Zoom Meeting

Post by **marktownley** » Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:14 pm

18:00ut Sunday is when Brian suggested. That's what I thought we were doing.

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:08 pm

Yeah. You are right.

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:39 pm

Who is going to host it ?

Brian or Stephen ?

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:26 am

Hi all...

Last word I had was that Stephen was going to host...will keep an eye out for any updates tonight.

Brian

Bob Yoesle · Post by **Bob Yoesle** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:16 pm

I'll be there - confirming 18:00 UT today? How/where will the link be posted?

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:54 pm

Good day all...

I have sent a message to Stephen to confirm that he still plans to host the meeting, but haven't heard back as yet.

If I don't have a confirmation withing lets say 2 hrs before the start time I will post a link and host form my Zoom account. I will post the link here in this thread. Sounds a bit confusing, but it is a work in progress.

One request no matter who hosts, when you sign in to the chat can you add your name or SolarChat alias in your Zoom ID if your default zoom ID doesn't match what we know you by in the forum? We have some people in by name, some by an alias and many are known well enough by either but it would be nice to have a first name at least to carry on the conversations.

Stay tuned, and we can get this finalized soon.

Thanks,
Brian

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:04 pm

The link to the session I have setup is posted below, set to start at 18:00 UT.

See you all in a few hours.

Brian

Brian Colville is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: January SolarChat
Time: Jan 16, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Stardust5858 · Post by **Stardust5858** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:54 pm

Many thanks for the zoom meeting, really enjoyed it. Great seeing you all again. Take care and keep safe. Thanks Brian for hosting it.

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:30 pm

Thank you all who participated, it was a very good meeting and it was fun seeing everybody "in person".

Franco

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:02 pm

I really enjoyed the meeting. Thanks for hosting us, Brian!

arnedanielsen · Post by **arnedanielsen** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:56 pm

Very nice seeing and talking to you all! Special thanks to Brian for hosting!

I did make a screencapture of all the participants. If it's ok by everyone I could post it here.

Best regards,
Arne

Carbon60 · Post by **Carbon60** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:15 pm

Great to see everyone on the call. We had a good discussion.

Thanks for organising, Brian.

Stu.

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:22 pm

Hi everyone...

I want to thank all that signed in to the discussion this afternoon...I think we had a steady 12 people in the session for most of the time it was running. It was good to see folks in 'real time' and have a great discussion of the topics.

I must apologize to David Petri (I think that was the name), but I saw you in the waitign room near the end of the session and when I tried to admit you these as no response. I hope you weren't hanging in there too long.

I will plan another session for February, details to follow.

Brian

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:18 pm

arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:56 pm Very nice seeing and talking to you all! Special thanks to Brian for hosting!

I did make a screencapture of all the participants. If it's ok by everyone I could post it here.

Best regards,
Arne

Sure on my part.

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:40 pm

Sounds fine to me Arne.

Brian

rigel123 · Post by **rigel123** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:51 pm

Cool with me Arne, that was great, thanks again Brian for planning and hosting the meeting. Great to "meet" people "face to face"!!

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 10:58 pm

arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:56 pm Very nice seeing and talking to you all! Special thanks to Brian for hosting!

I did make a screencapture of all the participants. If it's ok by everyone I could post it here.

Best regards,
Arne

Hi Arne,

No problem from my side ... and it was interesting listening to the topics ...

Stardust5858 · Post by **Stardust5858** » Sun Jan 16, 2022 11:34 pm

arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:56 pm Very nice seeing and talking to you all! Special thanks to Brian for hosting!

I did make a screencapture of all the participants. If it's ok by everyone I could post it here.

Best regards,
Arne

Fine with me too Arne as long as you Photoshop me to look younger, lol.

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:53 am

No problem with me Arne.

Franco

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:25 am

I missed Stephen being there.

Post by **solarchat** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:57 pm

Well, shoot! The boss (Montana) says I missed the shindig.
The blizzard on the East coast had other plans for me. I’m sorry I missed this but I thought we were still deciding on a date/time for me to host.

