That's it; I tried. (Zoom Meetings)

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seadoug said:
@Medusa, I'm so sorry to hear this. The only reason I haven't attended more of your Zoom meetings is because they are announced during the day and I'm not only SF until the evening. I'm out and about every day. You've done a wonderful job with these, and the meetings I've attended have been downright uplifting and interesting. Please don't give up!
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Thank you, lovely man. ♥ And no worries about not attending! Really, I do understand and as I've mentioned, I wasn't giving a lot (or any) notice and that makes it difficult.

Thank you for kind words. :) You made me smile.

When/if you feel "Zoomie" (and there isn't one already offered - cause hey, maybe a bunch of peeps will be doing these in future), hit me up and I'll do the thing. ;)
 

Octavo_48 said:
This is such a sad state of affairs, I've only been a member for a very short time but in that time I've come to realise that Medusa is a lady who just wants to enjoy the company of others and enjoy intelligent conversation. She seems to have gone above and beyond in terms of facilitating these real-time conversations to the extent of producing a video to support those, like myself, who sometimes struggle with the modern ways of communicating. This inspired me to, only yesterday, buy a webcam with the sole purpose of joining one of her meetings. So I am really saddened by this development and can only reassure you, Medusa, that from what I read you have many here, including myself, who are grateful for your dedication and patience ... patience which is certainly not a trait of those with supposedly "Type A" personalities as has been suggested. Thank you again.
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Thank you for this, @Octavo_48. ♥
Hold on to that camera; others maybe doing Zooms in future and you can always PM me and we'll see whose around. :)
 

PeppermintPatty said:
Wait?
Medusa! You have a lot of people who have shown enthusiastic interest in zooming with you. You’ve only just started this and whose to say there can’t be other zoom organizers. You’ve got the perfect personality for it, you’re confident and look really comfortable in front of the camera. People who speak to you sound like they had fun. Don’t pull this insecurity stuff. I’m queen of that. Lol

Get a good night sleep. Soak in a hot tub. Have a glass of wine and pamper yourself. This isn’t you at all. You’re tired! You enjoy doing this so keep doing it. Someday I want to have a nice chat with you. We’ll laugh! We’ll cry. We’ll have so much fun. It’s not something I’d normally do and you encouraged me to. You can’t back out now. There’s room for more than one zoomie organizer. Right? Come on ! 🤷‍♀️
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You are like a kindred spirit to me, @PeppermintPatty. ♥

"Don’t pull this insecurity stuff. I’m queen of that. Lol" <-- See, that right there is part of what makes you so great. Straight from the hip, Babe. I love that about you. ♥

You'll have gleaned by now that I'm taking @Matrix's advice and going to continue my Zooms privately. So, you're right; we will have a nice chat, cry, laugh, eat ice cream... ♥

I love this post; all the words in it. Thank you, girl. :)
 
Okay, I don't like bringing this up here and it requires no response, but as I've seen this kind of thing turn into a brush fire before I want to put a stop to it before it starts.

I received a PM from a member a few minutes ago saying that in their Zoom meeting last night there was an additional attendee who did not interact and that they (the member) later realized it must have been me.

It was not me. As I told that member over PM a few moments ago, when I attend a meeting I do so publicly, with my face, as I have always done. So, let me just stop that train before it starts.


No response to this necessary. Again, sorry to bring it up here. I don't like this kind of thing. Bleh.


To reiterate, you guys rock. :)
 
oldaunt said:
((It was not others doing Zooms, but the way in which this particular situation was handled that upset me.))
I got that right away, which is why I responded as I did. Just pretty rude.
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Thank you, @oldaunt. ♥ ♥ I really appreciate that.

It's over now; you guys have been amazing and I think we can all just let this drop and move on as we will. (Geeze, it's early in the year to have burned my Freak Out Card... ) :oops: 🙃
 
Medusa said:
Okay, I don't like bringing this up here and it requires no response, but as I've seen this kind of thing turn into a brush fire before I want to put a stop to it before it starts.

I received a PM from a member a few minutes ago saying that in their Zoom meeting last night there was an additional attendee who did not interact and that they (the member) later realized it must have been me.

It was not me. As I told that member over PM a few moments ago, when I attend a meeting I do so publicly, with my face, as I have always done. So, let me just stop that train before it starts.


No response to this necessary. Again, sorry to bring it up here. I don't like this kind of thing. Bleh.


To reiterate, you guys rock. :)
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I have noticed that people who do questionable things seem to think everyone else plays that way too. Hugs, girl.
 
I’ve been Zooming for meetings of my horticultural society for a while now, have been talking to a therapist once a week for a couple months and have recently been joining a discussion group of about 9-12 people from all over Europe, Canada and the US who meet regarding Iain McGilchrist’s books. The society’s Zoom meetings are better in some ways than in person but worse in others. The therapy is fine by Zoom. The discussion group is probably enhanced by being virtual.

Going forward, @OneEyedDiva, if I wanted to join you I should just drop you a PM then? Today is too busy but hopefully soon.
 
MarkD said:
I’ve been Zooming for meetings of my horticultural society for a while now, have been talking to a therapist once a week for a couple months and have recently been joining a discussion group of about 9-12 people from all over Europe, Canada and the US who meet regarding Iain McGilchrist’s books. The society’s Zoom meetings are better in some ways than in person but worse in others. The therapy is fine by Zoom. The discussion group is probably enhanced by being virtual.

Going forward, @OneEyedDiva, if I wanted to join you I should just drop you a PM then? Today is too busy but hopefully soon.
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Um, LOL, @MarkD are you talking to @OneEyedDiva or me, @Medusa?
 
Lee said:
Medusa....you don't strike me as a quitter when things do not go as planned so don't give up, You had a good idea, run with it.

I would like to join in but I keep missing the timing. Maybe next time.
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I'm not quitting, @Lee, just showing unhappiness and exasperation at a situation beyond my control.

I'll still have meetings, privately at which you will be welcome. ♥ Lemme know if you're of a mind and I'll see what I can do.
 
Medusa said:
I originally started doing Zoom Meetings because I thought it would be a fun way for whomever of us wanted, to get to know each other a little more personally.

They haven't been very popular, but that's been okay as they've been fun when they happen with whomever they happen.

When @Right Now came to one of my Zooms, really enjoyed it and decided she'd like to try hosting them also, I tried to be supportive of her in any way I could.

For reasons I still don't understand she announced she would not be doing Zooms, then a few days later announced she'd be having a meeting, (I tried discussing this with her over PM and asked if I'd done anything to offend her, to lukewarm result) --which is fine, I don't own Zoom, but for reasons I also do not understand (and no longer care to) she's apparently decided to all but parrot the way in which I do my meetings.

This is the ugly kind of behavior I mentioned in my video. I don't like this way of acting between people and I don't want any part of it.

I'm not getting into a petty competition with @Right Now or anybody else.

In short, the occurrences of the last couple weeks have pretty-much sucked the fun out of this for me.

Apologies to the truly nice people who have attended my meetings in past; I've had a lovely time. ♥
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In case anyone missed your post the first time, here's a repeat.
 
I don't get involved with things like this especially when it looks like taking sides. I'm sure you're all good people who want to have Zoom meetings. I don't know why some are taking sides and I am outta here.
 
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