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will be doing this again
we are trying to use the ASIA Guitarmaker facebook page but the back up will be my John Hall facebook page
We will hope others will also open up and do live shop videos.
We are looking into using you tube also
so lest you interests and we will do what we can to help
thanks
jh

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

When I say what I am about to say, I hope you take it as a sign of how much I appreciate your willingness to do this sort of thing, and my eagerness to both watch and participate (at some level):

Does it absolutely HAVE to be Facebook? Using Facebook is what caused the technical problems last time, right? I was really looking forward to last time; I carved that time out on my calendar, and then it didn't work. And (please don't take this as a criticism, but just a fact to be recognized) there was not good communication about the backup plan in the moment. So, a lot of us who wanted to watch did not get the chance to watch.

Zoom is not perfect, but it works most of the time. I've recently had some good experiences with Microsoft Teams. In contrast, I've seen a lot of stuff go wrong with Facebook live presentations.

If you are completely on top of what went wrong last time, that's great, but if not, I think looking at a different platform would be a good idea. Again, I say all of this with appreciation for your willingness to do this, and eagerness to watch and participate.

Significantly different experience with Microsoft Teams here. Won't be using it going forward.
Zoom is so-so.

The thing with FB is, darn near everybody has it, and it doesn't take any effort to be a viewer/consumer. So that broadens the prospective audience. I don't know what the difficulties from the presentation side are, however.

we are going to try different venues
I hear you tube is pretty good
so we need to get one down and find a good way for more people to be involved
anyone out there familiar with YOUTUBE? let me know I am open to anything that will work
jh

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

Bruce Sexauer hosted a Zoom meeting a few weeks ago that I attended. It was for the Nor Cal Luthiers group but he opened it up by invite to about 35 people from all over. I'm not sure how many people can be on a Zoom call at one time, or how many you expect to have, but the Zoom thing worked out really well for the most part. IT works well for interaction between people. But if all you want to do is give a presentation then Youtube would probably be best.

Also Zoom requires a paid account to have a meeting longer then 40 minutes.

We've been streaming our church services on YouTube and it has worked quite well. I'm just a consumer and I don't know how you set it up though.

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"Music is what feelings sound like"

I have a Zoom business account, and I can host up to 300 participants in a single meeting. I'm happy to volunteer to host an ASIA meeting on a Saturday. I've hosted 100-ish meetings before; it can be done. Moreover, you can tape the meeting and post it anywhere you want afterward. Or, edit it so that you just keep and post the presentation. My wife edits video; I could sweet talk her into doing that after the meeting.

I'm not trying to hijack; I just want to offer solutions.

that would be great Don if you want to do that
we will try this one next week at Jimmie Halls shop in columbia
we may be doing you tube I will be posting updates very soon

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

John—

I will send you a PM with my contact info. Just call me or e-mail me and we can talk details. Happy to help.

looks like we may be doing a youtube live for this I will be sure to post a link as soon as we can.

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

What a great opportunity. Thanks to everyone working to set this up.

Regarding platforms, we’ve been using Zoom for court hearings every day since June and thankfully haven’t had a single issue. I use Teams for a board I’m part of and really prefer the Zoom interface. Teams seems to lag between speakers.

Is the intention to be interactive? The YouTube Live feeds I’ve seen Areias broadcasts of one primary video feed. Users can use the chat interface to chat back and forth through text, but it isn’t an interactive platform like Zoom as far as I know.

In any event, this sounds really cool, and a great way for ASIA to embrace new platforms.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLIQay ... oZoHiU6U0w
here is the link I will post actual link just before the opening I am not sure it it creates its own looking forward to your participation

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

please let me know what you would like to discuss in this meeting

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

This Saturday 1 to 3 est from Columbia SC please attend we will be looking for you
thanks

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

Tomorrow at 1 we will post the active link
hope to see you there
We will be trying to link this to facebook channel also
thanks again for your support

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

I'm heading down to Hunting Island SC tomorrow for a week of R and R otherwise I'd be there virtually. I'll be thinking of you as I watch the waves roll in drinkin' a margarita.

check out asia guitarmaker on face book at 1 we will post the exact link when we go live

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it