[NFB-Talk] Live Presidential Release and Related Technical Difficulties

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On 4/5/20, Marci Carpenter via nFB-Talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Here’s the link to the English version, which can be found on the nfb.org
> main page. It is also on Newsline.
>
> https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-04/2020_04_english.mp3
>
> Sent from Marci's iPhone
>
>> On Apr 5, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Cory McMahon via nFB-Talk
>> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Chris,
>>
>> As always, I sincerely appreciate your feedback and thorough explanation.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Cory McMahon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nFB-Talk <nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
>> via nFB-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 1:08 PM
>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Chris Nusbaum <cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [NFB-Talk] Live Presidential Release and Related Technical
>> Difficulties
>>
>> Dear Fellow Federationists:
>>
>> First, I'm sorry to anyone who wasn't able to get into Thursday's call.
>> You missed a great event, a good opportunity for us to come together on a
>> national scale, and (for the most part) a good execution of a very cool
>> idea. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm sure I'm not alone. Fortunately, in
>> looking at the Participants Panel in Zoom a few times during the call, I
>> noticed that there were several members of the national office staff who
>> were listed as people who were recording the meeting. So I'm sure that the
>> recording will soon be posted in all the places from which we normally get
>> Presidential Releases.
>>
>> I joined the meeting about 10 minutes before it started, when we had a
>> little over 200 participants. In the next 10-15 minutes, the participant
>> numbers skyrocketed until it was announced that the meeting capacity was
>> exceeded, at which point we had about 300 people on the call. As President
>> Riccobono began his Release, someone increased the meeting capacity, which
>> allowed us to have over 800 participants by the time the Q&A session
>> began. I happen to be something of a power user of Zoom, and I have used
>> the platform for many purposes. I once had the exact same problem which
>> was dealt with on the live Presidential Release. So, from my experience,
>> here's what I think happened.
>>
>> Zoom has many levels of plans one can buy which gradually go up in price.
>> One of the features which changes as a plan is upgraded or downgraded is
>> the maximum number of participants one can host in a single meeting.
>> However, a host can set the participant limit at a smaller number than the
>> maximum participant limit allowed by their account. Therefore, my guess is
>> that the NFB national office bought the plan which maxes out at 1000
>> participants, but set the max for that particular meeting at 300, probably
>> in an effort to more easily con
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