This Sat., May 16, KAC District 1 will have its first-ever virtual monthly meeting online, using free-to-download Zoom software (https://zoom.us/download). For you to be a seen-and-heard participant in the meeting your electronic device (computer/iPad/cell phone) will need to have a video connection and a microphone connection, and you will need to turn on both from your screen once you are connected (via a mouse-click or screen-touch).
District 1 President Jan Stotts sent an email to members providing both a link to click and the option of a login and password to enter and connect. If you did not receive Jan’s email, we suggest you contact her by phone, 785-554-7268, either now or by Sat. afternoon before 1 pm, so she can send you the link-information you'll need. (We do not share such information on this web site, for meeting-security concerns.)
At our virtual meeting we will have an abbreviated business meeting followed by a Read-Around. For the Read-Around, the usual rules apply: You have five minutes to read your favorite work. (These five minutes includes any introduction.) It should be a lot of fun!
Kansas Authors Club State President Duane Johnson, as member of District 1, will be hosting the meeting because he has the professional version of Zoom, with no time limit. He will run Zoom while Jan is running the meeting.
If you haven’t used Zoom before, it isn't difficult. There are two ways to enter: The first is to simply click on the link given in Jan’s email on the device you intend to use to connect. Another option is to open Zoom on your intended device, then use the event # and event password which Jan also shared via email. Either way, when you are linked you may see something saying, “Zoom is waiting for the host to add you to the meeting.” That means Duane is helping someone else and will be with you in a few seconds. Just sit tight. He will connect you.
Again, Jan is available at 785-554-7268 in case you need link-information to participate.
District 1 President Jan Stotts sent an email to members providing both a link to click and the option of a login and password to enter and connect. If you did not receive Jan’s email, we suggest you contact her by phone, 785-554-7268, either now or by Sat. afternoon before 1 pm, so she can send you the link-information you'll need. (We do not share such information on this web site, for meeting-security concerns.)
At our virtual meeting we will have an abbreviated business meeting followed by a Read-Around. For the Read-Around, the usual rules apply: You have five minutes to read your favorite work. (These five minutes includes any introduction.) It should be a lot of fun!
Kansas Authors Club State President Duane Johnson, as member of District 1, will be hosting the meeting because he has the professional version of Zoom, with no time limit. He will run Zoom while Jan is running the meeting.
If you haven’t used Zoom before, it isn't difficult. There are two ways to enter: The first is to simply click on the link given in Jan’s email on the device you intend to use to connect. Another option is to open Zoom on your intended device, then use the event # and event password which Jan also shared via email. Either way, when you are linked you may see something saying, “Zoom is waiting for the host to add you to the meeting.” That means Duane is helping someone else and will be with you in a few seconds. Just sit tight. He will connect you.
Again, Jan is available at 785-554-7268 in case you need link-information to participate.