[PVRCNC] PVRC NC Thursday, May 6, 2021, 7 to 8:30 pm Over-the-Internet, Early arrival 6:30pm (EDT)

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

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PVRC NC Chapter Meeting
Thu, May 6, 2021 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (EDT)

*Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.*
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*Access Code:* 594-085-493


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Hello PVRC and friends,

Yours truly will not be making the meeting May 6. Amazingly hard-working
grand-niece is graduating from Campbell University's College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences with her Pharm. D. That's one of those several day
multi-event monster extended family celebrations that will be tucked
forever into my favorites stack along with various weddings. Get to see her
for a couple days and she's off to internship at Catawba Valley Medical
Center.  *Dr.* Stephens.  Yes!!!

In my absence, Mike, N4GU will be at the controls. Thanks, Mike.

Fully understanding and cooperating in the spirit of the pandemic orders,
and with a modicum of previous success, we will have our meeting
over-the-internet using our PVRC account on the GoToMeeting server. This is
still the means for a while.

We have moved the time from the Manchester's dinner meeting times, to
7-8:30 pm to allow folks to eat at home when their own food is cooked,
since we will not be both eating and bantering across the table as during a
Manchester's meeting. GoToMeeting will come on for this at 6:30 pm to allow
"early arrival" pre-meeting yakety-yak.

Check-in particulars are above. Please remember to keep your mic on mute
when you are not speaking. It is amazing how much noise can get on the
circuit from desktop noises when the mike is open. Also, please set up your
display name to show {name} {callsign}. That's digital era name badges.
Also it allows the Chairman to keep up with who has come in, without having
to memorize call signs to go with faces, which he can't do anyway.

With checkins increasing, take care to be decently brief during the
round-the-table. Hold your cross-table questions until after all have had
their turn. If you are multitasking during the round-the-table, for
courtesy you may wish to kill both your microphone and camera until you are
called.

Delighted, we have been getting to see and hear members and prospective
members from well outside the previous easy driving distance. Newcomers
will be treated like they've been coming for twenty years. Our western NC
brethren are especially welcome.

For help with GoToMeeting from someone that actually knows how it works,
reply to this email. We will be watching out for you.

73, Guy K2AV