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MEETING NOTICE:
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MFA MEMBERS,

Since government buildings and fire station access remains restricted to only employees,  e are going to try something new for our May 2020 Annual meeting. You will or may have  received an e-mail invitation for this virtual meeting which will be conducted on Tuesday Night 26 May 2020 beginning at 19:30 hours. You MUST provide an RSVP to get to be included. This virtual meeting is through the International Fire Buff Associated GOOGLE meetings and not Zoom…

We have invited the IFBA President RICK SHORT of the Box-55 club in Nashville to give an update on the 2020 IFBA Convention which has had a date change due to COVID 19 restrictions in the Nashville, Tennessee area. We also have invited WALLY BANKS who is the Executive Vice President of the IFBA.

It works best if you have a computer which has a camera as most laptops do. Even if you do not have a computer with a camera the link should let you participate verbally but the rest of us will not see your facial shot.

Join Google Meet by opening this link:
Join by phone +1 510-766-1856 (PIN: 823788411)

For those on a computer TRY IT AHEAD of time….. Once you have opened this link your camera should activate and prior to the meeting you should see yourself or it will say no camera if you do not have one. You will see JOIN A MEETING button on the right. On Tuesday night hit that…..

CRITICAL… When the meeting is going on, in the upper right corner those with a camera will see yourself… At the bottom of the main photo of whomever if speaking, there is a MIC button. This is where you click your microphone on and off. As SOON as you finish speaking, MUTE YOUR MIC…..

Whoever is speaking will be much larger in the middle of the screen. Remember to be in a quiet environment. Elsewhere any background noise from others in the house, TV, your scanners to the dog barking will make you the presenter and block out whoever is actually speaking at the time.

For those who call in on your cell phone you also must mute your mic or phone.

Look for an e-mail from dave.williams@ifba.org which you should have gotten at roughly 00:50 on 21 May 2020 and RSVP respond from there.
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