[NJSBMWR] Club meeting via zoom?

[William F. Dudley Jr.]

In response to the questions about how this would work (from Don
and others):

1. 50/50 -- no idea.

2. To prevent pandemonium, the person running the meeting (Ed?)
would mute all the other microphones (he can do that as moderator)
and then people can "raise their hand" (I think there's a button
for that on the app) and request to speak.

3. re: security, as raised by Gary Renna.  First, we aren't discussing
national security, so if somebody were to eavesdrop, the most likely
outcome would be that they are bored to death.  Second, Zoom has
instituted measures to prevent random idiots from "crashing" our
meeting.  This involves a tiny bit more work for the moderator,
as he has to either (a) use a password to secure the meeting, or
(b) admit people from the "waiting room".

It would probably be prudent for Ed, Joe, Ben, and myself, at a
minimum, to practice this before the actual meeting.

Bill Dudley

On 4/6/20 12:04 AM, Don Eilenberger via NJSBMWR wrote:

> Would the 50/50 be done via Paypal?
> 
> BTW - used ZOOM today for a 1st birthday party. It's not really that 
> great for a large number of people.. the inability to stop at a single 
> feed when not in meeting mode makes it difficult to follow what's going 
> on.�  We had 12 feeds going to it.�  It was pretty much a madhouse. It 
> seemed to think the loudest feed was the most important feed,�  3 or 4 
> feeds might be manageable.
> 
> On 4/5/2020 11:28 PM, William F. Dudley Jr. via NJSBMWR wrote:
>> Who's interested in a club meeting Wednesday night via zoom?
>>
>> You can install zoom on your computer or your (smart) phone.
>>
>> It's free.
>>
>> Show of hands?
> 
> Maybe, but don't count on it.
>