<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi<br></div><div><br>On 14 Aug 2014, at 19:48, Dugger, Donald D <<a href="mailto:donald.d.dugger@intel.com">donald.d.dugger@intel.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My experience with mics, no matter how good, In conference rooms is not good. </span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>The ubuntu dev summits went through several iterations of trying to make remote participation effective, and I don't think we ever achieved it.</div><div><br></div><div>I think the reality that needs to be accepted is that not every IRL conversation is going to be accessible to everyone who wants to take part (even if you have superb remote access, maybe some particular discussion is happening at 3am in some developer's timezone).</div><div><br></div><div>I think we should be ok with that. So long as a quorum of cores can be present at any given event, progress can be made.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Chris</div><div><br></div></body></html>