[crw-talk] CRW on-line activity

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Good Saturday morning members,

I want to suggest we have some sort of an on-line gathering.  It would 
be up to the board what we do, but several possibilities exist.  The 
best possibility would seem to me to be Zoom.  A moderator would control 
the meeting, giving members a chance to speak and keeping the discussion 
going as would the president in a face to face meeting.  James, if you 
are comfortable with managing a Zoom meeting you would be a natural as 
president.

Club dues are due and a decision needs to be made: do we just renew 
everyone without paying dues since we did not spend 2020 dues for 
anything other than basic club functions or what?  Also we should make a 
decision about club officers.  Just reappoint the existing board or 
what?

One would be a simple meeting via Zoom, but there might be a boredom 
factor with that.   Perhaps a short business meeting would be tolerable 
and useful.  We could incorporate an instant gallery in this too.  This 
would be a matter of holding the piece we are presenting in the instant 
gallery up to the camera on the computer, phone or tablet you are using 
while discussing your design, finish and so on.

Another would be to do some kind of a demo in a Zoom meeting.  This 
might involve one of us setting up a camera, perhaps on a phone and 
placing it in view of the workpiece so it would transmit the actual 
turning and the your narrative.  The person running the Zoom meeting 
would control the image being transmitted and  handle questions.  Or we 
could have another person present at the lathe handling the camera while 
the turner turns.  That might be best.

So if you have read this far (I hope you have) you will notice I have 
not made any decisions or directives.  That is way above my pay grade, 
to quote a former president.  This is the time for members to speak up 
with feedback, ideas what you want as a club member and how to keep the 
club going during these trying times.  Please think about this and 
circulate your thoughts as replies.

This will give direction to the board about the future of the club.  I 
do not want to see it fade into nothingness so I hoped we can do some 
kind of on-line meeting.

John
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