Zoom Meet Up for May 3rd, 2023

[Buffalo]

We had a great zoom meetup this evening! Thanks to all that were able to participate! The conversation was enlightening and enjoyable!!

@Weedygarden had a great suggestion of picking a topic to discuss for next weeks meet up! I think this is a great idea and special thanks to her for the suggestion! So, in the next few days, please take a moment to comment what a good topic of conversation would be for next week!


Here is the zoom meetup information for next week's meetup:

Trevor Emahizer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HCL Weekly Meet Up
Time: May 3, 2023 07:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)


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[Supervisor42]

We had a great zoom meetup this evening! Thanks to all that were able to participate! The conversation was enlightening and enjoyable!!

@Weedygarden had a great suggestion of picking a topic to discuss for next weeks meet up! I think this is a great idea and special thanks to her for the suggestion! So, in the next few days, please take a moment to comment what a good topic of conversation would be for next week!


Here is the zoom meetup information for next week's meetup:

Trevor Emahizer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HCL Weekly Meet Up
Time: May 3, 2023 07:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)


Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89465770766?pwd=ZHdDcFlTaHdIV1RYZFZwbDRkUjRhZz09
Meeting ID: 894 6577 0766
Passcode: 349833
One tap mobile
+16699006833,,89465770766#,,,,*349833# US (San Jose)
+17193594580,,89465770766#,,,,*349833# US

Dial by your location
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 719 359 4580 US
+1 253 205 0468 US
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 444 9171 US
+1 309 205 3325 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 360 209 5623 US
+1 386 347 5053 US
+1 507 473 4847 US
+1 564 217 2000 US
+1 646 931 3860 US
+1 689 278 1000 US
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 305 224 1968 US
Meeting ID: 894 6577 0766
Passcode: 349833
Find your local number: Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

A few quick questions:
How much does the Zoom app cost?
Do you have to pay a monthly/yearly fee to be a Zoom user? (They have to make money somehow).
Do you know how to make the 4-box or 8-box screens that show all the users at once (instead of page-flipping)?

 

[Buffalo]

A few quick questions:
How much does a Zoom app cost?
Do you have to pay a monthly/yearly fee to be a Zoom user? (They have to make money somehow).
Do you know how to make the 4-box or 8-box screens that show all the users at once?

If you are an attendee, it doesn't cost anything. If you are a host, you can get a free account but it limits you to the number of people that can attend and also the length of the meeting. I have a paid zoom account, I think it was $75 for the year, but you don't have to go that route.

Next week, I will set up the meetup to use the Brady Bunch boxes instead of focusing on the person who it talking.

 

[Frodo]

May 3rd? t 7:30
Dang, I have a sleep study that night
So the next would be the next week after the 3rd?
May 10th?
Can do the tenth, can not do the 12th or13. Count me in.
Certified scatter brained. Request someone remind me

 

[Supervisor42]

If you are an attendee, it doesn't cost anything. If you are a host, you can get a free account but it limits you to the number of people that can attend and also the length of the meeting. I have a paid zoom account, I think it was $75 for the year, but you don't have to go that route.

Next week, I will set up the meetup to use the Brady Bunch boxes instead of focusing on the person who it talking.

Those are great answers!
I have never installed an app on my tablets because that is what causes the wheels to fall off .
But then again, I use them instead of the PC because I consider them "disposable".
If one turns evil, take it in the backyard, shoot it, and buy another one.
...I may install my first app and lose my virginity!

 

[Frodo]

Those are great answers!
I have never installed an app on my tablets because that is what causes the wheels to fall off .
But then again, I use them instead of the PC because I consider them "disposable".
If one turns evil, take it in the backyard, shoot it, and buy another one.
...I may install my first app and lose my virginity!

Que some Luther Vandros
“You’ll never find”
Break out a bottle of Larceny

 

[snappy1]

Next week, I will set up the meetup to use the Brady Bunch boxes instead of focusing on the person who it talking.

I prefer to think of us as "The Hollywood Squares" version. LOL
Thank you for setting this up!

 

[Weedygarden]

A few quick questions:
How much does the Zoom app cost?
Do you have to pay a monthly/yearly fee to be a Zoom user? (They have to make money somehow).
Do you know how to make the 4-box or 8-box screens that show all the users at once (instead of page-flipping)?

I've never paid anything to use Zoom. Perhaps a host pays a fee.
How to make the screens showing all participants is done with menus on the page. I know the host can do things that other participants cannot.

 

[Buffalo]

I've never paid anything to use Zoom. Perhaps a host pays a fee.
How to make the screens showing all participants is done with menus on the page. I know the host can do things that other participants cannot.

I do pay a fee for the hosting package that I have. I used zoom quite a bit for running county board meetings and they would sometimes last 2 or 3 hours, and you are restricted to 45 minutes on the free hosting plans, so I needed to subscribe to the unlimited meetings plan. I use it for several trade groups I belong to as well, so it's money well spent for me.

