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First off, you need to have a google account, if i'm asking you to run this you've probably joined a hangout before so you should be good on that. But just to be safe click here. If you can log in you're good.
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Second, we leverage Hangouts On Air for the live streaming. There should be a button in the center of the page that says "Start a Hangout On Air." If I recall correctly, if you have never done one before you may have to validate your account via a text message or a phone call, it only takes a minute.
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Third, go ahead and click the blue button, it should give you a pop up, fill in the options:
- Give it a name (Openstack-Chef Status Meeting $MONTH, $DAY, $YEAR)
- Starts (Later, XX:30 where XX is the time that we start)
- Audience (Confirm that Public is there, we want people to join right?)
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Click that share button and the google plus event page should come up. Now is the time I try to send out the email, and it's templatized like so:
Subject: Openstack-CHEF Status Meeting <date>
Hey Everyone!
Here's the link to join:
Here's the link to the youtube stream:
Pretty straight forward, the youtube stream you can't get till you start, so to start....
- Click the blue Start button, and it should drop you in the typical hangout screen, but there will be a pop up that says:
Invite guests
I usually click "Skip".
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You'll notice that it says "OFF AIR" in the top right hand corner, that's expected, you'll also notice a progress circle in the center of the bottom of the screen. Wait for it to complete and you should see a green "Start broadcast" button.
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Wait for people to join, talk things over get an agenda together, take some notes so you can copy paste out the topics to the mailing list after.
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When you're ready click that green button, it can take anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute, but it does click over in the top right to say "Live."
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Have the meeting, take notes and keep the conversation going, after it's done, click the same button to end the broadcast.
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Compile the notes and send something like the following out to the mailing list:
Hey Everyone, here's the notes from the stream. If you have any comments or idea please don't hesitate to speak up!
- Here are some notes
- Here are a link[1] notes
- Here is the last note
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- Pat yourself on the back you're done!