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all i cab=n tell you is many of us are bright, but we don't have a clue about this cyber stuff.. this is huge. if YOU WAT A CLUB OF VIRTUAL PEOPLE, I HAVE TO SAY BYE BYE.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> crw-talk <crw-talk-bounces@crwoodturner.com> on behalf of John & Donna Griffiths <griff@mwt.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 23, 2020 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bob R <raaschb@charter.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CRW talk <crw-talk@crwoodturner.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [crw-talk] Club Activities</font>
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<div>Nice garage project, I like the loft, are you going to have much space up there? John</div>
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<div>From: "Bob R" <<a href="mailto:raaschb@charter.net">raaschb@charter.net</a>></div>
<div>To: "John Griffiths" <<a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net">griff@mwt.net</a>></div>
<div>Cc: "CRW talk" <<a href="mailto:crw-talk@crwoodturner.com">crw-talk@crwoodturner.com</a>></div>
<div>Sent: 10/20/2020 7:48:54 PM</div>
<div>Subject: Re: Club Activities</div>
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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.
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<div><b>Free</b> zoom is time & participant limited, 30-40min?. Not sure participant capacity. Easy to get around that, just schedule consecutive meetings.
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<div class="x_elided-text">On Oct 20, 2020 10:18 AM, John & Donna Griffiths <<a href="mailto:griff@mwt.net">griff@mwt.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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<p>My two cents worth here, as far as online forums go. I mentioned Zoom in the email down below.
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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.
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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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<div>On 10/19/2020 2:39 PM, Bob Raasch wrote:<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>
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<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>
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<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. </font></p>
<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"><griff@mwt.net></a><br>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 1:06 PM<br>
To: crw-talk <a href="mailto:crw-talk@crwoodturner.com"><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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