Internal Communication/IM

Instant communication

The objective of instant communication is to provide the best way for the members to communicate each other.

NEED TO BE COMPLETED

Preference

Physical meeting > Mumble + Etherpad > Skype > IRC > GoogleDocs

Catalog

Physical meeting

Evaluation

• + do not require computer
• + trivial to be understood
• - require some time to reach and leave the meeting point
• + possible exchange of material, files
• + do not require computer
• - could require some expense drink/meal/parking
• - require a pirate to write meeting summary
• + anonymous

Reference

Every crew should have a meeting every month

Sound only

Mumble

Evaluation

• ~ require computer
• ~ require a software (easy setup)
• + no delay to reach the meeting poing
• - no exchange of material, files
• + accept room with ? members
• + could be public
• - require a pirate to write summary
• - require a computer
• + opensource
• ? anonypmous

Reference

http://mumble.sourceforge.net/

Text only

EtherPad

Evaluation

• + could be public(no account) or private
• + do no require a pirate to write summary
• + opensource
• + anonymous

Reference

http://etherpad.org/

IRC

Evaluation

• ~ could be public(no account) or private
• + do no require a pirate to write summary
• + opensource
• ~ anonymous

Reference

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

GoogleDoc

Evaluation

• + could be public(google account) or private
• + do no require a pirate to write summary
• - opensource
• - anonymous

Reference

http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/fr/tour1.html

Multimedia

Skype

• - closed source
• - not anonymous
• ~ could require a pirate to write summary

Reference

http://www.skype.com/