[crw-talk] CRW on-line activity

[James Bloomer]

I get a monthly call from park and rec to see if we are meeting.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 18:11 jcfitz <jcfitz at charter.net> wrote:

> I was also wondering also on things.
> I don't know if anyone e has been in contact with park and rec on the
> building but we have a lot stored there.
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> From: John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net>
> Date: 11/7/20 10:29 AM (GMT-06:00)
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> Woodturners." <crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
> Subject: [crw-talk] CRW on-line activity
>
> 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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