[OSArch] Organisation of meetups

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  • @Jesusbill said:
    @agviegas - would you like to present IFC.js on January's meetup on the 9th @ 20:00 UTC? If you think it is too soon no worries, let me know and we can start planning it for the following ones.

    Yes, absolutely. The library is still on early development phase (it can't load any IFC file yet), but I can present the current functionalities, show further steps and answer to any question / suggestion. What length / format do you have in mind for the presentation?

    Jesusbill
  • @Cyril said:
    Yes. On our side we confirm that we booked the February meeting date.

    Sounds great Cyril! Looking forward to!

  • @agviegas said:
    Yes, absolutely. The library is still on early development phase (it can't load any IFC file yet), but I can present the current functionalities, show further steps and answer to any question / suggestion. What length / format do you have in mind for the presentation?

    This is fantastic!
    We have no hard rules, we aim to keep the presentation + discussion length within the 1 hour limit but it all depends then on the interest of the audience. Presentation can be slides, hands-on use of the software, and anything usable with screen sharing. I think the main points you identified sound very good to cover.

  • edited December 2020

    @Jesusbill you're right about moving the date, I forgot that, and neither the wiki nor this thread mentioned it. The wiki is still not updated, I suggest it's best Ioannis that you are the person who keeps dates and times updated on the wiki, even while other people do other parts of that page. https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=Monthly_Meetup
    Can I suggest that the February topic also be written into the wiki page?

  • You are absolutely right @duncan , I have now taken care of the wiki page and made the announcement for the meetup.
    Cyril, I have added a short description for February's event (copy-pasted your input), feel free to make any changes, or give them to me, as you see more appropriate.

    duncan
  • I've been testing BigBlueButton with @agviegas and my son and we think it is f*n great. We found a whiteboard function that didn't quite work on the demo we tested but the rest works brilliantly. I'll be testing a different demo server soon. I've spoken to them and they'd be willing to sell us an account for $30 / month with 6 month binding. I'm wondering if we should make a shared FOSS projects account for the use of all our projects. That might get funds to cover a paid account... but that's a different discussion.

    https://www.webhostingzone.org/solutions/bigbluebutton-hosting.html
    so I'm testing their demo server
    https://bigbluebutton.webhostingzone.org/b/

    Here's a quick intro, just seven minutes, let's show people that FOSS video conferencing is possible! ZOOM must die!

    BigBlueButton overview for moderator/presenters (with breakout rooms) in BigBlueButton

    https://www.youtube.com/c/BigBlueButton/videos

  • @Jesusbill would you like to get an account on osarch.org so you can submit new monthly meetup events to https://osarch.org/events/ ? Whenever an event is submitted, all OSArch subscribers will also receive an email notification, so it is a good way to publicise as well. If you let me know your preferred user / pass / email via PM I can set up an account for you. It's a standard Wordpress setup so it should be pretty simple to use but I can give you a tour if you wish of the backend!

    Jesusbillduncan
  • edited January 2021

    Because the previous recording didn't work out Antonio has agreed to present IFC.js again.
    Presentation on IFC.js with developer Antonio González Viegas

    Where: online at https://bigbluebutton.webhostingzone.org/b/dun-gxe-gyz-anq
    When: Saturday 23rd January, 21:00 CET, https://everytimezone.com/s/a3c22a96

    IFC.js is a free/libre library for generating geometry from [[Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)|IFC data] with customizable aspect, including color, transparencies, edges and more. Because IFC.js is browser based and 100% Javascript and runs on the client side, not depending on servers, it is very lightweight. You can use this as an efficient IFC parser or as a whole IFC viewer to build your BIM app.

    https://agviegas.github.io/IFC.js/docs/
    https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=IFC.js

    Please share
    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/osarch-org_opensourcesoftware-ifc-javascriptlibraries-activity-6757207276722954241-o47p

    JesusbillMoultpaulleeemilianobim
  • Hi everybody, some updates on the meetups:

    • The announcement for the meetup of February 6 will be posted later today. @Cyril I will use the description we already have. If you think there are any changes needed, let me know. Also, is there any image we can use for the social media post?
    • @gonzalocasas has agreed to present COMPAS in the upcoming meetup of March 6! Very exciting, thank you.
    • We are free to book other key presentations for April and on. Proposed suggestions include: OpenProject, GSoC, LibreCAD/LibreDWG, Speckle, , DESsim, PyRevit, Rhino.inside. How can we organize this? Should we make direct proposals for a specific month to specific candidates?
    JanFMoult
  • @Jesusbill said:
    Hi everybody, some updates on the meetups:

    • The announcement for the meetup of February 6 will be posted later today. @Cyril I will use the description we already have. If you think there are any changes needed, let me know. Also, is there any image we can use for the social media post?

