Are you going to have any of the software developers for Evergreen on the Web cast? I thought this would be a discussion about the flexibility of the Evergreen architecture (OpenSRF) and its ability to be harnessed as a possible platform on which the implementation phase of OLE can take place. You have some great people from PINES who can provide insight into the decision-making process that lead to the creation of Evergreen, and I’m sure it will be a great discussion, but many of us are also interested in the more technical side of the potential of Evergreen for adaptation and adoption. Maybe a follow-up web cast?

I would like to register but I can’t find anything that says how to do that. Please advise

Dan:

OLEProject wanted to have a conversation with folks from Evergreen and learn more about Evergreen’s planning process. At the same time, one of OLEProject’s primary interests is in enterprise adoption and interoperability. We probably will not focus on the more technical side for the moment. A follow-up sounds mike be the way to go there.

Elaine: The link is in the description paragarph, here it is exposed: http://survey.oit.duke.edu/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid=ole!EvergreenWebcast

Just curious, have you limited the webcast to 100 participants based on the webinar technology, or for some other reason? Thank you in advance for making the recording available.

Ths participant limit is related to the technology. The application has “room size” limits. We use registration for two reasons: a) so we know what size “room” to book; b) so those who register actually get a seat.

In this case, I was working on short lead times (long story) so I limited the room size in advance, solely to simplify my administrative overhead.

Fortunately, at least for those who logged in, we had less than 100 participants. It seems the room size limitation wasn’t an actual limiting factor. I’ll make sure to give more advance notice for future webcasts and we’ll be able to choose the room size to fit.

Anyway, Thanks for asking. I’ll have the recording up soon. The past recordings seems to be a useful and popular way for people to catch the webcast when they have time to listen.

The room size limitation was a factor in that I couldn’t register, so I couldn’t attend. The product I use most often has a 1000-member limit… though in practice, so far, I’ve never had more than 60 people attend (thank goodness). I’d suggest that for a free webinar in our profession, if you keep the ceiling high, you won’t be overwhelmed.

Note that a recording in a nonproprietary format can usually have its audio track lifted out and presented separately (and therefore more portably, for mp3 players and the like). You might look at the software and see if it offers format options for its recording.

But you may be up against university requirements, of course! Thank you for making the recordings available.

Thanks. And you’re right. There are some infrastructure issues that lead toward certain decisions. I’ll see if I can lift the audio.

By the way, are these recordings now available by http://rapid4me.com/ ?

The recording is available http://oleproject.org/2008/12/10/ole-project-webcast-conversation-about-design-with-evergreen-recording-available/