Linux usable Live Meeting - like or Webex-like online collaboration

[Jerry Feldman]

I am looking for a way that the Boston User Groups board members can
conduct an online meeting to include features like voice as well as a
web interface where we can post an agenda, add elements to the agenda,
and have the secretary prepare the meeting report. We can get Windows
Live Meeting free, but AFAIK, there are no live meeting clients that are
usable from Linux. I have looked at
http://www.btconferencing.com/btc/infocentre/guides/web/msolm/webaccess/?=
sel=3DgSched&sec=3DgWeb
<http://www.btconferencing.com/btc/infocentre/guides/web/msolm/webaccess/=
?sel=3DgSched&sec=3DgWeb>

While the BT conferencing package "supports" Unix, one of the
limitations is no audio. One of the problems we have had is that our
president has an online conferencing phone number, but he was tied up in
Colorado and we did not have a way to carry on a meeting without him.

My personal requirements:
1. Must support audio using Linux, Mac, or Windows systems
2. Must support some time of blackboarding capability other than simply
sharing a desktop.
3. Should be able to list who is online similar to Webex, but not a
requirement.
I don't know how we would end up using it since we have some very
different types of board members (including one who actually works in a
Jail - he is an it manager).

For audio only something like Skype would work, but the Skype Linux
client is a bit old, but does work in Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10.
While I would prefer OpenSource, that is not a requirement. We would be
willing to pay a small fee or add a sponsorship on the BUG website.



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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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