Now the real question is, what are we going to talk about next week?

 

[Weedygarden]

Some ideas for next weeks meeting:

1. Soil evaluation, testing, amendments and improvements, gardening for soil types.
2. Skills to know for the future and basic equipment to have when the world goes backwards. Could involve or include heating, fuel, energy, farming, gardening, cooking, communications, travel.
3. Ham radio equipment and using.
4. Butchering and processing animals. Equipment and supplies.
5. Energy when the grid goes down.

 

[Weedygarden]

Some ideas for next weeks meeting:

1. Soil evaluation, testing, amendments and improvements, gardening for soil types.
2. Skills to know for the future and basic equipment to have when the world goes backwards. Could involve or include heating, fuel, energy, farming, gardening, cooking, communications, travel.
3. Ham radio equipment and using.
4. Butchering and processing animals. Equipment and supplies.
5. Energy when the grid goes down.

Another idea
6. OPSEC

 

[Hardcalibres]

Another idea
6. OPSEC

Ironic.

 

[Weedygarden]

Ironic.

I agree! That is why it has been on my mind since our Zoom meeting and follow up conversations!

 

[Hardcalibres]

I agree! That is why it has been on my mind since our Zoom meeting and follow up conversations!

Perhaps I need to expand upon my one word post.

Zoom is not secure.

If someone who attends the Zoom meetings is under surveillance by the authorities, then the Zoom meeting becomes interesting to those same authorities. If that someone is on a list, then you all get to be on that list.

A Zoom meeting = Bad OPSEC

 

[Pearl]

Perhaps I need to expand upon my one word post.

Zoom is not secure.

If someone who attends the Zoom meetings is under surveillance by the authorities, then the Zoom meeting becomes interesting to those same authorities. If that someone is on a list, then you all get to be on that list.

A Zoom meeting = Bad OPSEC

And it's out there on YouTube!

 

[Frodo]

I can tell you right now that I am most likely on some list and am being watched
I have been very vocal on social media about our constitutional rights for years
If their bots want to follow me around then so be it. I have committed no crimes and have a clean record. Refuse to be silenced by intimidation or the threat of being watched for telling the truth

 

[Haertig]

A Zoom meeting = Bad OPSEC

If you're worried about OPSEC then attending a topic-based meeting (online or in person) is probably not your best move. You could try to be anonymous on an online meeting by disconnecting your camera/microphone, using a proxy, connecting via the TOR network, changing your persona, etc. But that kind of defeats the purpose of a weekly meet up. It would be like a meet up of total strangers if everyone succeeded in hiding their identity.

 

[Pearl]

I'm pretty sure I'm on that same list!

 

[dademoss]

Perhaps I need to expand upon my one word post.

Zoom is not secure.

If someone who attends the Zoom meetings is under surveillance by the authorities, then the Zoom meeting becomes interesting to those same authorities. If that someone is on a list, then you all get to be on that list.

A Zoom meeting = Bad OPSEC

Nothing is "Secure", unless you never go anywhere, talk to anyone, order anything, use your cellphone, carry your cellphone, or go onto the internet.

 

[bkt]

Nothing is "Secure", unless you never go anywhere, talk to anyone, order anything, use your cellphone, carry your cellphone, or go onto the internet.

Exactly. If you're concerned about opsec, you probably aren't on this forum. There's nothing wrong with discussion of the topic in the context of "what more could I be doing in the event X happened".

And if you're not on lists already, you're just not motivated.

 

[Buffalo]

Just a friendly reminder that we are having our second zoom meet up tonight, 7:30 central time. I'll post up the YT live link when it is available for those that want to watch on YT instead of zoom.

Judging from the chatter in this thread, OPSEC looks like a good topic for tonight's discussion!

 

[bkt]

Just a friendly reminder that we are having our second zoom meet up tonight, 7:30 central time. I'll post up the YT live link when it is available for those that want to watch on YT instead of zoom.

Judging from the chatter in this thread, OPSEC looks like a good topic for tonight's discussion!

I've got family coming over for dinner and I hope they can scram before showtime. I'll be on if I can!

 

[Buffalo]

Here's the YouTube livestream link:

 

[dademoss]

I'm ready, got a new background

 

[dademoss]

We Are LIVE

 

[Supervisor42]

We Are LIVE

I'm watching!
Love Amish's bird chirping!

 

[Amish Heart]

Fresh bread and peanut butter cookies were delivered. They stayed and visited for the evening.
So hey guys....where are the rest of you?

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

Changing car and truck tires and picking up all the winter dog poop now that the snow is melted. It was a poopy kind of day.

 

[Bacpacker]

Didn't get done in the garden until well after dark. Came in showered and went to bed

 

[bkt]

Sorry to have missed it. My son, daughter in law and granddaughter were over for dinner and hung out a bit. The meeting was over by the time they took off.