[BLU/Officers] July agenda

[Kurt Keville]

Yes. Eliot said he would record it and then give it to us.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 7:02 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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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