In the midst of our COVID-19 pandemic, it was nice to get together with some model railroading friends, even if it was just through a computer screen. The meeting added some sense of normalcy to our regular Tuesday night operating session. About a dozen of our members got together through a Zoom meeting for roughly an hour to check on one another and share their current modeling projects. We talked about locomotives, JMRI projects, electronics, prototype modeling and scenery. Of course there was the usual amount of joviality and just plain kidding around. But in these times, any type of human interaction is good. We decided that it would be good to keep this type of regular meeting up during the duration of this world-wide event. One of our members even hosted a Facebook live event a few weeks earlier. If you have a group like ours, give this a try and see how it works for you.
P.S. - There are several different services available for this type of virtual meeting. Most of them have a free version that you can use for small groups and to try out the service.
Zoom
WebEx
Facetime
Skype
Facebook Messenger
Microsoft Teams
Google Hangouts
GoTo Meeting