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Brian Rosmaita wrote:
> I have a quick facilities question about the PTG.  I know of at least
> one developer who can't attend physically but will be willing to join
> via some type of videoconferencing software (vidyo, or blue jeans, or
> google hangout).  Do you think it will be possible?  The wifi has gotten
> better with each summit (I remember sitting right next one of the wifi
> endpoints in Portland and still kept getting dropped; it hasn't been
> such a problem at more recent summits), but we're going to be at a much
> smaller facility for the PTG.
> 
> Anyway, my question is whether it makes sense to plan a few sessions
> over video (this dev would probably lead one design session and I'd need
> his hearty participation in another -- it's not just that I'd like to
> make it possible for someone to follow along, I need the bandwidth to be
> sufficient for a really good connection).  So basically, my question is
> whether it makes sense to *plan* for remote collaboration, or whether
> the remote connection should be looked at as something that might be
> nice if it happens, but shouldn't really be planned for.

I'll let Erin answer for the events team with extra information on
networking reliability. I think it should be possible to patch someone
into critical discussions, especially if the relay is handled by someone
attending the meeting. The fact that the schedule is pretty fluid should
also facilitate that (no 40-min timebox for a given discussion). It
becomes more difficult once you start having several people to patch in :)

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)