You're likely not the only one who is not a fan of Zoom. As a reminder, you can also dial in to a Zoom meeting by making a regular phone call to join that way. Not sure that makes it better for everyone, but it may for some...
-j ________________________________ From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of John Mechura via BVARC <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2023 6:05 PM To: John Chauvin <[email protected]> Cc: John Mechura <[email protected]>; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] No General Membership Meeting: Yes, Hamfest Zoom meeting tonight Well, gosh! It was certainly not my intention to be contentious. As y'all may suspect, I am a practicing luddite, however ironic my use of this reflector may seem. John, K5IZO, as you indicated, I have volunteered due to being invited by eyeball QSO. I'll shut up now. KI5HOC On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 5:09 PM John Chauvin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: John, Thank you for the response. Regarding Zoom, yes, there are many people that don't do Zoom. That's the beauty of amateur radio that there are many facits of the hobby and many ways of achieving the same objective. Be advised that Zoom has apparently evolved in some instances to be a form Social Media but primarily remains simply an electronic way of having meetings for people that can't realistically meet at the same location and time. Fortune 500 companies use it literally thousands of times a day. Many of those companies ban traditionally Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. on their networks. Regarding using Zoom or the meetings as an only channel of recruitment of volunteers, I made it clear that tonight's Zoom meeting is not a recruiting session. Volunteers are not "denied the opportunity" to participate in that members and others are recruited mostly one-on-one, as I had done with you and others to assist at the Equipment Check Table. Other opportunities and ways are in groups, discussions at personal encounters, at events, nets, general repeater chit-chat and of course for those that wish to initiate action, there is a lot at the Hamfest Website itself which has a special page dedicated to Volunteers. Even that is not enough however, so any other suggestions are always welcome. I look forward to seeing you again at a Wednesday Lunch Bunch, Saturday Morning Breakfast, hopefully the banquet, at the February General Membership Meeting and of course at the Hamfest. Tnx es 73 de John, K5IZO On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 11:56:25 AM CST, John Mechura <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I don't do Zoom. There may be others that don't, also. Please consider that there may be volunteers denied the opportunity if social media is the only channel to recruitment. John, KI5HOC On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:46 AM John Chauvin via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: As per precedent, because of the banquet, there will be no General Membership Meeting this month (would have been tonight). Therefore, how about participating in the Hamfest Zoom meeting tonight. No, it's not a recruiting session, but any volunteers will be heard. Since you received this e-mail, you are on the BVARC Reflector, so you received the Zoom invite last Thursday, January 5. Tnx, es 73 de John, K5IZO ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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