[BLU/Officers] July agenda

Tue Jul 14 07:02:09 EDT 2020

Can we set up a confirmation today.

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On Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 9:29 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:

> I'd prefer jitsi, but if avoiding Zoom means not having a BLU meeting at
> all this month, then I'd rather use Zoom than not hold a meeting.
>
> I still haven't heard confirmation on whether we'll be able to record the
> session and post the video on the BLU website afterward. Kurt, can you
> confirm this?
>
> Apparently if the meeting host has a Pro level account or higher, they can
> enable live streaming to YouTube. Perhaps the easiest thing would be to
> live stream the meeting to YouTube and then send me the downloaded mp4 file
> afterward so I can post it with the BLU meeting videos.
>
>
> https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360028478292-Streaming-a-Meeting-or-Webinar-on-YouTube-Live
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 5:36 PM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know what to tell you. HPC Meetup is moving ahead with their
>> event as is...
>>
>> https://www.meetup.com/HPC-GPU-Supercomputing-Group-of-Boston/events/271617454/
>> So, maybe you should just delist it. This is the best we could do on
>> short notice but if you are uncomfortable with it then take it off the
>> schedule.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020, 3:47 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Since Bill objects to using the evil Zoom, could we use jitsi.
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 10:39 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eliot Eshelman
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 2:27 AM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eliot from Microway - Does Eliot have a last name and an email
>>>>> address?
>>>>>
>>>>> Kurt from MIT - Is that Kurt Keville from MIT, or some other Kurt?
>>>>>
>>>>> The code for the BLU calendar expects to have first and last names and
>>>>> email addresses for speakers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 7:44 PM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the best I can come up with...  following in the spirit of
>>>>>> our other joint meetings
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tune a Convolutional Neural Network
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Information updates in the areas of HPC, Supercomputing, and
>>>>>> Autonomous Vehicles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 7:00 - 7:45PM Eliot from Microway presents event updates
>>>>>> 7:45 - 8:00PM Kurt from MIT presents UAV Updates
>>>>>> 8:00 - 8:30PM BU students present on Student Cluster Competition
>>>>>> 8:30 Open
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Zoom link is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85075254996?pwd=cU0xenpiQXRadEVZbEFMSkVjdktkUT09
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 9:14 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds great, Kurt! Can I get a list of already confirmed speakers
>>>>>>> and topic details for the BLU calendar? We can add more as additional
>>>>>>> confirmations are made.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been using Zoom Meet for my Toastmasters club, and we've had no
>>>>>>> issues with it. Are you and/or Eliot using the Enterprise tier? I notice on
>>>>>>> the pricing page that the "Basic" (free) tier of Zoom Meet has a 40-minute
>>>>>>> maximum length for meetings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to make sure we record the meeting, so I can post the video
>>>>>>> on the BLU website afterward.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 2:02 PM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's pencil it in... I can send out the Zoom invite in a day or
>>>>>>>> 2...  will put together some verbage.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 12:08 PM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am comfortable with Zoom if that is what Eliot prefers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 1:51 PM Kurt Keville <
>>>>>>>>> kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How does this sound?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Someone from MIT (probably Kurt or Alex or Steve Antille)... AVs
>>>>>>>>>> in the age of Quarantine... 30 mins
>>>>>>>>>> Someone from Microway (probably Eliot)...   HPC and SC update...
>>>>>>>>>> 30 mins
>>>>>>>>>> Someone from BU (probably Natasha)...   SCC update... 30 mins
>>>>>>>>>> Someone from Hamilton (probably Lin-Manuel Miranda)?
>>>>>>>>>> 2 other 30 minute slots? Maybe Eliot has a speaker (possibly even
>>>>>>>>>> from GA Tech)...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been doing these party line Dialup events like
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EczW2IWdnOM  and it is really
>>>>>>>>>> good if we can have a live chat window... that way speakers can answer
>>>>>>>>>> questions in RT without people interrupting them in mid-presentation. So we
>>>>>>>>>> should use a Zoom server to offer that option. Eliot has access to one and
>>>>>>>>>> so do I ... I will need to test the one I have out... but will do that this
>>>>>>>>>> weekend.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:50 PM Jerry Feldman <
>>>>>>>>>> gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas. We could probably sign up Maddog. He's posted a lot
>>>>>>>>>>> of stories on FB. I personally am not interested in his Brazil projects,
>>>>>>>>>>> but maybe we could come up with something, like the history of Linux and
>>>>>>>>>>> why is has become one of the major players.
>>>>>>>>>>>
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