We could all use a little social interaction in these troubled times. We traditionally hold a Packers draft party in the Gameday Chat room, but interest in the chat room has seemed to flag for the past few years. What about shaking things up and doing the 2020 draft party over Zoom this year? Zoom has been waiving the 40-minute time limit during the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. Alternatively, we could use Skype or Google Hangouts for the stream.

I'd certainly be up for hosting the get-together. I think including the option of audio and video in addition to chat could spur better engagement and foster some fun interaction. Hell, we could probably come up with some party games to keep things lively between picks.

Let me know what you think. I can't add a poll because that function still crashes the site for me.

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Yeah, I have to upgrade the website. I've started the process.

What about Teams? I think that's free and it has both video and chat. So those who wanna show their face can, and those who don't but want to chat, can.

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I might pop in for a while. Normally I sit in front of the tv and scratch draftees off a list or two. But I could spend some of the time in a chat environment.

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I didn't have any luck setting up Zoom on my laptop.
It seems I'm close on my phone but I ran into a glitch at the end and just can't get across the finish line.
Since we're locked down I can't really ask anyone to come over to help me out.
Maybe I'll work on it again tonight. I got way too frustrated with it yesterday.
It sure sucks to get old.

Teams you just click the link and you're in. Don't even need an account. We could do a test to see if it works. Only hiccup would be I think it requires an email. 😞

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if that helps.

well crap. My internet is down at the house. Comcast won't even bother to look at it until tomorrow. I am not sitting in my office all night.

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I've never heard of Teams, but I'm open to possibilities! Zoom allows people to text chat, stream just audio, or stream audio and video. So does Skype for that matter. Whichever you prefer, I'll go with.

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Teams failed me. I haven't the time to figure it out. If you can get Zoom flying, I'm solid with that.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74479041479 

Did that work for anyone?

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Oh, Microsoft Teams . . . basically the new face of Skype for business. The problem with that is you need some sort of enterprise account (work, school, or Microsoft). I'll find out this afternoon if Zoom is still waiving time limits for group meetings. If not, I can upgrade to a Pro account for a month. That way people can log in through the phone app, the website, or the desktop app, whichever they prefer.

Oops, just saw your above message. It wouldn't hurt to let people know that there are multiple avenues for accessing the room. :)

The meeting doesn't start until 2:00 p.m. my time, so I can't confirm that the room works. But the link does bring up the meeting.

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