<div dir="ltr">I've avoided Zoom, but it's viable. [personal bias]<div>Skype works well for me, especially since I have an account used mainly for international calls when I was in the Orient.<br><div>I've had good experiences recently with Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting. Our customers and contractors often use the first two, while internally we always use the last. </div><div>For a group like us - I'd probably recommend...? Not really sure. Take a poll. </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:20 AM John & Donna Griffiths <<a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net" target="_blank">griff@mwt.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>My two cents worth here, as far as online forums go. I mentioned
Zoom in the email down below. <br>
</p>
<p>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. <br>
</p>
<p>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<br>
</p>
<div>On 10/19/2020 2:39 PM, Bob Raasch
wrote:<br>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Hey John and
All,</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Some
wonderful ideas here. I'm sure there have been several
discussion</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">s
within the membership about "life of the club"</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> Haven't heard a peep! With</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">"under the tree" time
likely done for 2020</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,
thank you to Clyde</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Jean</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and Adrian</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and Beth for</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">supplying the tree</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">for those get togethers</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">I
for</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
one</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">
would look forward to</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">some</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">common</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">club</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">goal to work on.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b> <font face="Calibri">Beads</font></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b> <font face="Calibri">of</font></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><b> <font face="Calibri">Courage</font></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
comes to mind,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">however</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the local hospitals don't
participate in that program.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">The
AAW mag always showcases</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">various
clubs activities</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,
even in this</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
time of COVID.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
Might be a spark there?</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Zoom has
possibilitie</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">s.
Not difficult to schedule and host those meetings. It does
require some very basic understanding about</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">your web device, be it a
smart phone, tablet or PC. If ya do email, zoomin</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> should be fairly</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">straight forward</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Ya
o</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">nly need a st</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">able</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">high speed</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">internet connection,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">ability to d</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">ownload the Zoom
application using a web browser,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">webcam</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> (</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">most laptops have them built</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> in</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">)</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> and</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">adequate front lighting
for the camera</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,
a lamp works fine.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I found the
AAW virtual symposium this summer to be very cool.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Just wish I could remember
the topics. Oh, yea,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Cindy</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Drozda, Glenn Lucas,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Rudy Lopez, Trent Bosch</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and several others were
spectacular. The virtual</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">experience
on</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">ly</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> lacked</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">the fellowship of being</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">able to chat with people
in the same room, as in</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
our</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
live club meetings. The</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">virtual
meeting</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">technical
part was wonderfully done</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,
actually tops.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">
Albeit,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
the demonstrators probabl</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">y</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> had experience with the
technology and quality</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">AV</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">equipment</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> along with their
woodturning and teaching</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">skill</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">. </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">The "real"</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> club meetings are still the
best; donuts, coffee and smart talk</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> amongst the membership</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">!</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I have not
done any sho</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">p
time</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">during
the</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
summer.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Now that the season has
changed, c</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">ool
and c</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">old
weather</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">
will hopefully bring me inside;</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">ample</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">coffee</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> at the ready, spinning
wood, some snacks</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">,</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">an</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">d</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">good tunes should provide
some motivation.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">A</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri"> first aid kit</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">and restroom</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">nea</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">rby helps</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">‼</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I’ll try to
make a few things to share as John suggests.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Maybe we'll
see some of you Saturday at the David Ellsworth</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">presentation</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> @ $10, a steal.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri"> Should be a</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">good</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri"> one. </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Stay safe and
be well. </font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">Bob
R</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: John & Donna Griffiths <a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net" target="_blank"><griff@mwt.net></a><br>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 1:06 PM<br>
To: crw-talk <a href="mailto:crw-talk@crwoodturner.com" target="_blank"><crw-talk@crwoodturner.com></a><br>
Subject: Club Activities</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Members,</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">So to repeat,
the first Bottom Line is to send pictures of you work around
on CRWTalk and others to look and comment.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">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.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">We as a club
need to keep ourclub going. Let's get 'er done.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">John</font></span></p>
<br>
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