a few days before so everyone can get the plugins installed (same applies to all options.

Cisco Webex is king, but don't think they do a free option.  Same with Citrix's Goto Meeting.


Worth trying SIP providers for (audio only) free conferencing options.

You really should get on to BT about your Wi-fi 

My Wifi aint provided by BT.

The issue here is people are stupid, and don't stick to the 3 non overlapping channels, instead going for the overlapping ones, thinking they are available.  So, as every single channel from 1-13 is in use, everything has overlapping channel interference, making 2.4Ghz unreliable .  Tempted to acquire a jammer, just to knock everyone off, so they actually bother to look up how to set them up


5GHz works well, but not all my devices are 5GHz capable

You really should get on to BT...about getting their excellent Wi-fi