[NJSBMWR] zoom meeting instructions

[William F. Dudley Jr.]

Here are some instructions on using the zoom program/app and how
the meeting will be run.  The meeting number will be emailed out
tomorrow.

IF YOU'RE USING A LAPTOP (smart phone users read this anyway):

Go to zoom.us and download and install the zoom program for your
computer.  There are versions for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Create a free zoom account while you're there.

A few minutes before the appointed meeting time (7:30 April 8),
open the zoom program, login with your zoom credentials (assuming
you created an account) and click on "Join".  Enter the meeting
number.  You will be put into the "waiting room".

If you move your mouse to the top right corner of the zoom window,
you will see a control appear that says either "speaker view" or
"gallery view".  Speaker view shows you who's talking in a big
window.  Gallery view attempts to show everybody in the meeting.
If there are many people in the meeting, then gallery view will have
several pages.

If you move your mouse to the bottom of the zoom window, a tool
bar will pop up.  There is a button to mute/un-mute your audio,
turn your video on/off, share your screen (don't do this unless
you have a reason to share your computer's screen with the meeting).
There is also a button labeled "participants".  Click on that and
a window will open, showing all the participants.  At the bottom
of that window is a button labeled "raise hand".  Click that, and
the moderator will see that you wish to speak.  Ed will call on you
and un-mute your microphone.

IF YOU'RE USING A SMARTPHONE:

Go to the app store and download and install the Zoom app.  Run it
and sign in with your zoom credentials if you created a zoom account.

A few minutes before meeting time, open the app, and click Join.  Enter
the meeting number (TBA).

On a smartphone, swipe left and you get to "gallery view".  Swipe right
from "gallery view" and you will see "speaker view".  Touch the screen
and a menu will appear at the bottom.  There are your mute/un-mute
audio button, your video on/off button, and over on the right, a choice
"More".  Touch "More" and you will see a menu that includes "raise
hand", which is how you get the moderator to allow you to speak.

You may have to turn on your video, as the app seems to come up with
video disabled.  Just tap the screen, and tap video in the toolbar,
to turn video on (or off).

------- more information for everybody:

At the start of the meeting, the moderator,
(probably president Ed) will admit people from the waiting room
into the meeting.  (This prevents bad people from annoying us,
which is unfortunately a thing these days.)

At the start of the meeting, Ed will mute everybody's microphone.
He will then call on Jim, Joe, etc for their reports.  When the
meeting moves to "new business", Ed will ask if the rest of
the membership has anything to contribute.

Free Zoom meetings are supposed to be limited to 40 minutes, but
my experience is that many times, Zoom extends the time, especially
at night when demand for the service is low.
-- 
Bill Dudley