Hello fellow WAMUGgers,
This is your President speaking (I have always wanted to say that!). This information email covers a number of issues that have arisen since March and will affect you asa WAMUG member. AGM Cover -19 and WA’s State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency meant we were unable to have our annual AGM in April. Now that most restrictions have been lifted, and to comply with WA’s Associations and Clubs legislation, we will be conducting the 2020 AGM on Tuesday September 1st. This meeting will take place via Zoom and will comprise the President and Treasurer’s Reports, as well as the election of committee members. Generally this does not take long, so the rest of the meeting will be devoted to the meeting topic of the month. (see below fro further details) NOMINATIONS The WAMUG Committee is calling for nominations for the following positions. President Treasurer Secretary Ordinary members. Previously, most nominations came from members dwelling in our state's capital city. This was due to Committee and Member meetings being held in the evenings and in Perth. However, with the decision to move our meetings into the virtual realm, those restrictions no longer exist. So we are asking for some new blood on the committee. You don’t need to be an expert at all things Apple, I definitely am not. You will need a reliable internet connection and willingness to ‘lend a hand’ to others and be a financial member. If you are interested please email me off list. Nominations close on Friday 28th August. MEMBERS MEETING When: Tuesday 1st September Commencing: 7:20 for 7:30pm Conclude: 8:30pm Where: Via Zoom video conferencing (voted best video conferencing software by Choice, July 2020) Attendees Current financial members of WAMUG Topics _AGM_ _Planning for your Digital Estate - Introduction_. Digital Estate planning its how you prepare so others can deal with your files, photos, online accounts, emails etc when you are no longer able to personally handle them. It is quite large topic so it will be broken down into sections and dealt with over a number of meetings _Q & A_ VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS As you are no doubt aware, the Committee has continued to trial the use of Zoom for our Member and Committee meetings. Video conferencing has resulted in more members being able to participate which has been great to see, as well as putting names to faces and viewing the variety of virtual backgrounds. At our August Members' meeting we tried a hybrid format, combining Zoom and in-person attendance. That didn’t work well. The Zoom attendees found hearing the presenter difficult and sometimes could not be heard by the in-person attendees. Our attempts to change this resulted in sound feed back problems which assaulted of the eardrums of the in-person attendees. Consequently, as a result of all this trial and error, the committee has decided to conduct all our meetings via Zoom. Before each meeting, all financial members will be sent a personal invitation with login details. You can choose whether to attend not, but we certainly hope you will. Thank you to all members who have persevered with us as we have explored Zoom. We appreciate your efforts. Keep an eye out for the next Members' Meeting invitation. Kind Regards, Maureen Smith
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