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
