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[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Hugs to All)))))) ~

Here are the times for the teleconference:

Pacific: 12-2

Mountain: 1-3

Central: 2-4

Eastern: 3-5

Love & Light,



Rose

[agate]

Well, maybe Rose has more up-to-date information but her Facebook page states that it will be from 2 to 5 (Central Time) instead of 2 to 4.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Hugs to All)))))) ~

Oops! I apologize! I must have been focused on 4:00 from the other posts about the time. So, the correct times would be:

Pacific: 12-3

Mountain: 1-4

Central: 2-5

Eastern: 3-6

Love & Light,



Rose

[agate]

OK, I'm connected to this meeting but am getting the audio only by phone. Occasionally I see some video of some of the participants who are talking. If you know how to get your computer camera to hook up to this, you can appear there in person too, i think, but I'm not that technically skilled to deal with the camera settings.

[Jeanie Z]

:) I have been on there since 1 PM. I get no sound on the computer. I tried the phone and got a busy signal. I called Ralph on his home phone and told him there was no sound on several of our computers. His tech friend is there but it has not been fixed.

Here is the Chat board which they are not monitoring:\From Liz to Everyone: 02:56 PM
Sorry we don't have a camera but we are here.
From Me to Everyone: 02:56 PM
I don't either. I cannot get the sound.
From Robert W N Jr to Everyone: 02:56 PM
I am here, have not heard any audio yet
From Liz to Everyone: 02:57 PM
so we
are not alone
From Me to Everyone: 02:57 PM
It shows 11 people are here
From Liz to Everyone: 02:57 PM
Ralph, i can't tell you how sad i am about Ann.
I think about her all the time and you too
From John M to Everyone: 02:57 PM
Everyone,
From Liz to Everyone: 02:57 PM
I remember mymother saying that JEff and i would not have gotten married had it not been for her
From henryick to Everyone: 02:58 PM
Hank Ickes from New Jersey here - I don’t hear any audio. Can anyone else hear?
From Kim to Everyone: 02:58 PM
No audio... Hope they are figuring it out.
From Liz to Everyone: 02:59 PM
Ann can probably hear
From Kim to Everyone: 02:59 PM
Very true!
From CLF Great Hall Host to Everyone: 02:59 PM
I’m going to sign out and try to sign back in. And I love that ^!lol
From Liz to Everyone: 03:01 PM
ralph is that one of Ann's houses she built?
From Kim to Everyone: 03:01 PM
Yes, that is one of the doll houses she built.
From Liz to Everyone: 03:02 PM
looks fantastic
From Kim to Everyone: 03:02 PM
They are truly beautiful and so detailed. I was able to take pictures of most of them this summer.
From Me to Everyone: 03:02 PM
Now 16 and I do not think any are getting sound.
From Robert W N Jr to Everyone: 03:05 PM
Is there any audio
From Me to Everyone: 03:05 PM
No
From Kim to Everyone: 03:06 PM
I did the dial in and have audio through that, but can't get it through the computer.
From Liz to Everyone: 03:06 PM
at least we can chat this way
From Kim to Everyone: 03:07 PM
Dial in on the phone.
From Robert W N Jr to Everyone: 03:08 PM
I can hear on the phone but everyone is talking at once
From Liz to Everyone: 03:08 PM
im shocked
From henryick to Everyone: 03:09 PM
Does anyone know if there’s a way to test our own audio system to see if we have the problem, or whether it’s with the zoom system itself?
From Me to Everyone: 03:09 PM
19 people but most of us have no sound
Mine is fine I tested it
From henryick to Everyone: 03:09 PM
Hi, David - got your video, but no audio.
From Kim to Everyone: 03:10 PM
I had checked my audio, and it says the audio is ok. It is on their end.
From pam len to Everyone: 03:10 PM
I used video on zoom and audio on my phone and it’s working
From Kim to Everyone: 03:11 PM
Yes, Pam, that is what I am doing, too. That is what they are saying now. Have to use phone for audio.
From Liz to Everyone: 03:12 PM
I'm sorry i don't think this is going to work for us. We do think of you and Ann always. You are dear to us. We will keep you in our hearts. Liz and Jeff
From Me to Everyone: 03:14 PM
Virginia and Joan from the board are on but not sure if they can hear
From henryick to Everyone: 03:15 PM
If we need to use a phone, that puts me at a serious disadvantage. My condolences to Ralph, if you’re on-line with us here. I can’t know what you’re feeling, though I had a similar experience years ago. I’m thinking of you and Ann. Hank Ickes in New Jersey (formerly in Arlington, VA.)
From pam len to Everyone: 03:16 PM
This is the dial in # 1-929-436-2866, meeting ID: 299 534 703.
From Kim to Everyone: 03:16 PM
Virginia is talking now.
From Joan T to Everyone: 03:18 PM
Hi Jeanie --and Virginia too! I heard you just now--how nice to hear your voice. I can get video showing someone talking on the phone sometimes. I may mostly listen. This format is new to me.
From Me to Everyone: 03:19 PM
I am getting NO sound
From Joan T to Everyone: 03:20 PM
Jeanie, I can't get the sound on the computer either. I dialed the phone number and entered the numbers that were requested.
From Me to Everyone: 03:21 PM
I tried the phone and all I got was a busy signal
I called Ralph on his home phone and told him there was no sound on computers but his friend has not fixed it yet. 20 people are on
From Joan T to Everyone: 03:25 PM
The video is coming and going but sometimes I see people who I believe are some of you talking on the phone. Yes, I see someone new now
From Me to Everyone: 03:26 PM
I can see some of the people but only some
From Kim to Everyone: 03:28 PM
Some are only on the phone. You can see the ones who have their cameras on.
From Virgina to Everyone: 03:30 PM
HI Joan and Jeanie I can see and hear but had not
planned
From Me to Everyone: 03:30 PM
I wonder if there is a way to copy the Chat board and send it to Ralph because apparently they are not monitoring it.