    Please allow me to prepare something this weekend. It will be ready for Monday (at least for the energy part)

    Jesusbill
  • ok, sure, sounds great @Cyril

  • @Jesusbill said:
    Hi everybody, some updates on the meetups:

    • The announcement for the meetup of February 6 will be posted later today. @Cyril I will use the description we already have. If you think there are any changes needed, let me know. Also, is there any image we can use for the social media post?
    • @gonzalocasas has agreed to present COMPAS in the upcoming meetup of March 6! Very exciting, thank you.
    • We are free to book other key presentations for April and on. Proposed suggestions include: OpenProject, GSoC, LibreCAD/LibreDWG, Speckle, , DESsim, PyRevit, Rhino.inside. How can we organize this? Should we make direct proposals for a specific month to specific candidates?

    hey @Jesusbill,
    I have prepared an image, we can use this for youtube thumbnail and social media posts. open for your comments. here it is:

    CyrilgonzalocasasJesusbillJanFpaulleeemilianobimMoultMassimo
  • edited February 2021

    @Jesusbill Here it is. There is multiple images and text. Feel free to choose what you like (some are attached because they are in svg format).

    BIMaps.io

    BIMaps.io is an open source platform to manage BIM data including all aspects with a simple and powerful interface.
    Web technologies and mobile usages are at core of the platform.
    Flexible data, 3D viewer with dynamic styles, BCF, geometric and data checker are built in.

    BIMxBEM

    Despite existence of dozens of scientific projects, studies and articles on how to use BIM for building energy modeling (BEM) this topic is not solved for various reasons.
    This project aim to retrieve building data from IFC. Process it than adapt data to local standards. Send processed data to energy analysis software. Get feedback through IFC and/or BCF.

    emilianobimMoultJesusbill
  • @duncan: are we going to use bigbluebutton for hosting and recording the upcoming meetups?
    So that I can use this link for the announcement? https://bigbluebutton.webhostingzone.org/b/dun-gxe-gyz-anq

  • edited February 2021

    I agreed with @Jesusbill that we'll stick with Jitsi Meet for now. It would be great if someone could help by making a backup screen recording for the session.

  • @duncan said:
    I agreed with @Jesusbill that we'll stick with Jitsi Meet for now. It would be great if someone could help by making a backup screen recording for the session.

    Maybe this addon for the browser can be useful for recording: https://recordrtc.org/
    Available in the chrome web store

  • edited February 2021

    Re trolls in the video meet:
    In answer to @JanF in a different thread after we had two polite but real trolls in our last meeting (it was quite funny, that kept changing their name to JanF and then muting me and changing their name again - so I thought it was actually JanF doing it!) We need a solution where we have some moderation powers. I tested the FSF instance of jitsi meet with @Moult and I think the two of us suggest using that in future - but it has no integrated recording functions. So @Jesusbill would need to agree and make an arrangement for one or two people to do screen capture. I guess ideally the first part should be captured from the presenters screen so the quality is optimal - but that brings its own issues.
    I've also tested the integration of Jitsi inside an element.io room. Everything works, but the chat is missing in jitsi and only available in the room. This mean that guests can watch the video and not use the chat. To use the chat you need to be logged in. So I don't like that solution (although I think we should use it for day-to-day chat and video.)

    My recommendation: we in future use the FSF Jitsi room. This is the link: https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/osarch if you are a FSF member please test if you can start a meeting at that link.

  • Just tested, and yes, I can indeed start a meeting at that link.

  • @gokermu said:
    hey @Jesusbill,
    I have prepared an image, we can use this for youtube thumbnail and social media posts. open for your comments. here it is:

    Can you please update this image with #12 instead of #10? Thanks

  • @Jesusbill said:
    Can you please update this image with #12 instead of #10? Thanks

    Here it is.

    JesusbillMoultduncan
  • edited February 2021

    @Moult said:
    Just tested, and yes, I can indeed start a meeting at that link.

    Cool, so that means anyone with a FSF account can start the meeting. Anyone else here have an account?

    It would be good to know in advance if some of us can't make it to a meeting. I might forget and Dion might sleep in - both things have happened before :-)

    @Jesusbill is the March invite already sent out? What are your thoughts - do you agree that we should switch to the FSF room?

  • @duncan I don't have an FSF account but I guess I could join fsf.org. For me it is fine to use the new link, although to be honest I didn't understand any of the trolls during the last meetup. It'd be probably best to have two members recording in this case, I can be one of them.
    The March invite is not out yet, we still have a few days so it is a good point to take a final decision.

  • @Jesusbill I don't think you were there last time when the quite harmless trolls came shortly after the meeting. They just kept turning off our mics, which would be a real problem during a presentation.

  • Regarding future meetups, I will be reaching out the Speckle team to see if they are available for April.
    I will also be reaching out the OpenProject team for May.
    And we could have one of LibreCAD/LibreDWG for June maybe.

    JanF
  • @Jesusbill I'll try and see if I can get one of those CAD projects interested. I assume QCAD is also on the list, I'd like to hear from him about his plans for QCAD CE

    Moult
  • sounds great @duncan, yes any of the three ... proceed as you see best

  • Some good news, Speckle team has accepted to present in April's meetup 👍
    Tomorrow I will be updating the wiki / upcoming events

    MoultJanFduncanstephen_lpaulleeDADA_universe
  • Great with a wiki update. Could be good if we in future announcements can mention the next few topics. Helps keep peoples interest and keeps them watching and following even if the topic they see is not the one for them that day.

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