[crw-talk] Club Activities
Ken Grunke
kengrunke at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 14:39:29 CDT 2020
Web meetings sound like a great idea, especially for me who hasn't been
able to attend the Saturday AM ones. But I have no familiarity or
experience with Zoom, or anything else.
Ken
On 10/20/20 7:48 PM, Bob R wrote:
> All, there's a plethora of Zoom type tools. Many are fee based, WebEx
> is another, which may have a free version.
> *Free* zoom is time & participant limited, 30-40min?. Not sure
> participant capacity. Easy to get around that, just schedule
> consecutive meetings.
>
>
> /Bob R, Sent from my Phone/
> On Oct 20, 2020 10:18 AM, John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net> wrote:
>
> My two cents worth here, as far as online forums go. I mentioned
> Zoom in the email down below.
>
> This morning I called Gundersen to inquire about an on-line annual
> check up. I was told they use Skype Business. Sounds like a
> pretty simple process, I'll know more after the appointment next
> week.
>
> My reason for sharing all this "personal " information, Skype may
> be a possible platform as well as Zoom. I have no idea which
> might serve us better. John
>
> On 10/19/2020 2:39 PM, Bob Raasch wrote:
>
> Hey John and All,
>
> Some wonderful ideas here. I'm sure there have been several
> discussions within the membership about "life of the club"Haven't
> heard a peep! With "under the tree" time likely done for 2020,
> thank you to Clyde and Jean and Adrian and Beth for supplying the
> tree for those get togethers. I forone would look forward to some
> common club goal to work on. *Beads**of**Courage*comes to mind,
> however the local hospitals don't participate in that program. The
> AAW mag always showcases various clubs activities, even in
> thistime of COVID.Might be a spark there?
>
> Zoom has possibilities. Not difficult to schedule and host those
> meetings. It does require some very basic understanding about
> your web device, be it a smart phone, tablet or PC. If ya do
> email, zoominshould be fairly straight forward. Ya only need a
> stable high speed internet connection, ability to download the
> Zoom application using a web browser, webcam(most laptops have
> them builtin)and adequate front lighting for the camera, a lamp
> works fine.
>
> I found the AAW virtual symposium this summer to be very cool.
> Just wish I could remember the topics. Oh, yea, Cindy Drozda,
> Glenn Lucas, Rudy Lopez, Trent Bosch and several others were
> spectacular. The virtual experience onlylacked the fellowship of
> being able to chat with people in the same room, as inourlive club
> meetings. The virtual meeting technical part was wonderfully
> done, actually tops. Albeit,the demonstrators probablyhad
> experience with the technology and quality AV equipmentalong with
> their woodturning and teaching skill. The "real"club meetings are
> still the best; donuts, coffee and smart talkamongst the membership!
>
> I have not done any shop time during thesummer. Now that the
> season has changed, cool and cold weatherwill hopefully bring me
> inside; ample coffeeat the ready, spinning wood, some snacks, and
> good tunes should provide some motivation. A first aid kit and
> restroom nearby helps‼
>
> I’ll try to make a few things to share as John suggests.
>
> Maybe we'll see some of you Saturday at the David Ellsworth
> presentation@ $10, a steal. Should be a goodone.
>
> Stay safe and be well. Bob R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John & Donna Griffiths <griff at mwt.net> <mailto:griff at mwt.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 1:06 PM
> To: crw-talk <crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
> <mailto:crw-talk at crwoodturner.com>
> Subject: Club Activities
>
> Members,
>
> Well, here we are seven months into the pandemic and the numbers
> just are not getting better. So what do we as a club do to keep
> it going? Now it is becoming a bit cold to meet under Adrian's or
> Clyde's tree, and I personally do not feel as safe doing that now
> as I did in June when the numbers were actually improving.
>
> One activity has been for us to post photos and descriptions of
> the things we have made, and I think it is about time for another
> round of that. I have a couple of pieces I have created that I
> intend to photograph and post. And I am sure there are others out
> there who have things too. The instant gallery has always been an
> important part of our meetings and sending photos and commenting
> is a worthwhile activity during these times. We do not have to be
> professional photographers with $3,000.00 cameras or fancy layouts
> to place the piece in for shooting. Just shoot with a simple
> digital camera or smartphone and send the photos to CRW. I just
> use an elderly iPhone that Apple no doubt wishes I would give up
> for the latest bells and whistles and it works well enough. (Just
> decent lighting and sharp focus is adequate.) And your projects do
> not have to be David Ellsworth or Cindy Drozda quality to send
> around CRW Land. A bit of tearout or not the best possible design
> is not a deal breaker.
>
> Bottom line, please send some instant gallery photos out to the
> club. Simple ones. Small ones. Large ones. Complex ones.
> Christmas ornaments, pens, vases and bowls. Weed pots, you name it.
>
> Another activity that is less then perfect but perhaps enjoyable
> is a Zoom meeting. Zoom is an interesting and somewhat idiot
> proof technology. (Even I can do it but I have not tried to figure
> out to just how to set up a meeting yet.) In case you are
> wondering, here is how it
>
> works: someone sets up a meeting ahead of time and send out an
> email message to attendees with a code. You go to Zoom.com on your
> device that has a camera and type in the code, click a thing or
> two to give it permission to access your camera and microphone and
> bingo, you are on camera and watching/listening to what is going
> on. We could have a discussion or perhaps a demo. The board
> members could talk about club business. We could have an instant
> gallery. The Badger Woodturners have shop tours.
>
> What do we Zoom on? We can do it with a smart phone, but the
> picture is small. They use the front camera on the phone. I also
> used my tablet, with the front camera but mine was not very
> satisfactory, it is kinda of a cheap one. Laptops often have a
> camera built into the screen at the top. I ended up buying a
> cheap web camera (webcam) online from Target which perches on top
> of the monitor and it has good picture quality and a microphone. I
> attended a Shop tour from Badger Woodturners this past Saturday
> and it worked very well. AAW will have a David Ellsworth demo this
> Saturday, $10.00 for members, and I think I will sign up for it.
>
> So to repeat, the first Bottom Line is to send pictures of you
> work around on CRWTalk and others to look and comment.
>
> Second Bottom Line is for the Board and members to think about
> doing a Zoom meeting. Board members, what do we address? Members,
> what do you want to watch and participate in? I will continue as
> acting Program Director and put something together if there is
> direction from the members and board and I can find volunteers to
> help with a Demo if that is part of the deal.
>
> We as a club need to keep ourclub going. Let's get 'er done.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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