How About a Zoom Alembic Gathering?

[lbpesq]

With all the Zoom meetings lots of us have been doing for almost a year now, it occurs to me that it might be fun to have a Zoom Alembic Gathering.  Any interest out there?


Bill, tgo

[goran]

That's such a great idea. I would love to meet you all over Zoom!

[jazzyvee]

Me too that would be a great idea Bill. Count me in, it would be good to put faces to basses. :-)

[growlypants]

Hey, I would LOVE to do it!  (I'm free between 10 and 12 .). Seriously though,  timing would be difficult for this world-wide fan base!

[senmen]

Great idea Bill!!

Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)

[edwardofhuncote]

I think it's a fantastic idea, and hope there's some way I can join in.


...I am imagining my Android 7 bursting into flames while trying to pull this task off.

[hieronymous]

Count me in, I'm on Zoom a lot for meetings but also enjoy hanging out with friends on Zoom

[StephenR]

Good idea but it may be a good idea to come up with some type of format, or concept, as to how people can participate. While I find it nice to see friends on Zoom I haven't found it to be a very satisfying forum for group interaction with the exception of things like open mics where each participant gets a time slot to contribute, or for really small groups of people. Zoom gatherings with larger groups where there are no ground rules or format, IMO, tend to end up with everyone talking over each other, or one or two chatty people dominating the conversation unless someone moderates. The solution may be as simple as giving everyone a short slot to introduce themselves followed by a period for organized follow-up questions/responses. Think "Lord of the Flies" and passing the conch shell. No idea how to deal with the time zone issue when participants live all over the world...

[rv_bass]

Great idea, I’m in, but Stephen does raise some good points, as well as time zone considerations.   Maybe a couple zoom gatherings at different times, with a general all present initial and end space, with rotating breakout rooms in between that randomly shuffle participants to allow for smaller group interactions.

[lbpesq]

Maybe we can start with introductions and a show & tell where we can share our individual instruments.   Then hang out and share all thoughts Alembic.

Does anyone have a Zoom account?   I believe we can do it for free for 40 minutes, and we can log off and back on after 40 minutes.   But if anyone has a Zoom account, we can avoid the hassle.

Bill, tgo

[jazzyvee]

Are you thinking of doing the zoom over this weekend Bill?

[lbpesq]

This weekend might be a little quick.   I'm thinking we should take a little more time to plan and give everyone a head's up.  Maybe in a week or two?  What does everyone think?

Bill, tgo

[garyhead]

I'm in!  I'm retired so I'm fine with any time.  I do participate in a free 40 minute Zoom meeting every week and find 40 minutes isn't enough.  The last Gathering (10th) was about 8 hours long but seemed to FLY by!  Time passes so quickly when talking Alembic!

Imagine how MANY Alembics we can see  / oogle without the expense of gathering them all in one physical space!

I do not know how much a Zoom meeting costs but we could send funds (via paypal) to the mothership if they have a Zoom account.  Just a thought.

[jazzyvee]

As it happens My other half has a paid for zoom account that she is happy for me to use. But it expires in April and won’t be renewing so that is an option. I would be prepared to host it and send the invites. We just need a date & time and a list of attendees with contact details for me to send the invite. Our only cabeat is that, since the alembic forum is not a private forum, my other half does not want the link posted on the forum or on line publicly, only direct to a participant.
Of course if another member would prefer to host then fine, just send me an invite. 😀

[jazzyvee]

It might be a good idea to host a small meeting with a few participants across the time zones to test for practicalities etc.