2020-05-14 Orleans Seniors Group Virtual Meeting

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Fellow Seniors, Greetings!

Announcements:

1. Joining the Meeting:

If you have not downloaded Zoom meeting, then please do so well in advance of the meeting. Five minutes prior to the start of the meeting, open Zoom and join by providing meeting ID and the password. The meeting will start at 2 PM and and will last for 90 minutes.

2. ICCC is looking for volunteers to sew cloth masks, as personal protection against coronavirus, for distribution where needed. If you would like to contribute to this effort by either donating your labour (sewing) or providing the material, please enter that information on the ICCC website (icccottawa.org) or let me know (call or email).

3. Some useful links are provided below.

Last Meeting: May 7, 2020

About 15 people joined for this meeting. At this meeting we celebrated Rabindra Nath Tagore's birthday and enjoyed songs, poetry recital, jokes, along with issues arising from COVID-19.


This Meeting: May 14, 2020

We will have our usual songs and poetry recital. Invariably, there will be some questions and discussion about the judgments being made by various governments on opening up the economy. Attached below, there is an article sent by Mahmood on the Origin of Coronavirus. Time permitting we would have discussion on it.

Please let me know well in advance, if you would like to make a presentation on some topic of common interest.


Useful Links:

1. Here is a video of good practices, sent by Vinni, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

https://www.facebook.com/virendra.sahni ... 2214246930

2. Hindu Temple of Ottawa Carleton is now broadcasting some of its ceremonies. To access them you would need to download 'GoToMeeting' App.

3. Hathya yoga by Premji, Sundays 8 - 9 AM, join on 'Zoom'

4. Pranayam by Girija, join on 'gotomeeting', Wednesdays 8 -9:30 AM, and Sundays 10 - 11:30 AM, (no password is required).


Hope to see you virtually.
Jagjit