Probus club members zoom into the online world to help stay in touch
Horsham Arun Probus Club has moved into the online world to help members stay in touch during the coronavirus pandemic.
The president and vicepresident have applied their IT expertise and set members up on Zoom – which has a dedicated video conferencing facility – so the club’s face-toface gatherings can continue.
Social media is being used for day-to-day chats, and sharing information between members and video conferencing is being used for coffee mornings at 10.30am – which are proving very popular – and for regular meetings of the whole club.
Last Thursday, the president hosted the regular monthly club meeting which was attended by some 30 members.
Club member Howard Malleson said: “As usual, the meeting was completed by a talk from a guest speaker. On this occasion, the speaker was a club member who told us all about the Cold War Early Warning Station at Fylingdales.
“He illustrated his talk with many pictures of the station and its operations.
“The talk was given a real authentic touch because he was personally associated with the station and its operations for 30 years.
“The club expects social media and video conferencing to play a growing part in its affairs for some months to come. IT has shown it has a real role for the club in keeping members in touch with one another, entertained and being able to support each other.”
For more information, email secretary@ probushorshamarun.org.uk