Bill, The zoom meeting went well , I only knew a few of the owners personally , and recognized a few others names. I think it would be good to ask participants to include the name of their boat under their name. After all that is how most of us know each other ,by the name of their boat. When Diane and I talk about an owner ,we refer to them by the name of their boat.

Pat

SM Shenanigans

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All,

In my opening remarks, I stated the purpose of our meeting should be 3-fold:

Social

Exchange of knowledge

Shakedown (Sea Trial) ZOOM for the future

I believe we accomplished 2 of the 3 goals, Social & Shakedown. Regarding my third goal, "Exchange of knowledge," there was not much new to me and longtime members of our Group because most of what was discussed in the two topics had already been discussed on the Group. However, for those new to Amel, the discussion on parts sourcing and standing rigging was possibly valuable. 

Over the coming weeks and as we get more input from members of our Group, we will be able to determine if we want to do this again and what changes we want to make to the structure of the meeting.  

A warm thank you to all that participated and to our ZOOM administrator Tilo Peters.

Bill

	CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... Address: 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550  Website: www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com

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Thanks Bill, thanks Tilo . It was a pleasure to to see ,so to say,  in person, many members of the Amel community. Hope other will follow.
All the bests
Paolo Cuneo
SM 454 Whisper

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Thanks all, thanks Bill for the initiative.

I joined through YouTube and it was very good and smoothly operated. Good formula to extend.

Best regards

Rink

SY Razor’s Edge

Amel SM2K #330

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Paolo,

It was great that you attended...thanks

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On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 2:57 PM PAOLO CUNEO <pc43ge@...> wrote:

Thanks Bill, thanks Tilo . It was a pleasure to to see ,so to say,  in person, many members of the Amel community. Hope other will follow.
All the bests
Paolo Cuneo
SM 454 Whisper

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Bill, 

I think that everyone has their own "Exchange of Knowledge" takeaways from these general discussions, and I would not be overly concerned about ploughing old ground. For example, you (and others) knew about Nicki (sp?) in Malta. I didn't and he is exactly the type of person I have been looking for to help with a mast rehabbing project, in Greece. I have E mailed Mohammed privately, asking for more details. 

Maybe the participants didn't uncover any new technical insights but "knowledge" is a pretty broad term and who knows what other "aha" moments may have come out of the meeting.

Although this is just the first one, have you thought about how to prevent the meetings from becoming hot air balloons, personal soap boxes or platforms for inappropriate commentary. The moderators perform this function in the written forum and I would think a light touch should be enough but it is exponentially more difficult in a real time situation

 

Greg Shea

Sharki 133 Cap des iles

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Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 1:10 PM
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io Notification <main@amelyachtowners.groups.io>
Subject: [AmelYachtOwners] ZOOM meeting follow up - comments welcome here

 

All,

In my opening remarks, I stated the purpose of our meeting should be 3-fold:

Social

Exchange of knowledge

Shakedown (Sea Trial) ZOOM for the future

I believe we accomplished 2 of the 3 goals, Social & Shakedown. Regarding my third goal, "Exchange of knowledge," there was not much new to me and longtime members of our Group because most of what was discussed in the two topics had already been discussed on the Group. However, for those new to Amel, the discussion on parts sourcing and standing rigging was possibly valuable. 

Over the coming weeks and as we get more input from members of our Group, we will be able to determine if we want to do this again and what changes we want to make to the structure of the meeting.  

A warm thank you to all that participated and to our ZOOM administrator Tilo Peters.

Bill

	CW Bill Rouse Amel Owners Yacht School +1 832-380-4970 | brouse@... Address: 720 Winnie, Galveston Island, Texas 77550  Website: www.AmelOwnersYachtSchool.com

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