Sounds like a great idea! I’m willing to help however possible. LaVonne
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2020, at 9:58 AM, 'carl smith' via Shakespeare at Winedale Email > List <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All - > > Of course, “IT guy” is a small part of what Mike brings to the world and to > this group. For the record. > > Folks were so responsive to the sonnet reading Mike shared, I wondered if > people in the group would want to read sonnets or favorite passages > to one another. I have a number of settings of songs, as may others. Madge > could lead a singalong. > > Zoom is pretty simple, free, and there’s a chance it’s already familiar to > folks. > > Very much not thinking of it as a reunion substitute. Maybe a warmup. I just > think it would be fun to see some faces. I’m adhering to California > guidelines, and the one in the mirror is not quite enough. > > Not #stayathome, but #shakesathome? > > Since I suggested this, I can certainly help if there’s interest and there's > something I can do that is actually help! > > Let me be your servant. Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty. > > Hope everyone on the list and all around them are doing well. > > Carl > >> On Mar 26, 2020, at 3:45 AM, Mike Godwin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Winedale-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l > > -- > 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/2519BE38-68A2-4716-B61A-406201046B0B%40mac.com. _______________________________________________ Winedale-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/winedale-l
