Re: [lpc-contact] Memorial for Dan Williams

["Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 07:23:29AM -0500, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 9/11/26 05:53, James Bottomley wrote:
> > Actually that's just a technical detail about the way remote A/V works,
> > so every remote A/V tool technically records.  However, we could spin
> > up an ephemeral BBB instance and shred it after the event to ensure
> > there are no traces left if that would make people happier?
> 
> I'm not super worried about it either way. Basically as long as a
> recording doesn't end up on YouTube, I'm OK with it.

This should be Dave's call, but my personal feeling is that if there
are some critically important people who can only attend remotely
(including possibly some of Dan's family if some or all of them can't
travel) we should definitely do BBB.

If not, there will always be some people who might be uncomfortable if
there is active A/V; even if we don't record it, someone on the remote
end could.  That seems relatively unlikely to me, but it's more about
what other people might feel/perceive/fear.  Could it still be
worthwhile?

One compromise might be that we don't broadcast the BBB link, but we
only make it available to people who explicitly ask ahead of time.

Dave, what do you think?

						- ted