Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Sam Searle <sam.searle AT mcs.vuw.ac.nz>]

Thanks to Paul for pointing out the BeSTGRID project and the work they 
are doing within the research community (universities and CRIs 
specifically) promoting open tools like Access Grid and EVO for use over 
the KAREN network.

The website for the emerging community around KAREN and 
videoconferencing is http://avcc.karen.net.nz.

There is an opportunity to link up various 'nodes' around NZ for events 
using the universities as a base so that we could make the most of the 
high bandwidth that KAREN provides. It's worth noting though that tools 
like Access Grid and EVO really require KAREN, so they wouldn't be ideal 
for people wanting to come in from work/home via standard broadband. 
Nevertheless, for getting groups of people together face-to-face at a 
local level and then linking to the other centres, the tools work really 
well, so in terms of getting more involvement outside of Wellington this 
would be one approach. Also there is no technical burden on participants 
in terms of having to download/install/learn to use software - they just 
need to turn up!

A list of the available 'nodes' is at 
http://avcc.karen.net.nz/wiki/Node_Locations - you'll see there is 
decent coverage across the main centres.

As KAREN is peered with AARNet in Australia, there is also a chance to 
involve colleagues from Australia in any events/discussions. (And 
elsewhere overseas too - but the problem with timezones makes it easier 
with Oz.)

Cheers
Sam

Sam Searle
E-Research Development Coordinator
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Victoria University of Wellington
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Ian Thomson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am conscious that most of the CC work to date has been Wellington centric.
> We do need to be more inclusive and I think KAREN VCs would be a great 
> way to do that.
>
> We face a big challenge to raise awareness of the use and benefits of NZ 
> CC and using these tools would certainly help.
>
> Ian
>
> On 03/11/2007, *Danyl Strype* <strypey AT riseup.net 
> <mailto:strypey AT riseup.net>> wrote:
>
>     Kia ora koutou
>
>     I would be very keen to experiment with open source, open standard
>     video conferencing systems. Would be useful for other free culture
>     projects I am involved in too, eg Indymedia.
>
>     However, we also have an offer from Sam Searle to use the KAREN
>     high-bandwidth network to have a CC webconference. Is anyone keen on
>     doing this? What would be on the agenda?
>
>     RnB
>     Strypes
>
>     Quoting Leigh Blackall <leighblackall AT gmail.com
>     <mailto:leighblackall AT gmail.com>>:
>
>      > I tried Gizmo about a year ago and while it worked well one to
>     one.. I could
>      > never get the conference feature to work reliably. Haven't tried
>     the others,
>      > thanks for the pointer.
>      >
>      > On 10/31/07, adam <adam AT xs4all.nl <mailto:adam AT xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >> > Hi Sam. I'm inspired to grow burns myself now :) CC Sideburns :)
>      >> >
>      >> > I've been looking for a reliable FOSS webconference
>     alternative. I had
>      >> > hopes
>      >> > for DimDim but it seems to have stalled. I expect Google will
>     announce
>      >> web
>      >> > conferencing soon (hopefully will be via open standard). We (Otago
>      >> > Polytechnic) use Elluminate for webconferencing.. we could
>     possibly use
>      >> > that
>      >> > sometimes.. and there's SecondLife - to follow CC.orgs lead
>     for a bit
>      >> > there...
>      >>
>      >> gizmo (http://gizmoproject.com/ <http://gizmoproject.com/>) ?
>     openwengo(http://openwengo.com/)?
>      >> ..linphone or ekiga and asterisk if you are real keen...
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> adam
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> >
>      >> > On 10/30/07, Sam Stephens <sam AT postmoderncore.com
>     <mailto:sam AT postmoderncore.com>> wrote:
>      >> >>
>      >> >> Great idea, except Skype is a proprietry/closed platform. I'm
>     sure
>      >> >> there's a free/open alternative we could use instead.
>      >> >>
>      >> >> Nice to meet you briefly Leigh - I was the guy with the
>     sideburns who
>      >> >> said hi at the end shortly before you left.
>      >> >>
>      >> >> On 30/10/2007 8:41 a.m., Leigh Blackall wrote:
>      >> >> > At the launch, a colleague in NL was having trouble picking
>     up the
>      >> >> > videostream. He was getting the video but not the audio. I was
>      >> sending
>      >> >> > the audio via skype through my laptop, which was a great
>     experience
>      >> >> for
>      >> >> > us as we were txting me links as the people were talking.
>     May I
>      >> >> propose
>      >> >> > Skypecast.com <http://Skypecast.com> <http://Skypecast.com>
>     next time we have an event?
>      >> Links
>      >> >> > relating to that skype chat were saved at
>      >> >> > http://del.icio.us/leighblackall/ccnz
>      >> >>
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>      >> >
>      >> >
>      >> >
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