Anyway, maybe a set monthly or quarterly Zoom meetup might be good for the forum?

btw, I get about a million junkmails from the forum weekly and don’t really monitor them. I respond immediately to Facebook messages and emails to sramsden @ solarastronomy dot org. or calls to four oh four- five four three-seven six one six

Stardust5858 · Post by **Stardust5858** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 3:58 pm

solarchat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:57 pm Well, shoot! The boss (Montana) says I missed the shindig.
The blizzard on the East coast had other plans for me. I’m sorry I missed this but I thought we were still deciding on a date/time for me to host.

Anyway, maybe a set monthly or quarterly Zoom meetup might be good for the forum?

btw, I get about a million junkmails from the forum weekly and don’t really monitor them. I respond immediately to Facebook messages and emails to sramsden @ solarastronomy dot org. or calls to four oh four- five four three-seven six one six

Sorry I missed you, not met you before, would have been nice.

GreatAttractor · Post by **GreatAttractor** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:56 pm

It was good to see everyone. Until next time!

arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:56 pm I did make a screencapture of all the participants. If it's ok by everyone I could post it here.

Fine by me.

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:16 pm

I only found out about the meeting just now

It would be great to see all of you, but my knowledge of spoken English hardly allowed me to participate in the conversation. Hello everyone!

Ivan

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:47 pm

Hi Stephen...

Sorry the date and time wasn't confirmed as well as I thought! I tried to reach you but the only options I had were the messages through the site. I should have asked if Alexandra or Mark had a direct e-mail.

We have some time to plan the next one

Brian

arnedanielsen · Post by **arnedanielsen** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:53 pm

OK... here goes.

: CaptureSolarChatMeeting2_resize.jpg (473.86 KiB) Viewed 778 times

Best regards,
Arne

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:05 pm

Ivan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:16 pm I only found out about the meeting just now
It would be great to see all of you, but my knowledge of spoken English hardly allowed me to participate in the conversation. Hello everyone!

Ivan

Hi Ivan,

Understandable but there is also the possibility to write your comments and send them to everyone and so anybody can answer you by writing

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:06 pm

arnedanielsen wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:53 pm OK... here goes.

CaptureSolarChatMeeting2_resize.jpg

Best regards,
Arne

Hi Arne,

Thank you very much and thank you for making the image small so we all look better then in original

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:18 pm

Thanks Arne!!!

You managed to catch me with the coffee cup in front too...at least it protects my true identity

Brian

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:55 am

Brian.
That time of day I often have coffee too, or a cup of nice hot tea! I have been cutting back on beer a bit and tea has been a good replacement. I hardly drink soft drinks, sodas at all. Usually if I do it's Root Beer or Mountain Dew.

James

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:52 am

Hi Rainer,
This is a great idea!

Ivan

arnedanielsen · Post by **arnedanielsen** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:25 pm

Hi Ivan,

You are not the only one not having English as your first language and I'm sure you would be fine.

Hope you will be able to attend next time!

Best regards,
Arne

Ivan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:16 pm I only found out about the meeting just now
It would be great to see all of you, but my knowledge of spoken English hardly allowed me to participate in the conversation. Hello everyone!

Ivan

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:14 pm

Ivan,
I was hoping you would be there. A lot of people speaking " proper English " probably cannot half understand my Appalachian English. I bet Alexandra thinks " Is he really speaking English '!!??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_English

James

DanielD · Post by **DanielD** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:41 pm

Hi, I would certainly be interested in joining the next one.

rigel123 · Post by **rigel123** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:26 am

DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:14 pm Ivan,
I was hoping you would be there. A lot of people speaking " proper English " probably cannot half understand my Appalachian English. I bet Alexandra thinks " Is he really speaking English '!!??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_English

James

She could hire Henry Higgins to work with you.

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:56 am

rigel123 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:26 am
DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:14 pm Ivan,
I was hoping you would be there. A lot of people speaking " proper English " probably cannot half understand my Appalachian English. I bet Alexandra thinks " Is he really speaking English '!!??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_English

James
She could hire Henry Higgins to work with you.

That might work!!

