Some learnings

[Jone Lewis]

Zoom tips, randomly copied from some other posts.

Anyone who wants to join our Sunday meeting this week is invited.  (With Northern Westchester folks, we even divided the group at coffee hour into separate "rooms" so that people could talk to those they knew best.)   See https://rysec.org/zoom/ 

At RYSEC we found the right balance was a two-person team doing the presiding and technology, each with a separate paid host on the same pro account (just about $16/per month/per host, and can be cancelled when no longer needed).  If you go through TechSoup the cost is slightly lower for a full year.

We try to keep our small-society trademark participation as part of the program, which in these times, people need.  It might be easier to record a whole view-only platform, but people really need social connection with all the physical distancing.  AND having a topic that is not just about the current crisis I think helps, too.  There will be a time when this isolation is over.

We're trying to record the meeting, then use free online tools (with Windows, the built-in Photos app works) to clip off any extra at the beginning or end.

Copyright extends to music played during streaming and when keeping the video available later.  Ask permissions!

More trivial: Remember to de-activate any Alexa, Google Home, and Siri "receptors" in the room or they might decide to answer in the middle of the meeting.

[Avi Dey]

03/24/2020

J.Louis Comment:  at RYSEC we found the right balance was a two-person team doing the presiding and technology, each with a separate paid host on the same pro account (just about $16/per month/per host, and can be cancelled when no longer needed).  If you go through TechSoup the cost is slightly lower for a full year.

Avi Cafe Twin Fairfax County, VA Conversation:

I did a GOOGLE Search on UTUBE, and got more than 10 short video "training" videos. Selected 2 that were very well done, and spend half hour yesterday with one of the two training videos at UTUBE available to everyone. A few are quite good, and learned some new but need to practice which I will be doing before I am ready to host my own Zoom event in my own community here.  But  I have a question and clarification request to J. Louis as follows:  

Question 01: Why did you decide to use the PRO version now as you said , even if only $16/MO, cancellable ?

Question 02: I Inderstand the main benefit of the PRO version is that you can get much larger number of people participating , over 100 to 500 or more !  Is this your intent ? Preparing for very large number of participants in your conference, and then using the advanced features do "breakout sessions ?

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[Jone Lewis]

The paid version allows for hosting a meeting of more than 2 people that lasts more than 40 or 50 minutes.

[Avi Deu]

Are you suggesting that a 20 person+  meeting such as we did last week at NOVES.ORG ?

My understanding is that the Zoom.com basic plan is free to qualified non-profits and faith based such as is NOVES.ORG.

I will see if someone else with experience in using ZOOM for non-profits will verify if what you say , ie more than 2 people, fee applies is correct.

Right now based on my early knowledge of ZOOM.COM Policy, your understanding is NOT CORRECT.  But I may be wrong unless verified by wisdom of experience. 

Missing element now for faith based organizations is "WISDOM BASED ON EXPERIENCE" WITH THIS ZOOM tool.

Makes sense ?

Avi Dey 

[s walton]

AVI

I have a 2 user/host license for another non-profit.  I got the license thru Tech Soup. Does NOVES have it's own 501c3 letter or are you under the AEU?  Please check with L Miller on this.

With the pro-version you can "rent rooms by the month" for breakout sessions.  This is not something you can do with the basic/free version.  With 2 hosts and rooms, you can do breakout sessions and have joint meetings with other societies and then to into separate rooms to chat with each other.

Hope this helps to answer your questions

Sincerely,

Sue Walton

Chicago Circle

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[Jone Lewis]

1) it's not zoom.com it's zoom.us -- see their list of what you get for which plan.  https://zoom.us/pricing

2) Through Tech Soup there is a SMALL savings for one host if you sign up for a whole year.  A bit more for two hosts. Month by month is not an option.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:49 AM Avi Deu <langarsevahe...@gmail.com> wrote:

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