Month: June 2021

Godfrey reported that he’d had no success with the two halls near to him, and it was also reported that the neighbourhood centre that had looked like a strong possibility had declined due to concerns about aerials.

It was decided that we will go ahead with an evening at a pub as soon as we can agree on a suitable venue, to be somewhere in the general area, quiet, probably early in the week, with plenty of outdoor space, ideally with cover available or plenty of space indoors to maintain spacing should the weather dictate.

There was some discussion at the last meeting about trying different days of the week and a proposal for Wednesdays, but it was then learned that there was confusion over whether that would be tomorrow or next week, and there were fewer than usual people present when that was discussed so we’ll meet this Friday as usual and make a firm decision about the following meeting.

This week I’d like to confirm that everyone has access to our Google Groups:

              HARS-members – Google Groups

             HARS-friends – Google Groups

And also discuss the feasibility of using Microsoft Teams and maybe arrange a test.  I’ve used both extensively in the last couple of years and there’s little to choose between them now it’s possible to join a Teams meeting from a link without a Microsoft account, and the meeting management in Teams is better on the basic licence level and doesn’t have the limitations we discovered in Zoom last week.  And I’m told we can do everything from a free account but I have a company account we can use anyway.

There was discussion about two halls in Barons Court as possible venues. Godfrey hadn’t been able to make contact with the management of either but will try again. There was general agreement that in the absence of a venue we should at least meet in a social context (such as a pub garden) once lifting of lockdown allows, alternating with Zoom meetings and trying different days of the week, Wednesday being quite popular but maybe we’ll try other days too.

Admin talk will be about how to meet as restrictions lift and we’ll hope to get a questionnaire circulated before the meeting.

If you have any technical matters you’d like to talk about either bring them up on the night or let the committee know and we’ll reserve time.

Zoom details:

Topic: HARS online club meeting Fri 11th June 2021
Time: 11th Jun 2021 20:00 London

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Meeting ID: 919 6752 5113
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