Small Farm Central

Update #2 Yugma is not the platform for us, since it is not possible to share voice through the Internet -- they wanted us to call through a regular phone line to voice chat. Strange. I'll look around for another software package and we'll try again next week. Send a message if you would like updates about future web conferences.

Updated, Wednesday 3/18 12:30pm EST: Click the following link to access the conference after you have downloaded the software: https://www.yugma.com/app/loading.php?user=&role=0&collsession=307729831

After last week's post, I heard back from a number of people that thought a weekly open forum for farm web topics would be a useful.

So, let's do the first one this week.

When?
1pm EST, Wednesday March 18th 2009

Cost?
Free

Where?
Physically, anywhere. Digitally, the Yugma conference network

Download the Software

If you are waiting for Obama's rural broadband stimulus, you may want to sit these meetings out for now. I think it will require a higher speed connection. We can explore the possibility of "calling in" via a normal phone next week.

We will be using Yugma, which requires a download. Visit https://www.yugma.com/download/allproducts-jvm.php and choose the product that suits your operating system. This was about a 34 MB download, so it does take some time to download and install. You may want to do this ahead of time.

Email if Interested

If you are interested in this web meeting, please email me a quick note with your interest and email address. I will send you an invite about half an hour before the meeting starts with an invite link and we'll go from there.

Bring questions, your ideas, and a critical eye for other farm websites and marketing plans. Let's see how this develops!