[iaoa-education] 1st (new) IAOA Education Committee meeting - Wed 2015.09.02: announcement

[Frank Loebe]

Dear Education Committee members,

in coordination with the Education Committee co-chairs Maria Keet and 
Zena Wood I would like to announce the 1st meeting of the (new) IAOA 
Education committee - with apologies for the very short notice. 
Following the majority in the recent Doodle poll [1] on the committee 
meeting time, the 1st meeting is scheduled for tomorrow:

   --> Wednesday, Sep 2    (see [2] for your local and city-based times)
       08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 12:00 BRT / 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST & SAST

For this meeting we will use the conference bridge service available to
IAOA, which for you as participants basically means to make a (free)
Skype call to a specific Skype contact and enter a PIN number in order
to join the respective conference call (U.S. landline numbers are
available as an alternative to Skype, but may be charged).

In addition, we use a free and public chatroom during the session as a
second communication channel, where notes can be taken visibly for
everyone and questions or comments may be stated in parallel to the oral 
discussion.

Please find below the specific call details together with the agenda
proposal, which I received from Zena. First there is a summary of the 
call details, for quick access. After the agenda I have added slightly 
more detailed instructions on how to join the conference call.

Should any technical questions remain, please contact me [3]. If you 
have comments or questions regarding the agenda or the meeting in 
general, please use the mailing list or contact Maria [4] and Zena [5] 
directly.

Hoping for your availability and looking forward to the first meeting,

Frank (Loebe)
Secretary, IAOA

in coordination with
Zena Wood and Maria Keet
Co-chairs of the Education Committee


[1] http://doodle.com/uism48n6gaw7eabt

[2] 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150902T1500&ah=1&am=30

[3] Secretary, IAOA    (Frank Loebe)
     secretary at iaoa.org

[4] Maria Keet, homepage with email address
     http://www.meteck.org/

[5] Zena Wood, staff profile with email address

http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/faculty/ach/study/cis/staff?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY21zLmdyZS5hYy51ayUyRnN0YWZmJTJGZGV0YWlsc0dSRS5hc3AlM0ZpZCUzRDEyMjEmYWxsPTE%3D



= 1st Meeting of the Technical Committee on Education of the IAOA =
   Sep 2, 2015

== Call details (summary) ==

* Date:       Wed 2015.09.02
* Start Time: 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 12:00 BRT /
               16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST & SAST
* Duration:   ~1.5 Hours

  ** worldclock:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150902T1500&ah=1&am=30

* Dial-in with PIN: 843758#
  ** Skype:          join.conference
  ** or, Phone (US): +1 (425) 440-5100 or +1 (315) 401-3279

* in-session chat:
   http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/iaoa_edu_20150902



== Agenda ==

1. Opening, adoption of the agenda, and a scribe

2. Round of introductions of participants

3. Committee activities

4. Sharing/division of tasks

5. AOB

6. Next meeting and close



== Instructions for dial-in and during the session ==

=== Dial-in ===

* via phone (US numbers only):
  ** main nbr:   +1 (425) 440-5100 ... (long distance cost may apply)
  ** backup nbr: +1 (315) 401-3279
  ** when prompted enter Conference ID: 843758#

* via Skype:    join.conference
   (i.e. make a skype call to the contact with skypeID="join.conference")
  ** generally free-of-charge, when connecting from your computer
  ** when prompted enter Conference ID: 843758#

  ** Unfamiliar with how to do this on Skype?
     Add the contact "join.conference" to your skype contact list
     first. To participate in the teleconference, make a Skype call to
     "join.conference", then open the dial pad (see the subsequent
     platform-specific instructions) and enter the
     Conference ID: 843758# when prompted.
  ** Can't find Skype Dial pad? ...
   *** for Windows Skype users:
       it's under the "Call" dropdown menu as "Show Dial pad"
   *** for Linux Skype users: please note that the dial-pad is only
       available on v4.1 (or later; or on the earlier Skype versions
       2.x,) if the dialpad button is not shown in the call window you
       need to press the "d" hotkey to enable it.
   *** In some cases, simply typing the number on your keyboard or
       number pad may work, as well.

* In-session chat-room url and instructions:
   http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/iaoa_edu_20150902

  ** Once you got access to the page, click on the "settings" button,
     and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field from "anonymous"
     to your real name, like "JaneDoe").
  ** You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by
     clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call
     on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the
     bottom of the screen.
  ** You can also use a jabber/xmpp client (e.g. gtalk) to join this
     chatroom. Just add the room as a buddy - (in our case here)
     iaoa_edu_20150902 at soaphub.org ... (handy for mobile devices!)


=== During the session ===

* To un-mute, press "*7" ... To mute, press "*6"
   (please mute your phone if you are in a noisy surrounding or if you
    are introducing noise, echoes, etc. into the conference line.)
* If you want to speak or have questions or remarks to make while
   another person speaks, please raise your hand (virtually) by clicking
   on the "hand button" (lower right) on the chat session page. You may
   speak when acknowledged by the session moderator (possibly you need
   to press "*7" on your phone to un-mute). (Please remember to click on
   the "hand button" again (to lower your hand) and possibly press "*6"
   on your phone to mute yourself after you are done with speaking.)