Hi everyone in the cork and Dublin clubs,
I have not heard from anyone in relation to this topic so I expect we will have
a lively debate tomorrow!
I received the message below from Stuart Lawlor, formerly of NCBI and now in
Sight & Sound. He makes a very interesting offer that I think we should discuss
and see what everyone thinks about it.
Stuart says:
Iâm delighted to hear you are considering Zoom for the Exchange group, mainly
because it is a really great service, and they have made huge efforts to build
accessibility in from the start.
The very first thing you, or the Exchange group need to do, as meeting
organisers, is to create a Zoom account. There is a little confusion in the
information you received from Bert, so let me explain.
If your meeting is only for two people, then, the meeting can last indefinitely
and there is no charge for using the service. If your meeting has more than two
people however, free accounts are limited to a max meeting length of 40
minutes. In NCBI we used a paid account, so it gave us up to 100 members in a
room, with unlimited meeting times. We do the very same here at Sight and
Sound, and, indeed, Iâd be very happy to collaborate with your group to allow
you access our paid for account for your meetings, thus enabling you to hold
them free of charge. In return, Iâd simply ask that Sight and Sound could be
acknowledged occasionally in meetings.
Just to give you a sense of the pricing structure, a paid for account costs
about â¬150 per year, and, as I said above, this allows you to host meetings
for up to 100 people with no time limits. It also, by the way, includes the
ability to record your meetings and even has live captioning, if you wanted to
use that.
Iâd be more than happy to help you get everything set up if you wish to go
ahead.
Thanks, and look forward to hearing from you.
Stuart
Me again:
I have also been trying out an app called âjoin.meâ When my son set this up
it worked very well. However, The icons just say âButtonâ and so would have
to be labelled â which is easy to do and worth it if the app looks like what
we need for our group discussions.
Join.me is free for up to 10 users in one meeting.
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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