[teampractices] [TOOL REQUEST] A way to "raise your hand" as a remotee

[Max Binder]

*TL;DR: Looking for a browser-based tool, in the vein of hatjitsu
<http://hatjitsu.wmflabs.org/>, that queues people for a facilitator
running a meeting.*

In a few meetings lately, we've struggled a bit to see the raised hands of
remotees. This might be because the facilitator is presenting their screen
(and thereby can't see hands), or it might be because the facilitator in
physically at the meeting and there are only one or two remotees, or it
might be another reason. It sounds like something easy to fix simply by
"paying better attention," but you might be surprised how easily remotees
get excluded unintentionally.

Some videoconferencing software has a "raise your hand" feature that
Hangouts lacks. I've found an unofficial Hangouts plugin
<https://plus.google.com/113101554144751578606/posts> that does this, but
it would be burdensome to implement. There are also other standalone tools
<https://github.com/exploration/take-a-number> that I've not tested as of
yet (MAMP is giving me a hard time with PHP).

I presented the issue to OIT, who suggested the method used in Monthly
Metrics, of etherpad+IRC(+James Forrester). While good for Q&A, I don't
think it works as well for a group of people in a smaller meeting who are
trying to toss the ball back and forth. It also requires people to manually
withdraw their comments or questions if they have been addressed (or fall
to the facilitator to determine if a comment or question is already
addressed). A bit like Phabricator, it works, but it doesn't...flow.

Any ideas?
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