Although the Mission
has discontinued the official
MOM member meetings, that does
not mean that Mission members
cannot still come together online and meet, discuss,
develop rapport, etc. (indeed we encourage it as
part of creating a virtual Community of
Light). For example, the
MOM Brothers and
MOM Sisters groups in Facebook (or anyone in the
Mission) might decide that they would
benefit from this. Therefore, we want to
remind and/or let everyone know of two of the tools
available for online meeting/conferencing:
Paltalk: Of course, Paltalk is well-known to most of those
in the Mission, as it is where we
have primarily broadcasted over the past 10 years,
and still have a
room running 24/7. This is still a good
avenue to meet up, either in Super IM (up to 10
people, and everyone can freely talk together) or in
a room (unlimited participants, but only one person
can speak at a time, must raise your hand, etc.).
If you would like to start something in Paltalk
but are not sure how, Paltalk has much support and
help available
on their website and in their help chat rooms.
TeamViewer: Another newer and
less well-known option is TeamViewer. Although it started as a
remote access desktop viewer (allow someone on
another computer to see and control your computer),
the most recent version has also added conferencing
abilities for up to 25 participants. It is now
very similar to
GoToMeeting (the program we were using for the
MOM meetings) with screen-sharing,
drawing (whiteboard), etc. However, unlike
GoToMeeting, it is free for all non-commercial use!
This includes personal use (between individuals) as
well as use by volunteers for non-profits (as we all
are).
Therefore, TeamViewer is another great option to
use to set up meetings and discussions between
Mission members. If you would
like more information on how to set up a meeting on
TeamViewer, their support is not as comprehensive as
Paltalk, so you are welcome to
contact the Mission for help.
It is now an individual, member-based effort to
set up meetings and rooms to get together and talk,
discuss, etc. This announcement is just to
make sure our members know of some of the options
available, in case they had the desire to start
something but did not know where to begin. If
so, we hope this has given you some ideas!