[BLU/Officers] July agenda

Tue Jul 14 13:20:00 EDT 2020

Great, thanks! We would also need the Zoom meeting id.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:07 AM Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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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