[HLUG] March Virtual HLUG meetup

[Julian Robbins]

Hi George

Good idea. Yes I used my phone when testing this

See you tomorrow ...?
. Julian

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, 23:53 George Miles ~ dicegeorge via Herefordshire, <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> i find jitsi a lot easier to use on my phone by downloading its app than
> on PC
>
> [george]
>
> On 24/03/2020 20:00, Julian Robbins via Herefordshire wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Hope you're keeping safe and well.
> >
> > We will be trying a virtual meetup tomorrow night or Weds at 7.30pm
> here:-
> >
> > https://meet.jit.si/hlug
> >
> > It's all open source, works really well and nice and easy to use. If you
> > have a laptop with mic and webcam all the better but there is also
> another
> > means to call in too if required.
> >
> >
> > So we can chat about Linux and open source as usual and forgot about all
> > the rest of the stuff going on in the world for a while..
> >
> > Hope we can have a really good turnout tomorrow.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Julian
> >
> > Original post below contains notes on how you join our meeting.
> >
> > A number of other LUGs across the country are trying virtual LUG meetups.
> >
> > I think this will be a great idea for those that may have to self isolate
> > or just want to still be involved and wish to chat about Linux and Open
> > Source and would like to carry on with our meetings semi normally.
> >
> > It also means that for some of our members who can't normally get to
> > Hereford in the week on a Wednesday can join us all from their laptop,
> > desktop or phone.
> >
> > I've decided that we will use *Jitsi * <http://jitsi.org/>which is an
> > excellent, fully featured Open Source application, that is easy to use,
> > works really well and is available for lots of different platforms.
> >
> > To join us next week, please visit:-
> >
> > https://meet.jit.si/hlug
> >
> > You do NOT need to create an account, you just link the link. Best to
> > install the app beforehand or just visit the URL using your browser if
> > you're lazy.
> >
> > The chatroom is already created and open if you'd like to give it a try.
> > I'll be there later on tonight if you want to say hello
> >
> > Incidentally, as this is a free service, we can just meet whenever we
> want,
> > it doesn't have to be at a designated time or day. It's just better that
> we
> > set a meeting time as usual to get as many members involved. If a couple
> of
> > members are around at same time in the day tomorrow, next week or next
> > month and want a chat, then please just pop in say hello and see who's
> > about.
> >
> > Julian
> >
>
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