Around this region and among several members inside the community even business are using free of charge app as WhatsApp. Apply a layer of security is also possible to better performance. But Evan response is also clear, no reason to improve cost inside ICANN sine .org is stating it is struggling with reduced resources even less reason to ask community member to pay a share.

Best

Vanda

From: Jonathan Zuck via At-Large <at-large@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, 2 April 2025 at 13:09
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Subject: [At-Large] Re: [technology taskforce] Re: Re: TheVerge : Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams

Absolutely true. I don’t think there’s a world in which volunteers should have to pay a license fee.

Jonathan

 

 

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Subject: Re: [technology taskforce] Re: [At-Large] Re: TheVerge : Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams

 

One item to consider is cost. Are volunteers willing to pay an annual fee if a licensed tool is used?  Will ICANN.org acquire an application with the secure, accessible, and diverse features we want in a community tool?

 

It has been indicated that IT staff are exploring a solution to replace Skype? The chosen tool must meet our needs and make conversations more efficient and trackable.

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM Jonathan Zuck via ttf <ttf@icann.org> wrote:

I continue to be a fan of Loomio rather than SLACK but I’m not sure either is really a replacement for Skype. That’s more WhatsApp or something like Viber.

 

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Subject: [At-Large] Re: TheVerge : Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams

 

Dear all,

 

Adding to this discussion, I have a good experience with Discord, as there can be many sub-servers and rooms for various WGs, RALOs,... visible for only those for whom they are relevant. It may be a good option to consider, as it is free and it would finally solve the issue of fragmented conversations across mailing lists/ skype/ whatsapp etc. There, all discussions can be happening on one, big server. Just food for thoughts, @staff@atlarge.icann.org. In two big orgs I cooperate with, we eventually switched to Discord, and all has been great ever since.

 

Have a nice weekend.

NT

 

pá 28. 2. 2025 v 15:21 odesílatel Dev Anand Teelucksingh via At-Large <at-large@icann.org> napsal:

So, do we switch to Teams (and will it work for the At-Large Community?) Or another group chat solution ?

 

Dev Anand Teelucksingh

 

 

"It’s the end of an era. Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May and replacing it with the free version of Microsoft Teams for consumers. Existing Skype users will be able to log in to the Microsoft Teams app and have their message history, group chats, and contacts all automatically available without having to create another account, or they can choose to export their data instead. Microsoft is also phasing out support for calling domestic or international numbers."

 

 

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