<div dir="ltr">Thanks Doug!<div><br></div><div>By the way- slight clarification to Step 3 of the <b>Pandemic Contingency Plan</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,247,248)">Step 1. Hold Virtual Meetings (instead of meeting at the Dallas Maker Space.)</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,247,248)"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,247,248)">Step 2. Simulate DPRG members.</span> <br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Graphik Meetup",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(246,247,248)">Step 3. Create surrogate robots of human DPRG members- these surrogate robots then meet in the physical world while their human builders are stuck at home...</span> </div><div><br></div><div>Note that we've also published this event via meetup:</div><div><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Build-More-Robots-with-DPRG/events/269572176/">https://www.meetup.com/Build-More-Robots-with-DPRG/events/269572176/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to catch up with everybody!</div><div><br></div><div>Carl</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 12:57 PM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">FYI.....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto"><a href="http://dprg.org" target="_blank">dprg.org</a></strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:donotreply@wordpress.com" target="_blank">donotreply@wordpress.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 12:18 PM<br>Subject: [New post] RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual<br>To: <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com" target="_blank">paradug@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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Step 1. Hold Virtual Meetings instead of meeting at the Dallas Maker Space.
Step 2. Simulate DPRG members.
Step 3. Create robots which meet in the physical w" </span>
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<span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">by <a href="https://www.dprg.org/?author=1" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(136,136,136)" target="_blank">Robie_robot</a> </span>
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<div style="direction:ltr">So let's start with Step 1, and hold our first <strong>RBNV</strong> (Robot Builders Night Virtual) on 24 March! We can plan steps 2 and 3 later as things develop.</div>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Keep going while we're stuck at home.</li>
<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Make it easier for people to attend DPRG remotely / during the week.</li>
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<li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><strong>Kibitzing</strong> - Members will give help to those having problems with their projects.</li>
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<strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.dprg.org/?author=1" target="_blank">Robie_robot</a></strong> | March 21, 2020 at 12:17 pm | Categories: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.dprg.org/?taxonomy=category&term=meeting-announcements" target="_blank">Meeting Announcements</a>, <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.dprg.org/?taxonomy=category&term=news" target="_blank">News</a>
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