[crw-talk] On-line meeting

[John & Donna Griffiths]

Members and former members, thanks for the positive reactions in your 
posts.  (Mart Schwem and Bob Robinson, if you are still getting this, 
sorry, hope your names get deleted soon.)  Ken, thanks for taking care 
of that little bit of business.

Anyway, Board Members, "I love it when a plan is comes together".  
(Forgive me for loosely paraphrasing that old TV show I never watched 
that had Mr. T in it, I don't recall it's name at the moment.)  So we 
have people who will let us use their Zoom account for the club which 
will allow more then a few attendees and longer meeting times.

James maybe you have a Microsoft account that will allow that too.

Some say Zoom is not the most secure platform in the world.  I don't 
know if that will be an issue here since we won't be discussing trade 
secrets or financial data.  No credit cards, no passwords other then the 
numbers Zoom issues to identify a meeting and no personal information.

I think the most important factor is to use the platform that is the 
most "idiot proof", myself included.  And Ginny's suggestion of simply 
playing a video from our library as a test or practice activity would be 
a great way to get us up and running.  Having someone (or more then one) 
available by phone during the time would be a good way to sort out 
problems and help those of us who are not so technically literate have 
an entertaining way to get us up to speed.  Ginny, is there any way we 
can get you back as a member?!  I am also giving a shout out to Jack and 
everyone else has invested hours in getting our videos of professional 
and club member demos in a DVD format in our library.  Forward thinking 
even before the COVID had evolved.  That, my friends, is an incredible 
resource for future on-line meetings.  A brief on-line business meeting 
to take care of club business then play a demo from the past.  They were 
worthwhile live in the past and would be very worthwhile again now!

So James and the rest of the board, I think we have a mandate to run 
with it, including me as acting program director.  Thanks to everyone 
who has participated in this series of discussions.  Who ever has any 
more ideas, please make them known.

John
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