I suggest we use the simplest platform - perhaps Skye ? WhatsApp is out, House
Party is out. Some will not have MS, many will not want to be paying extra
costs for this.
Just thinking back - and with full respect for the perhaps casual nature of our
meetings - the word "discipline" is not one we would associate with all our
proceedings. But lets have a trial run. And for this purpose, please can John
tell us what cash we will have available at the time of the April meeting
assuming all subs are in.
Peter
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From: Richard Soar <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: wvic <wvic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 7:51
Subject: [wvic] Re: WVIC
....don’t discount MS Teams.......there is a free version that can now be run
on any platform I think. Certainly at least two members of our group of 8 using
it the other day were on iPads
Richard
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On 21 Mar 2020, at 07:24, Nicholas Gallop <nsgallop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Using Pow wow now is quite expensive, 5.8p+VAT per minute charge from them and
a charge from your telephone service provider If that service provider is BT,
their charge is 10.19p or 12p per minute (again plus VAT) or 30p if calling
from a mobile So the cost is 12.9p per minute - or more - for each user (unless
the host is paying, through Simon’s pin setup) and that adds up: £8 per hour,
roughly
Skype works well and is free - I tried it as a guest. It’s free - for guest
and host. The confcall ‘owner’ calls multiple users with a distribution list
(I think) and if you answer the call you’re in. I don’t know if you can join
late having missed the invitation.
Zoom is proper conferencing, designed for it from the start, but unless someone
pays you are limited to 40 mins (might be a good discipline) See this Skype vs
Zoom comparison https://www.dgicommunications.com/zoom-vs-skype/
WhatApp is limited to 4 people - great for families, not for WVIC
Whichever service you go for, it takes discipline to make it work.
Nick Gallop+44 (0)7867 808 872
nick.gallop on Skype
On 20 Mar 2020, at 19:42, Peter Curtis (Redacted sender "cottgrey" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But I do confess that I have my concerns about trying to keep orderly
proceedings . Do we each start at 7.30 with a glass of wine and see what is
left on the bottle for an 8.00pm start ?But lets have a test run. I think is is
vital that the meeting is prepared well in advance with a summary of each share
and the treasurers report so we all know before what we have to spend.
We need maybe 5 or 6 volunteers for a test run .
Peter C.
On 20 Mar 2020, at 18:54, Peter Curtis (Redacted sender cottgrey for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One daughter says we should download the free app “house party” onto our
phones. It gives each participant their own share of the screen . But max of 8.
On 20 Mar 2020, at 12:01, Simon Stephenson <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a pin number for Pow wow now and have just used it for a 10 person call
– you need quite a lot of discipline to make sure that you do not all talk at
once. It can be used by both mobile and landline users – it is certainly
simple for the more technically challenged amongst us… Simon Simon
Stephenson Granary HouseUpper WoodfordSALISBURYSP4 6NU01722 783 261 From:
wvic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <wvic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Peter Dixon
Sent: 20 March 2020 11:23
To: wvic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wvic] Re: WVIC My board uses Pow wow now You dial into 08444 737373
and put your mutual code in to talk to everyone dialling in. Peter DSent from
my iPhone
On 20 Mar 2020, at 10:47, John Stringer <johnlstringer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, it does. It is free and a lot of people our age know how to use it!
Let's include it in our trial. We could try Whatsapp, and skype. Any other
suggestions? I think as long as it's free, it's an option. John. On Fri, 20
Mar 2020 at 09:32, Antony Wells <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does skype provide an option for this?
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Sent: 20 March 2020 09:00
To: wvic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wvic] Re: WVIC Disadvantage of teams is you need a MS licence if it
is to work on your laptop.Nick Gallop On Tue, 17 Mar 2020, 15:16 Neil Cosburn,
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I use Teams for my firm and my son uses it for University having tried and
ditched Zoom
On 17 Mar 2020, at 14:11, Richard Soar (Redacted sender soar for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I will be using Microsoft Teams this Thursday for an 8 person meeting, so
will let you know if that works. At the moment so many people are remote
working that buying the shares in companies like Zoom might be interesting,
although I think we are a couple of months too late ....
Richard
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On 17 Mar 2020, at 13:36, Neil Cosburn (Redacted sender neil.cosburn for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Meetings using the dial up function on Whatapp are quite easy to do.
On 17 Mar 2020, at 12:12, David H <davidandsusiehutch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Many thanks, Peter. This should make up for the Grand National being
cancelled - if it is.
I suggest we also start to think about next month’s meeting which hardly
counts as “essential travel”. I imagine that a live meeting on Skype or
similar would be beyond us both technically and managerially. The
alternative might be to use some electronic voting system if we can agree
an agenda of choices beforehand. Perhaps the simplest thing would be to
hold everything but have a choice of things to do with the money we have to
play with? Those with proposals could circulate their case on email in
advance and we vote either altogether or by a certain deadline.
This is just to start the discussion - I’m sure that many of us will have a
view, especially the IT literati….
Best wishes
David
On 17 Mar 2020, at 11:58, Peter Curtis (Redacted sender "cottgrey" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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