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It would be nice to talk directly to my generous patrons and thank them for their support.  Doing this in fleshy person is problematic - I do not live in the most bustling of global hubs, and my viewers are almost all a very long way away from me.  Also, I would have to wear a mask and you would all have to stay a fathom apart, constantly wondering whether the man behind the mask is really who he claims to be.

By the way, when I write 'generous patrons', I mean to imply that my patrons have proven their generosity simply by being patrons - not that this meet-and-greet would be reserved for the most generous of patrons only.  Perhaps once I've done one or two of these, I could have smaller sessions for the most generous, but I'd rather try it out with everyone here and get the hang of it first.

A solution may be to use one of the many 'platforms' for on-line video conferencing.  There was a time when  Skype was the thing that all the cyber-savvy cool kids were using, but now it seems that that is for grandparents only, and the mode is for other things like Zoom, Meet, Teams, Discord, Chatalyze, Twebcast, Slack, MeetFox, Starleaf,  24sessions, or... oh hell!  I just Googled and got a webpage called "81 alternatives to Zoom".

Well, if I'm to do this, we need to pick one.  Personally, my experience with Discord has not been great.  Chatalyze and some others seem to be geared to people who intend to charge money, and I'd be doing this for free as a Patron 'reward'.  I suppose we need something reliable, easy to access for newcomers, not overloaded right now during the pandemic, where one person hosts and many others can join in, and by some means other than speaking make it clear that they want to speak.  

Suggestions? 

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