That is a grand idea.
Jerald

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 26, 2020, at 1:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> An excellent idea. My thanks to Carl for the suggestion (and a note that 
> Robert Stevens suggested something like this first thing out of the gate when 
> we were discussing the reunion last year), and thanks as always to Mike for 
> guiding us through the technical specifics.
> 
> A few of the "usual suspects" are going to be testing a FaceTime "happy hour" 
> later today to see how this works out on that platform. Zoom is certainly 
> better designed for larger numbers, although I personally have had stability 
> problems with Zoom. But I also live in the middle of nowhere and have had 
> particularly bad Internet service this last summer, so I'm not a good sample 
> to use for assessment.
> 
> Apropos of nothing (or to reference Borges viz a viz Shakespeare, Everything 
> and Nothing) I dreamt yesterday that I was back on stage in the Barn, 
> reprising Dogberry, and I couldn't remember half my lines. Some things never 
> change.
> 
> Let's make this happen.
> 
> God save the Foundation! (I still remember THAT one.)
> 
> John
> 
> Quoting Mike Godwin <[email protected]>:
> 
>> 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
>> 
>> --
>> Be vigitant, I beseech you!
>> ---
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
>> "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group.
>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
>> email to [email protected].
>> To view this discussion on the web visit 
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CAKFh3H_eyKGhGNeuOJw5N_qySuadBhA54j8zOyECbZFuavEnqg%40mail.gmail.com.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Be vigitant, I beseech you!
> ---You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
> "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an 
> email to [email protected].
> To view this discussion on the web visit 
> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/20200326123438.Horde.jUuMWthFXgVvFA3GYVG8E2B%40webmail.sdc.org.

_______________________________________________
Winedale-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l

Reply via email to