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Re: [113attendees] hybrid meetings: the worst of both worlds

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Fri, 25 March 2022 21:18 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Robert Moskowitz <rgm@labs.htt-consult.com> message dated "Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:38:31 -0400."
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Subject: Re: [113attendees] hybrid meetings: the worst of both worlds
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    el> And almost on every single presentation there was an issue with screen
    el> sharing in the beginning, which decreased in amusement value quickly
    el> over the days.
    el>
    el> The chair microphones were in most rooms not loud enough to understand
    el> at the back of the rooms, the remote audio was great.

"Doctor, it hurts when I sit at the back of the room"
-> don't sit at the back of the room.

Robert Moskowitz <rgm@labs.htt-consult.com> wrote:
    > This was a real issue for us remote.  Often even with the sound all the
    > way up, I could not hear the person(s) at the desk.  then a remote
    > speaker would come in and I have to quickly turn the volume down.  Part
    > of the problem was mask wearing; that tended to muffle speakers.

I would like us to just put fewer chairs in the room, and have tables for
everyone.

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