Hi All - Of course, “IT guy” is a small part of what Mike brings to the world and to this group. For the record.
Folks were so responsive to the sonnet reading Mike shared, I wondered if people in the group would want to read sonnets or favorite passages to one another. I have a number of settings of songs, as may others. Madge could lead a singalong. Zoom is pretty simple, free, and there’s a chance it’s already familiar to folks. Very much not thinking of it as a reunion substitute. Maybe a warmup. I just think it would be fun to see some faces. I’m adhering to California guidelines, and the one in the mirror is not quite enough. Not #stayathome, but #shakesathome? Since I suggested this, I can certainly help if there’s interest and there's something I can do that is actually help! Let me be your servant. Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty. Hope everyone on the list and all around them are doing well. Carl > On Mar 26, 2020, at 3:45 AM, Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear folks, > > Carl Smith suggested to me privately (since, as he put it, I'm "the IT guy") > that we explore doing a Winedale alumni/reunion teleconference via Zoom.us. > I've been doing a number of such teleconferences lately, and I think it might > be a good way for us to supplement our email chatter--by holding virtual > meetings or even by holding virtual "happy hours." If there's interest, let > me know, and I can see how easy it is to set one up. My instinct is to say it > should be pretty easy now that built-in cameras are fairly standard equipment > on most recent-vintage computers these days. > > (Zoom also accommodates voice-telephony participants, and ultimately we would > accommodate that, but it would be interesting to test the platform's free > tier and see how well could manage to do a meeting on it.) > > Current meetings in the free tier are limited to 40 minutes, but I've heard > rumors that the time limit has been suspended in the current Time of > Weirdness. At any rate, we can find out! > > If you're interested in setting something like this up, working with me, let > me know. > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > Winedale-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l _______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
