Megaconference

["Amiot, Lawrence W." <>]

Hi Bob. I am not sure what retirement means, but good luck in yours.

I remember back when the Internet2 Digital Video Working Group was first 
being formed. I was chairing one of our first meetings and looking for good 
ideas that we could work on. Some old coot with a white beard was sitting in 
the audience, and he came up with the preposterous idea that we could have a 
large video conference with university sites from all over the country 
joining in and making presentations. I though it was the most unrealistic 
idea we could have come up with. Well here we are ? years latter having sites 
from all over the world and from outer space too joining in. Congratulations 
on your accomplishments.....Larry






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Subject: [Megacon] My Retirement

I am retiring from OARnet on June 30, for the final time. (I retired for the 
first time in 2001.)
My life with video conferencing has been very stimulating and allowed many 
new things to be done.  Long ago we started the Megaconferences, which then 
blossomed into several follow-ons. I am pleased to see that this this now 
being carried on by Ben Fineman at Internet2.
I have sent him all my recordings of the Megaconferences and perhaps some day 
they will be publicly available. This list was started to coordinate the 
Megaconferences, and has since broadened greatly to be a resource for all 
things related to video conferencing.

It has been my great pleasure to work with all of you.

I will still be around, reading this list and maybe popping up here and there.

Bob

Robert S Dixon, PhD, PE
Chief Research Engineer
Ohio Academic Resources Network  (OARNET)


Larry Amiot
Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center-
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave.
Argonne, Illinois 60439

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