Post by **Montana** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:58 am

I had to look up who Henry Higgins is

We watch so many American films and TV since a kid I've heard it all

Yes, good point, a Zoom meeting with English spoken at hundred miles per hour could be quite off putting to our non English speaking friends. On the next Zoom meeting we must be more mindful of this. If English isn't your first language, please be assured you are very welcome, make yourself known using the chat box. We can then all speak a little slower and keep checking the chat box to make sure you are OK and following the conversation. If you want to ask questions please do so by the chat box. We want to make this as inclusive as possible.
Alexandra

Post by **solarchat** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:21 pm

I have a hard time keeping up with the proper English as well.

I remember talking to Richard Bailey once on video and could mot understand a single word.

Post by **solarchat** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:23 pm

What would everyone say to having a Zoom for whomever wants to attend on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 1400GMT?

We could have:

State of the forum

Current Solar regions of interest

Latest hardware/software

Maybe someone could do a 10 minute presentation on a topic of interest

Free form discussion

any other ideas.

minhlead · Post by **minhlead** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:46 pm

Dang, I missed this.

solarchat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:23 pm What would everyone say to having a Zoom for whomever wants to attend on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 1400GMT?

We could have:

State of the forum

Current Solar regions of interest

Latest hardware/software

Maybe someone could do a 10 minute presentation on a topic of interest

Free form discussion

any other ideas.

Count me in please

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:10 pm

Stephen and all...

I will work with what ever day/time fits the majority, keeping in mind that we cover a wide number of time zones and complications that introduces. I have found the Sunday, 18:00 GMT window worked well int he past as it put the time form early evening in Europe through mid morning on the Pacific coast, but it doesn't need to stay that way.

A suggestion might be to post a poll to as folks what their primary choice of day and time is, and maybe a secondary choice and build around the closest match to those who respond, or offer a few fixed dates/times and choose from there (fewer variable to deal with). Just thinking out loud

There have been several post about those who do not speak English as their primary language, and I 'm sure we can make the best effort to accommodate everyone. Some apologize for their posts, citing the language barrier, but the posted text is nothing to be apologizing for

Probably better than my English

If questions and comments can be posted in the chat comments, we can work through that media when it is the better way.

Lets see hat we can do to make it a viable option for as many members as possible.

Brian

rigel123 · Post by **rigel123** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:47 pm

I appreciate your work on this Brian, I thoroughly enjoyed the session and love hearing the different ideas and input from other members. Of course I thought about a bunch of different questions once I dropped off the call but I'll write them down for future meetings!

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:56 pm

Is GMT the same as UTC?

rigel123 · Post by **rigel123** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:51 pm

DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:56 pm Is GMT the same as UTC?

Yes

rigel123 · Post by **rigel123** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:55 pm

I would probably prefer Sundays over Saturdays but I'm flexible.

pedro · Post by **pedro** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:15 pm

I missed the zoom meeting again...

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:16 pm

rigel123 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:55 pm I would probably prefer Sundays over Saturdays but I'm flexible.

Same here at the current time. Once COVID-19 allows me back in church 18:00 UTC may be a bit early though. Saturday at 18:00 UTC would usually work for me as well. Especially once I return to church.

James

Ivan · Post by **Ivan** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:22 pm

DeepSolar64 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:14 pm Ivan,
I was hoping you would be there. A lot of people speaking " proper English " probably cannot half understand my Appalachian English. I bet Alexandra thinks " Is he really speaking English '!!??

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_English

James

James, I only found out about this on Monday. But in any case, on Sunday we were visiting my mother-in-law and returned late.
My English is very weak and without an interpreter I can hardly understand the spoken language, but in any case I will gladly join the meeting. I can write something in the chat and see everyone.

the 2nd Saturday of each month at 14:00 GMT is great if it suits everyone. If not, then I'm ready for any other time.

Ivan

DeepSolar64 · Post by **DeepSolar64** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:31 pm

Ivan,
I often don't talk a lot either. Most here know more on imaging and the technology of solar observing than I do. I listen and learn. I probably talked more on this last meeting than any of the previous ones.

James

Stardust5858 · Post by **Stardust5858** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:32 pm

Thanks for sharing the pic of us all. I lived in Scotland, Glasgow for 20 yrs never did understand Glaswegian, they speed talk, and my son in law is from there, no hope, lol.