[W5SFA] Zoom?

[Gary Baldwin]

Thanks Roger. I agree we need to keep it simple. We will discuss during the
June on the air meeting.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

73
Gary-KF5ZRT

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:53 PM Roger Klein <rwklein at katyweb.net> wrote:

> Sad to say, we’ve already ceded a lot of our privacy to the government, as
> well as corporations – especially by using those things in our pockets
> called “cell phones”.
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> However, for the sake of this discussion, ham radio communications are by
> definition unsecured, so from a privacy perspective it doesn’t matter much
> to me whether our club meeting goes out over the air, or over the internet.
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> It’s going to be somewhat awkward if we use more than one method of
> communicating – for example if we do both Zoom and over the air.  We’d have
> to get the audio from the radio into Zoom – not an insurmountable problem
> but makes things more complicated.  It might not be legal to go the other
> way around (Zoom into radio) since that could be considered broadcasting.
> Better minds than mine can debate that one!
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> But to keep is simple, I suggest we either do all Zoom or all on-the-air,
> and don’t try to mix.  If we decide to do a face-to-face meeting in July,
> like outdoors in the park, it might still be possible to include folks
> staying home by using the radio or zoom.
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> I could also see us having a second meeting each month via zoom,
> especially since it would lend itself to giving technical presentations.
> Or even just a ragchew.
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> 73,
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> Roger N5RWK
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> *From:* w5sfa [mailto:w5sfa-bounces at w5sfa.org] *On Behalf Of *Buckeroo
> Brad
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:30 AM
> *To:* Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club
> *Subject:* Re: [W5SFA] Zoom?
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> I'm not as active in this club as the rest of you.  I don't like where
> this is going.  Remember when Facebook was an easy social activity place?
> Look what it is now.  How long will it take for the government and others
> to watch everything we do through these devices? When have we shut down the
> entire country for viruses?  When have we ever been told to stay at home
> continuously?  Now, amazingly, an unsecured communication system is
> available for everybody to communicate upon.
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> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 9:07 AM Roger Klein <rwklein at katyweb.net> wrote:
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> Jim, I know lots of folks areusing Zoom, though I have not done so
> myself.  My opinion is that if we do start having face-to-face meetings or
> gatherings in person, there will be folks who will not feel comfortable
> doing so.  So I think we have to either host zoom from a laptop, or
> continue to have an on-the-air component so the remote folks can stay
> plugged in to what’s going on.
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> Zoom costs $15/month to host meetings up to 100 participants, but that is
> not really a big deal if we only use it for a few months.  It has the
> advantage of being able to run presentations.
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> We’ll see what other members have to say…
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> 73,
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> Roger
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> *From:* James R Scarbrough [mailto:jrscarbrough at sbcglobal.net]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2020 7:45 AM
> *To:* Roger Klein
> *Subject:* Zoom?
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> Carol and I attend church, master gardener class, yoga, a business
> networking club and even a weekly virtual happy hour with friends via
> Zoom.  I've never set one up myself, but they are extremely easy to use as
> a participant.  Perhaps that's a safe all-weather club meeting option as
> well for those that "need to see"?
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> 73,
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> Jim
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