Steve G June 11, 2020 Share June 11, 2020 I assume we're not doing club meetings these days. Would there be interest in a video chat where experienced club members (maybe a panel of veterans) answer questions from fellow members who are trying to figure stuff out and want synchronous advice rather than message boards, youtube videos, and vendor perspectives? We could do themes, like plumbing, chemistry, filtration, lighting and coral growth, stocking, vendor experiences and product reviews. Would fun to have a video chat with members all sitting near their tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menglish June 11, 2020 Share June 11, 2020 I think this is a good idea. i was thinking of a format to have a group chat for members. This I think could work. Certainly a way for newer members 9and seasoned ones too) to get some expert advice on reef related topics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM June 11, 2020 Share June 11, 2020 I have a WebEx account through work that supports 1000 attendees or a personal Zoom that can do 100. I think short-ish seminars could be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami June 19, 2020 Share June 19, 2020 That's a great idea, Jon. Any ideas how to keep the crosstalk manageable in the event that the number of participants is too large? Is there a service that has a chat box that can be used to submit questions? Maybe a moderator could read the submitted question to a panel and the panel could respond. The officers will hopefully meet next Tuesday evening to discuss several issues. Among them, the Summer meeting. I probably don't need to say that it's not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menglish June 19, 2020 Share June 19, 2020 I am not very up with the technology, but i think Zoom is a good candidate. With an account, one can host a large group. the Moderator idea is a good on. I could not tell you how to do that. where are our teckie members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd June 19, 2020 Share June 19, 2020 A lot of youtubers are using StreamYard. You can have people join the stream and show off their tanks if needed. Anyone can join the chat. The person hosting has control and can dictate moderators for the chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM June 20, 2020 Share June 20, 2020 Zoom allows you to mute everyone, but they can unmute at will as far as I know. If someone got disruptive they can be kicked out and prevented from rejoining. It includes chat for questions by proxy. BlueJeans is harder to control users on unless you have BlueJeans Events which is more of a broadcast with just chat options, but that is expensive. Webex can work well, and has strong moderator controls as well as chat and polls and things like that. I don’t know anything about streamyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris June 20, 2020 Share June 20, 2020 I really like this idea-I would be interested. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite June 20, 2020 Share June 20, 2020 My job uses zoom for everything. They use it to do staffeetings, activity groups for our DD clients, fitness classes, yoga, trainings, etc. Zoom lets you choose your amount of privacy. You can keep mic and/or video off if you don't want to share your household's business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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