Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

[Shohei]

Dear Leafers,

We invite you to join in a short ceremony and a casual discussion on practice and life (and anything really) every Sunday 21:00 swedish time (click on the link to figure out when that is :-) ) at the "Treeleaf Tea Party" via Google+, for Treeleaf Sangha members like you!

SWEDEN TIME: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc....html?n=239url

If you want to join, Simply contact Fugen (you will see him around the Forum) with your google+ name.

Relax, chat with friends, have some tea. Here is a little video by Fugen talking about the Tea Party ... and below is the typical content of the weekly Tea Party:

(NOTE: THE MEETING IS ON GOOGLE+ EVEN THOUGH FUGEN MENTIONS SKYPE IN THE VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67JEHV-hSLg

[Stephanie]

Re: The Tea Party

It's unfortunate that you all are calling your gathering 'the tea party,' as there is currently a hate-filled, racist, conservative American political movement that goes by the same moniker... :evil:

That said, I hope to eventually figure out how to join in on things like this, to get more deeply involved with Treeleaf. Skype definitely sounds like something I should get--do I understand correctly it's of minimal cost?

[Shohei]

Re: The Tea Party

Oh these things are all free!!! skype cost you just your Time to setup and use its brilliant really. AS for setting it up, I could help ya out if you wanted, instructions are straight forward enought so it could be easily done over msn or what not.

Its really just downloading the program and installing it. Then you launch it, create your account, check your settings (if you have a webcam plugged in, head phones and microphone your rocking already skype will chose them for you most times) and you just add another person to your call list like you would for msn or other chat type programs.

As for the name...I was, until now, unaware of these(most for that matter) political bandits in any country! that said its just a title for the thread the actual meeting could be called ... Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips fwiw
Actually... .LOL good idea

Just let me know if you need some assistance ill do what ever I can.

Gassho
Shohei

[Hans]

Re: The Tea Party

Hello Stephanie,

I guess since Canada, Sweden and Germany don't have a Tea Party movement, we are trying to do our own part to give these innocent two words a positive meaning Iam more thinking about Alice in Wonderland!

Skype is free when it comes to one computer calling another computer btw, although with conference calls one can only use audio. All you need is a headset!

Just give it a try. It takes less than ten minutes to set it all up.

Come join the REAL Tea Party movement!

Gassho,

Hans

[Hans]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hey Shohei,

how dare you post faster than me???? WE SHALL MEET AGAIN,MY NEMESIS!!!!! ...possibly tonight at eight actually


Gassho,

Hans

[Stephanie]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Thanks, Shohei, I will. Might take me a few weeks to get organized enough to do this, or maybe I'll catch a fire and do it in the next few days... who knows.

And I think 'The Tea Party' was a great name--connotations of hospitality, alertness, the Mad Hatter :lol: --but unfortunately now my primary association with the phrase 'The Tea Party' is that political movement. I'm sure I'm not the only American who would have read the thread title and initially assumed it was a political thread, so it probably was a good call to change it, so as to divert potential rant energy away from the thread :wink:

[disastermouse]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

I have skype and I've video chatted with no feedback. Is there a particular problem with multiple people or something?

I have headphones - that should work just fine?

I was going to sleep today, but I'm wired. I'll PM Fugen my skype name and maybe you'll see (hear?) me at 3PM today.

Chet

[Hans]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hi Chet,

as far as I know multiple user conferences are audio-only...though Skype will shortly introduce a video-call option for up to five people simultaneously (which will ultimately cost something).

See ya later, Gassho,

Hans

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Well today I think we will try the videoconference.com link up top. Ill hit the site before tea-time and post the url to join. supports up to six. Skype is our fail safe. if all else fails we can goto skype and have an audio only chat

yeah Chet, sometimes its okay to get away with speakers and mic, however, multiple people means multiple sound level settings so some on may have their mic cranked along with their speaker and so every word everyone says loops back into the room...ala the first jukai ceremony (awesome effect there though!)

See yas in a couple hours.

Gassho
Shohei

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Alrighty... coffee is brewing here.
lets give this a try

http://www.videoconference.com/?v=ylohVuqL6xpRF9FHkQSVnA

Gassho
Shohei

[disastermouse]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

First it wouldn't let me get video because it said I have no webcam.

Then I tried to go back in Safari and now there's no room for me. Why do I bother with this shit?

Chet

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Hey Sorry was worth a try. Skype it is!

Gassho

[sittingzen]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

I will try and join the next one, this is a great idea. Have you tried http://www.tokbox.com? We use that for work.

Gassho,

SZ

[Shohei]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Great conversations! Thanks to you all!
Sorry bout my quietness...probably a good thing anyway Ill get that mic fixed asap


Gassho
Shohei

[Hogo]

Re: Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

Great and stimulating topics today all of you, thank you so much for the talk. See ya all next week. Hope to meet more new people as well so don't hestitate to join us!
Gassho ~ Dave.