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Indiana Green Party now videoconferencing instead of driving hours for meetings.

Indiana Green Party

November 3, 2003
Contact: Victoria Webb, Media Coordinator, Indiana Green Party,
Coordinator, SJVGreens
574.315.0531 vic@furiousdreams.com http://www.sjvgreens.org/

Indiana Green Party now videoconferencing instead of driving hours for meetings!

The IGP has conducted most of its 2003 meetings using a statewide video-conferencing system, making meetings easily accessible to all members. Indiana University and the Indiana Department of Education have granted the use of its video-conferencing and distance learning networks to several faculty Green members. However, only three sites are currently available; IU Indianapolis, IU at Bloomington and IU South Bend. The network isn't available during summer academic recess.

To allow for greater flexibility and access, the IGP Coordinating Committee is working on a lower tech solution: a 24/7/365 grassroots network of PCs with web cams, and mics with access to the public Internet.  This would allow any chapter member with a webcam and wired PC to join the meetings. The Committee's  goal is a 5 or 6-site test by mid-2004. They hope non-proprietary, open source or free software alternatives will emerge to replace the unreliability of a personal computer set-up. For more information or to help, contact: Tom Brown, IGP Tech Committee, tbrown@sjvgreens.org http://www.indianagreenparty.org


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