Ongoing Online Fediverse Meetings

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:16:29 -0400

I really liked getting together with people on #FediForum and want to continue that. I am considering hosting monthly or even twice monthly sessions on specific fediverse-related topics. We would also have meetings specifically related to Hubzilla in addition to this. I am wondering if anyone else is interested in that.

Although using Zoom would be much much cheaper, I was thinking of using something like Big Blue Button instead. It is an open source virtual classroom software that can be used for both meetings and presentations, and is web based, so you don't need to install a client.

Also, if another organizations want to share resources, that might be more cost effective for everyone involved.

Let me know if you are interested.

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Scott M. Stolz

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:48:28 -0400

@_jayrope @Tejan Ausland

We are on a 30 day trial for one cloud host. They want $100 a month for 75 concurrent users. I found another one that wants $85 a month for 80 concurrent users. Another one is $89 a month for 100 concurrent users. It's not cheap.

I did another search today, and found another one in Dubai that is a lot cheaper. I might try them. But then the server would be half way around the world. $7.99 for 100 concurrent users, but you can only have one meeting at a time. It jumps to $39.90 or more a month if you want to have more than one meeting at a time.

The other option is to get a virtual or dedicated server. The downside of that is we have to manage it ourselves, unless we opt for managed hosting, which costs more. If we manage it ourselves, you have to include the labor (hours worked to maintain it) when calculating the true cost.

Unless we opt for the $7.99 one meeting at a time plan in Dubai, it's going to cost at least $40 a month for the amount of users we want to have concurrently.

So, even though the software is free, running a server capable of having large meetings and multiple users is not cheap.

_jayrope

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:39:01 -0400

@Scott M. Stolz Split the cost between the users and it is only a € per month.

odp

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:41:52 -0400

You could try 'unhangout'

https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/setup