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<p>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.</p>
<p>Ken<br>
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<div>All, there's a plethora of Zoom type tools. Many are fee
based, WebEx is another, which may have a free version. </div>
<div><b>Free</b> zoom is time & participant limited,
30-40min?. Not sure participant capacity. Easy to get around
that, just schedule consecutive meetings. </div>
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<div class="elided-text">On Oct 20, 2020 10:18 AM, John &
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Hey John and All,</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Some wonderful ideas here.
I'm sure there have been several discussion</font><font
face="Calibri">s within the membership about "life of the
club"</font><font face="Calibri"> Haven't heard a peep!
With</font> <font face="Calibri">"under the tree" time
likely done for 2020</font><font face="Calibri">, thank
you to Clyde</font> <font face="Calibri">and</font> <font
face="Calibri">Jean</font> <font face="Calibri">and
Adrian</font> <font face="Calibri">and Beth for</font> <font
face="Calibri">supplying the tree</font> <font
face="Calibri">for those get togethers</font><font
face="Calibri">.</font> <font face="Calibri">I for</font><font
face="Calibri"> one</font> <font face="Calibri"> would
look forward to</font> <font face="Calibri">some</font> <font
face="Calibri">common</font> <font face="Calibri">club</font>
<font face="Calibri">goal to work on.</font> <b> <font
face="Calibri">Beads</font></b><b> <font face="Calibri">of</font></b><b>
<font face="Calibri">Courage</font></b><font
face="Calibri"> comes to mind,</font> <font
face="Calibri">however</font> <font face="Calibri">the
local hospitals don't participate in that program.</font>
<font face="Calibri">The AAW mag always showcases</font> <font
face="Calibri">various clubs activities</font><font
face="Calibri">, even in this</font><font face="Calibri">
time of COVID.</font><font face="Calibri"> Might be a
spark there?</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Zoom has possibilitie</font><font
face="Calibri">s. Not difficult to schedule and host those
meetings. It does require some very basic understanding
about</font> <font face="Calibri">your web device, be it
a smart phone, tablet or PC. If ya do email, zoomin</font><font
face="Calibri"> should be fairly</font> <font
face="Calibri">straight forward</font><font face="Calibri">.</font>
<font face="Calibri">Ya o</font><font face="Calibri">nly
need a st</font><font face="Calibri">able</font> <font
face="Calibri">high speed</font> <font face="Calibri">internet
connection,</font> <font face="Calibri">ability to d</font><font
face="Calibri">ownload the Zoom application using a web
browser,</font> <font face="Calibri">webcam</font><font
face="Calibri"> (</font><font face="Calibri">most laptops
have them built</font><font face="Calibri"> in</font><font
face="Calibri">)</font><font face="Calibri"> and</font> <font
face="Calibri">adequate front lighting for the camera</font><font
face="Calibri">, a lamp works fine.</font> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">I found the AAW virtual
symposium this summer to be very cool.</font> <font
face="Calibri">Just wish I could remember the topics. Oh,
yea,</font> <font face="Calibri">Cindy</font> <font
face="Calibri">Drozda, Glenn Lucas,</font> <font
face="Calibri">Rudy Lopez, Trent Bosch</font> <font
face="Calibri">and several others were spectacular. The
virtual</font> <font face="Calibri">experience on</font><font
face="Calibri">ly</font><font face="Calibri"> lacked</font>
<font face="Calibri">the fellowship of being</font> <font
face="Calibri">able to chat with people in the same room,
as in</font><font face="Calibri"> our</font><font
face="Calibri"> live club meetings. The</font> <font
face="Calibri">virtual meeting</font> <font
face="Calibri">technical part was wonderfully done</font><font
face="Calibri">, actually tops.</font> <font
face="Calibri"> Albeit,</font><font face="Calibri"> the
demonstrators probabl</font><font face="Calibri">y</font><font
face="Calibri"> had experience with the technology and
quality</font> <font face="Calibri">AV</font> <font
face="Calibri">equipment</font><font face="Calibri"> along
with their woodturning and teaching</font> <font
face="Calibri">skill</font><font face="Calibri">. </font>
<font face="Calibri">The "real"</font><font face="Calibri">
club meetings are still the best; donuts, coffee and smart
talk</font><font face="Calibri"> amongst the membership</font><font
face="Calibri">!</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">I have not done any sho</font><font
face="Calibri">p time</font> <font face="Calibri">during
the</font><font face="Calibri"> summer.</font> <font
face="Calibri">Now that the season has changed, c</font><font
face="Calibri">ool and c</font><font face="Calibri">old
weather</font><font face="Calibri"> will hopefully bring
me inside;</font> <font face="Calibri">ample</font> <font
face="Calibri">coffee</font><font face="Calibri"> at the
ready, spinning wood, some snacks</font><font
face="Calibri">,</font> <font face="Calibri">an</font><font
face="Calibri">d</font> <font face="Calibri">good tunes
should provide some motivation.</font> <font
face="Calibri">A</font> <font face="Calibri"> first aid
kit</font> <font face="Calibri">and restroom</font> <font
face="Calibri">nea</font><font face="Calibri">rby helps</font><font
face="Calibri">‼</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">I’ll try to make a few
things to share as John suggests.</font> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Maybe we'll see some of you
Saturday at the David Ellsworth</font> <font
face="Calibri">presentation</font><font face="Calibri"> @
$10, a steal.</font> <font face="Calibri"> Should be a</font>
<font face="Calibri">good</font><font face="Calibri"> one.
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<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Stay safe and be
well. </font> <font face="Calibri">Bob R</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: John & Donna Griffiths <a
href="mailto:griff@mwt.net" moz-do-not-send="true"><griff@mwt.net></a><br>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 1:06 PM<br>
To: crw-talk <a href="mailto:crw-talk@crwoodturner.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><crw-talk@crwoodturner.com></a><br>
Subject: Club Activities</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">Members,</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><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></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">We as a club need to keep
ourclub going. Let's get 'er done.</font></p>
<p dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri">John</font></p>
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