International (Virtual) Travel Group Meeting-Sunday August 2, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time

oh can I talk about laundry

Nigel, you can talk about anything you'd like!

number 1 button pushed.

yup laundry

I don't know if I can wait until the 2nd

Do your best. 😆

Count me in! Love both topics!
Christine

I just want to point out that Sunday mornings will always create a conflict for those that wish to attend Sunday services. This will affect anyone in the Central, Mountain, or Pacific time zone. Most churches are doing online services at the moment so that ties up the computer.

I understand the need for mornings as that allows our European friends to join.

I’m not sure what a more inclusive solution would look like.

Hi Cindy H,

I understand your concerns and the conflict Sunday meetings presents for some people. As you mentioned, starting the meeting later would mean our European friends wouldn't be able to participate. I had a couple of comments from west coast people last month that 9:00 was early for them, but they managed anyway. I'm trying to account for all potential time zones. I have obligations several Saturdays a month and that's why I chose Sunday for these meetings. I'm sorry if you or anyone else is not able to participate, but I certainly understand your dilemma.

Please include me, too - if I find out I can't get to the meeting that Pacific Time early, I'll give up my spot.
Thanks!
The laundry topic is one that's been mysterious to me, so I look forward to being enlightened.
I will also come up with some extraboxical highlights, like connecting with local expats or finding the local community center...

Hi Andrea --
Please count me in!
SharYn

I've sent the Zoom invites to everyone who has responded, except one person who sent me a PM without an email address. Please all, be sure to give me that information if you have never given it to me before.

Me please Andrea!

Sunday at 9 -- I'll be there! (Or here however you want to say it.) Maybe even doing the laundry in the next room at the same time. When traveling, using laundromats is our out-of-the-box way of meeting locals.

I didn’t stop to count but hope we aren’t to capacity yet - would love to be there again!

Cindy H, that is thoughtful. I know here in Central time, I am still doing church online but it is over by 11. So it might be ok for those of us in this time zone. If I were going in person I might have to duck out early.

I’m interested in joining again! Please include me if there is still room!

I'm Interested if you still have room. Love the idea to help those of us that are a little too far to meet up with a group. I will send you a PM with my email address.
Margaret

Everyone who has told me they want to participate should have received the invite. Please let me know if you haven't.

There is no way to tell from looking at the responses here how many people have responded. Some people just send me a PM. At this point I have sent out 12 invites. Even if we get to 24 I will send invites to anyone else interested. I am keeping a list of the order people have responded. If any of the first 24 don't log in by 9:10 I can admit anyone else who is in the Zoom waiting room, up to the maximum. I'll let you know in advance if you aren't in the first 24 people. Last month a couple of people who received invites did not join us, so it can happen.

Sign me up.

Will do Charlie, but you have to send me your email address.

Add me if you have room. Never done zoom but will try

Kim

I’d like to attend again!

Thanks. You should have my email from last time.
Thanks!

I've sent more invites. Let me know if you requested one and didn't get it.

I'd like to be included, Andrea, if there are still spots available.

Andrea,
I sent you my personal email in a pm. Looking forward to it!
Judy B

Hi Andrea, I would like to join again, thank you!

Hi Andrea, please include me again if there’s room. Thanks!

I continue to email invites to all who request one.

During a Zoom meeting on Saturday it occurred to me that there might be a solution for two issues.

The first is that so many people would like to participate, but it becomes cumbersome with too many. Secondly, a meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on a Sunday can cause conflicts for some people. I'm thinking that doing two meetings might enable more people to join in. Maybe a 9:00-11:00 and 12:00-2:00? Both would be on a Sunday and Pacific Time. Is 2 hours enough or would you prefer 2.5 hours? I'd like to hear people's thoughts. This would not affect the meeting for this upcoming Sunday.

I'd love to join in! Will PM my email.

I’d like to join this meeting. I’ve sent you a PM with my email address. Thanks!

The time sounds good for me, if I can join.

Everyone who has shown interest should have received their Zoom invite in their email. Please let me know if you have not.

With the responses so far we will have 4 people in the waiting room. I will notify those people in advance. At 9:10 they will be admitted into the meeting in order of their initial response to this thread if there is room. If anyone logs into the meeting after 9:10 they will be at the back of the line to be admitted, so please log in timely. We will be discussing having two meetings and how long they will last, to begin in September. If you have any questions, please let me know.

We had a fun meeting. It was nice to see both new people and some from last month. After discussing the option of having two meeting times most people felt that keeping it to one group would be better, so one meeting it is. Maybe we will start it at 9:30 or 10:00 Pacific time. I want to make sure that anyone in Europe can participate without it being too late there. Look for the post announcing the September meeting for details.

Thank you, Andrea. It was a really nice meeting. I thought the topics were fun and interesting. 9:30 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. PST works well for me.

what a fun meeting we had. That is a brilliant idea, Andrea.

So great to see so many people with names who I recognise...

Many thanks for organizing Andrea and Jim, great meeting!

Thank you, Andrea! Your efforts are much appreciated.

Thanks for hosting, Andrea! I appreciate the time and organization this takes! And I am completely flexible on times (since we aren’t talking about earlier).,

My thanks also to Andrea and to everyone who shared interesting tips and tricks about their dirty laundry :-)

The best mention for me, though, was the reminder about the lodging options near Canal St. Martin -- this had come on to my radar back when the new Cité de la Musique opened, but I had let it fall off my radar until it came up today in the washing machines discussion!

interesting tips and tricks about their dirty laundry

Umm, isn't washing it the thing to do? or in extreme cases, burning it? ... (he said tongue in cheek, not having been in the meeting)

Joe, I don’t usually like to share my dirty laundry, but I trust everyone will keep it to themselves. ;-)

I thought it was a great meeting and look forward to the next one! I had a great laundry experience in Paris....in a local laundromat with machines I didn't understand! The two ladies and a man doing their own laundry helped me. They didn't speak English and I don't speak French. They even shared dryer time with me. I'll always be grateful. I smile every time I think about it!

Thank you so much for leading the meeting! It's so great to hear everyone's travel experiences!!

Andrea -

Thank you for letting me be a 1st time zoomer. I was fun

Kim

Thanks Andrea!! This has been nice for me since there isn’t a group meeting in my area of California!

Andrea,
I had a friend over for lunch and forgot about the meeting, I didn’t put it on my calendar . I would love to join you next time. So sorry I missed it.

Sorry I missed this one. I wanted to hear everyone’s laundry stories! I hope I can catch the next meeting.