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piseas
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Initially Posted - 02/10/2010 : 12:25:56

At last nights Officers Meeting, I proposed the question re inviting guests from various companies to talk about either their products or a how-to presentation. Before we move onto logistics, the officers want your input.
First let me say that this Association is not endorsing any company. Nor would any officer or member receive any monetary return.
I felt that after many questions re, for example, sails, we might invite sail-makers to come and speak about their sails, where they are made, the different type of material, etc. We would not allow the comparison of their products to other specific products. For example, ours are made is the USA while the other guy is not. Members would hopefully be able to ask questions at that time. (This would be the logistics part to be worked out later if approved by the membership.)
Every attempt would be made to get several companies of the same type. For example, using the sail-maker example, we would ask all the major players to participate.
The only time we may not do this would be in asking Catalina reps. By this I mean we may not ask Hunter to participate for obvious reason.
Re How-To events, we could ask an expert to come and talk re anchoring or how roller furling works or how to tune up an engine.
I think you get the point by now. The choices would be up to the membership as to what YOU want.
Again, a "Notice" similar to the one on the left side or bottom of this page would be crafted as stated above.
I hope this is taken as on opportunity to benefit members only, should you approve.
Your comments are greatly appreciated.

Steve Auerbach, Treasurer

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PiSeas II
2003 C250 WK #692
Newport Beach, CA

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 12:28:32

I don't understand where they'd be speaking? On the forum? A conference call?

I think this sounds like a good idea, but am unclear as to how it would work.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 12:35:01

I vote Sarah Palin . . . to speak that is - not for any office.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 13:26:22

David, glad to hear of your interest. Your question re on the forum or conference call is the logistics I was referring to. Not sure the best way yet to do this yet. That is why the post was made to see if there is any interest first by members.
But to give you a short answer, if the conference call method was used, it was discussed that an announcement would be made and all interested members could call in on a particular date and time. Whether anyone could speak at any one time or be permitted to speak by invitation, was on the discussion table. If the forum method was used again on a specific day and time, there was a question re refreshing ones browser to see all the current posts. Either way, some control would be needed to prevent a possible free for all of questions. We would want to avoid bombarding the guest with a barrage of questions.
Steve Auerbach, Treasurer

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 14:15:28

That's a great idea! To do this Skype is a possibility as well as teamspeak or other similar programs. The display with these interfaces would be easier to keep up with than the forum I think (but could be wrong). So mark me as a yes vote!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 14:43:28

I would use Microsoft LiveMeeting to share pictures, slides, text, etc. and have a conference call for the audio.

We do this all the time.

LiveMeeting client is free.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 14:46:22

I would think a chat room would work for this. It allows folks to participate, history is preserved, and the moderators & guest's text could be colored so it's easily distinguished from the rest of us.

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glivs
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 17:28:00

Sounds interesting....I also am not sure about logistics but there need not be a one shoe fits all solution. Possibilities range from YouTube (e.g. mast raising) to formal conference calls/podcasts, etc. My vote would be on at least one approach that would allow me to access the "presentation" at my convenience, although I do recognize the value of being able to ask questions real time. Potential topic areas is endless? Let's see...bottom paint - future expectations, ...

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 18:14:20

Count me as a YES vote...great idea...IMHO, teleconferencing would work really well...we use them regularly, and often with many participants. Q&A isn't usually an issue as it's not unlike face to face conversations w/ many people, you just wait for a pause to ask questions. There are other features as well, most conference services provide transcriptions and archiving - so there is a record of discussions for referencing, and those who missed out have the chance to listen to the event afterwards. Another option is to have a web based event, where we can log-in and either see visuals or streaming video. Naturally, we want to do this as cost efficiently as possible, so some of the more developed options may be more than we wish.

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Unsinkable2
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 : 19:02:36

This is a great idea Steve. Whatever the chosen method, there should be a recording made of the the presentation and q&a. That could be stored on the website for us and future members to refer to later. If we're going to the trouble of setting it up, it isn't much more work to record it.

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 02/11/2010 : 07:57:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> I would think a chat room would work for this. It allows folks to participate, history is preserved, and the moderators & guest's text could be colored so it's easily distinguished from the rest of us. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I agree. A very simple interface that's easy for the least learned pc user to use and is resource friendly (won't be locking up lesser pc's.)

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pfduffy
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Response Posted - 02/11/2010 : 09:26:18

Count me as a yes on this idea.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 02/11/2010 : 17:13:57

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 I would use Microsoft LiveMeeting to share pictures, slides, text, etc. and have a conference call for the audio.

We do this all the time.

LiveMeeting client is free.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">We do this often at work, too. It works well, usually.

Would we want to get a price quote for the conference-call service?

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/12/2010 : 10:25:51

My industry has really taken to the "Webinar" format for these sorts of things, but it isn't always ideal. Some speakers work better that way than others.

Would I want to hear from the "Poliglow" rep about why his product is best? Probably not, if all I'm getting is an hour long info-mercial. Would I want to hear about getting th emost out of my boat in a North Sails seminar? Probably, since th eNorth U stuff is quite well done. I think th esuccess of this will depend on th equality of the presenters and the subject matter covered.

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Peregrine
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Response Posted - 02/12/2010 : 22:38:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Prospector
 My industry has really taken to the "Webinar" format for these sorts of things, but it isn't always ideal. Some speakers work better that way than others.

Would I want to hear from the "Poliglow" rep about why his product is best? Probably not, if all I'm getting is an hour long info-mercial. I think th esuccess of this will depend on th equality of the presenters and the subject matter covered.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Good idea;
"Would I want to hear about getting th emost out of my boat in a North Sails seminar?
Probably, since th eNorth U stuff is quite well done." 

Bad idea;
"Would I want to hear from the "Poliglow" rep about why his product is best?
Probably not, if all I'm getting is an hour long info-mercial."

Could not have said it better myself.

Edited by - Peregrine on 02/12/2010 22:55:16

Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 02/13/2010 : 08:31:28

I wouldn't want to have an infomercial from PoliGlo either but I bet a lot of members would enjoy a session from PG about how to best apply the finish, remove it, special considerations, etc in an interactive session.

In addition to vendors I think forum members could put on sessions about their mods or areas of sailing expertise.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/13/2010 : 16:50:51

I'm in favor of a live Q & A session in a webinar format with SELECTED product vendors. You can learn a lot.

Scheduling? Is it possible to choose an evening or weekend time to accommodate most of our members (east coast + west coast and everywhere in between (and Djibouti too!))

6PM PST is 9PM EST, which might work well.

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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 02/13/2010 : 21:04:52

It appears that their is a "yes" as far as interest but the two areas that need focus are, first, who/what speakers/topics and then second, the format -- live or specific web/telecom format. My suggestion is start with some topic that is of interest to all types of members (e.g. C-25/C250/Capri25) and then if it works, it can be formatted based on racer vs cruiser, type of "25", etc. Are their examples that other associations have had success with that we can follow?

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piseas
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Response Posted - 03/18/2010 : 11:36:44

At our last Officers Meeting, there were concerns about how to set-up such an event. And as there will be updates coming, this idea has been tabled until completing of our new web site. More later. Thank you for all your feedback.
Steve Auerbach, Treasurer

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 03/28/2010 : 12:11:21

New website ? ?
Sounds exciting, can you share any details?

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piseas
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Response Posted - 03/28/2010 : 17:24:42

Paul, our webmaster, will be making an announcement as soon as its tested and ready.
Steve Auerbach, Treasurer

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