Maybe he will see this here. 26 people are on the site. Jeanie :)

[agate]

The sound has been cutting in and out on the phone for me, Jeanie, but I have a caption-call phone and that may be the problem. The conversation isn't coming through well on the phone screen. It keeps saying "Speaker is inaudible or unclear."

So I'll probably check out soon. It's been an interesting attempt at something that was very new to me.

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Hugs to All)))))) ~

Jeanie and Joan ~

That is so unfortunate that the participants were having problems with the sound and video. It was a wonderful concept to gather Ann's friends and loved ones to celebrate her life. It was so nice that quite a few people tried to join the chat. What matters most is that you came together to honor and remember Ann and to support Ralph in his grief.

Thank you for sharing with us.



((((((CAT))))))

Love & Light,



Rose

[Virginia]

For me, I had a problem right in the beginning, but then I straightened it out on my computer (found the right buttons to push) and I had good sound on my phone which I put on speaker phone and a good view on the computer. I had not planned to be on video because I am still not that familiar with that option on my iPhone.

It was interesting and I think Ralph could hear everyone pretty well, because when he had a problem someone would step in and get it straightened out. I know that he heard me because he responded to me and remembered who I was. I had to leave early because I wanted to go to the grocery store and I also wanted to mail some Christmas cards which I still had not done.

Edited to add: He was also hearing a number of others who were friends of theirs and seemed to be enjoying hearing from them. He became emotional one time while I was on, but quickly got himself together. Some of the people were very clear on the audio and a few on the video while I watched.

[agate]

I had no idea of just what was I in for when I signed up for this. I've never been part of anything like this, where people who are participating are viewable in real time. For me it was a totally new and interesting experience even though it wasn't working so well for me, technically speaking.

I'm glad you said what you did, Virginia. You represented this forum very nicely, and it was good that we were represented there because Cat Dancer surely gave a lot of her time and energy to this forum.

[Virginia]

Thank you Joan. After the 2nd time I spoke, which was to say a few words to him and to let him know I needed to leave, anyway I then later thought why didn't I bring up the Lazy Cooking with Cat thread and how long it has been around and how much we have used it. But I had already logged out at that time.

[agate]

Virginia, maybe a transcript will become available later on?

I've just tried sending an e-mail to Ralph instead of using the Facebook message system. I used the most recent e-mail address I had for Cat, which I think is one she shared with him. So far it hasn't come back to me as undeliverable, but if he doesn't get it, I'll go back to the Facebook message system.

I told him what I think he needs to know about registering here, based on information I got from one of the moderators here.

He might have to sign up for a different e-mail address somewhere, but I mentioned Gmail and hotmail as a couple of ways to get pretty good e-mail at no cost.

I also mentioned that you wanted to let him know about the "Lazy Cooking with Cat" thread--and I included a copy of her first post in that thread, which she started exactly 4 years ago, on 12/16/15, as it happens.

It was such a good example of her style that I thought he'd like to see it in case he's having trouble finding his way around here.

[Virginia]

Thanks for doing that Agate. I think he would enjoy knowing about that thread that Cat started and it will probably continue to go on and on here, as people pull it up to post a menu or look back at one they want to use.

I had not planned on speaking up the way I did, so had not planned one thing to say in advance. However, I wanted to make sure he knew we were represented. I did get a text from Nuthatch and while she still does not have internet, she was able to hear through her phone. I left about 4:35 or 4:40 my time, so there was almost another hour and a half to go. I wondered if anyone else from BT spoke after I left? Also, in your communication with Ralph please let him know that there was one other member who was able to hear the audio part, but due to internet problems was unable to be on the computer.

[agate]

I left the phone after the first hour because I just wasn't hearing it well, with or without the muting that was suggested, and so I missed the rest of it but could follow the chat session on the computer screen. Occasionally I had a glimpse of some of the participants too.

[Virginia]

Agate, Nuthatch did talk to Ralph. She says she was on early and talked to him for quite awhile. I think it was before they got set up good. So, not necessary to tell him she was there.

[Jeanie Z]

:) When I got no sound on the computer I tried the phone and got a busy signal. Then I called Ralph on his house phone to tell him there was no sound. His tech friend was there and I hoped he could fix it but it did not happen.

That is why I posted the chat because several of those on the chat got no sound either and Ralph may have not even known they were there. Jeanie :)