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<p class="MsoNormal">Friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My office voice mail often backlogs with pond-inquiry messages. That situation is even worse with COVID having exiled me from my office and routine contact with me desk phone. I never asked my department to provide me with a cell phone
(it would be cumbersome to procure one at the moment), and (as you might imagine) I’m a little reluctant to share my personal number publicly for work purposes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I thus had an interesting epiphany late last week. The necessity to conduct business remotely has made me into a frequent user of Zoom (and other meeting software). I propose to set up an electronic “open clinic” for pond, lake, and aquatic
science questions in general whereby I spend two hours each week at an open Zoom video meeting. You may have seen some of the press regarding Zoom meeting being subjected to a fair amount of cyber-vandalism. Much of that originates in the lax security practices
of some Zoom users. No worries: I take at least some precautions and in my many dozens of Zoom meetings (sometimes four or more in one day), I’ve never been “bombed.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For this purpose, I would use Zoom’s waiting room feature (kind of like the electronic version of a waiting room at a medical doctor’s clinic) to only interact with one Extension client at a time. You could ask your questions in complete
privacy, and any “bombing” with inappropriate material would thus find me as the only recipient. I have relatively thick skin; I think I can take it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The video nature of the software would allow you to share photos; show me aquatic plant specimens; if you’re portable with internet connectivity, even to walk your pond’s shoreline and show me stuff in situ; whatever. My initial thought
is for a late afternoon into early evening weekday to allow those still working away from home at least some time to potentially reach me: perhaps 4:00–6:00 pm on Tuesdays. I like the idea and would like your thoughts. If you’d care to reply to me personally
(click <a href="mailto:braig.1@osu.edu">braig.1@osu.edu</a>), please let me know:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>What day of the week would you be most likely to make use of? (I will favor weekdays because this is my day job and ordinarily conducted during the week.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>What time of day would you prefer?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>9:00–11:00 am<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>1:00–3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>4:00–6:00 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Some later evening block (please specify)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to your reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eugene<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="224" height="45" style="width:2.3333in;height:.4666in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D621FD.75C7F710" alt="The Ohio State University"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Eugene C. Braig IV</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Program Director, Aquatic Ecosystems<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Ohio State University Extension</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"> School of Environment and Natural Resources<br>
379a Kottman Hall | 2021 Coffey Rd. Columbus, OH 43210<br>
614-292-3823 Office | 614-292-7432 Fax<br>
<a href="mailto:braig.1@osu.edu"><b><span style="color:blue;background:white">braig.1@osu.edu</span></b></a>
<a href="http://osu.edu/"><b><span style="color:blue;background:white">osu.edu</span></b></a>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://senr.osu.edu/our-people/eugene-braig"><span style="color:blue">http://senr.osu.edu/our-people/eugene-braig</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">My listserv:
<b><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/pond-management-news"><span style="color:blue">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/pond-management-news</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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