SSI SPRING TERM CLASS DESCRIPTIONS 2024
see last page for Zoom information
MAY CLASSES
Wednesday May 1 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Pushing Buttons
Presenter: Carl Wolfson, SSI Member
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: Carl has been collecting political buttons since 1974, and now has one of the country's
largest and most prestigious collections: more than 24,000 pins from the inception of celluloid buttons in 1896
to the present day. Carl will show slides of his collection, talk about the history of political buttons, highlight
fascinating stories of candidates and campaigns, and take you into the world of memorabilia collecting.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 2 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Teaching English to Adult Immigrants
Presenter: Diedre Claire
Location: Zoom only
Class description: In an interview format, Diedre will share her experiences teaching refugees, other
immigrants, and international students at Portland Community College. She will also talk about the personal
journey that led her to this profession and her current involvement in refugee resettlement. There will be time
for questions, discussion, and the sharing of stories of immigration within our own families.
Bio: Diedre taught ESL/ESOL full-time at PCC for decades until her recent retirement. Her related educational
background is in international studies, teaching ESL and linguistics.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 6
Monday May 6 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Poetry Reading Fun!
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Know a lot about poetry? Know nothing about poetry? Somewhere in-between? There’s a
place for you in this very popular class led by Trina Gaynon. We read from a variety of published works. Really
FUN!
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 7 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Thinking about emergency preparedness
Presenter: Steve Unger (in person)
Location: CLIMB; in person & by Zoom
Class description: Gain an understanding of the steps needed to make sure you are safe before, during and after
an emergency or natural disaster. These plans are important for your safety in both natural and man-made
disasters.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 8 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Tour of Neighborhood House's New Home
Tour Guide: Executive Director of NHH
Location: NHH; in person only
Class description: SSI has a place for our class presentations at the new location of NHH this Fall! Meet the
Executive Director of NHH (NeighborHood House) at 8959 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 97219 who will
be guiding us through the new facility. There’s plenty of free parking for those who wish to drive. For anyone
taking Tri-Met, the bus stops at SW Barbur & 30 th . It’s a 2-minute walk to the facility.
_____________________________________________________________
Thursday May 9 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Hey, How’s the Weather? Want to Talk About it?
Presenter: Erik Pytla, BS, MS
Location: Zoom only
Class description: How has forecasting weather changed in 30 years? Journey through tornado forecasting,
hydrology, and climate change in the West. How does the Bonneville Power Administration balance doom and
gloom to ensure it will not happen?
Bio: Erik Pytlak has been the Manager of Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Bonneville Power
Administration, since 2010. Previously, he was with the National Weather Service for 21 years, where he served
in weather offices in Washington, DC, Cincinnati OH, Des Moines IA and Tucson AZ. He received his BS
degree in meteorology from Penn State University, where he is still actively involved, including serving as a
member of his college’s alumni board from 2010-2022, and now as a member of the university’s meteorology
advisory board. He also earned his master’s degree in public administration from the University of Arizona.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 13
Monday May 13 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Curiosity Cafe: Built for Zero: Working to End Homelessness
Presenter: Warren Karmol, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: In late 2021, Portland, Gresham and Multnomah County joined Built for Zero, a national
movement of more than 90 cities and counties in the United States working to measurably and equitably end
homelessness. What is Built for Zero? How has our government's work with them changed the houseless
situation in the Portland Metro Area?
Title: Writing Salon (2 nd & 4 th Mondays of each month)
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: At each salon a poem and a visual prompt will be provided. After reading the poem, talking
about the image, and answering any questions, participants will write for approximately half an hour. Work can
be in the form of a journal entry, news article, memoir, short story, poem, or drawing. Each writer will be given
the opportunity to share their work in progress or to talk about what worked or didn’t work for them. Any
sharing is completely voluntary. Listeners will be given a chance to provide positive responses.
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 14 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: James Reese Europe: Bandleader at the Confluence of Ragtime and Popular Dance
Presenter: Gordon Neal Herman (via Zoom)
Location: CLIMB; in person & by Zoom
Class description: James Reese Europe was one of the most popular dance band leaders in New York City
before WWI. As music director for the dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle, he helped propel all three to
stardom while making modern social dance acceptable. James survived fighting in WWI only to die a tragic
death months after returning home. This program will cover his remarkable short career.
Bio: Gordon composes and records and has taught American Music History at University of Wisconsin
Whitewater, University of Idaho, Portland State, Linfield and Marylhurst.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 15 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Insider's view to Killers of the Flower Moon
Presenter: Dr. Cynthia Coleman Emery
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: Professor Emery will speak to the struggles for justice, created by inequities, from the
perspective of her knowledge of the Osage people from her own family ties.
Bio: Dr. Coleman teaches communication and mass media, and studies how discourse frames science,
environmental, health and risk policies that impact North American Indigenous communities. Her 2020 book,
Environmental Clashes on Native American Land (Palgrave Macmillan), examines pseudoscience,
phrenology, racism, and the unearthing of the 9,000-year-old skeleton called Kennewick Man. Dr. Coleman
held fellowships with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and with the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian. In 2019 she was named the Fulbright Canada Jarislowsky Foundation Visiting
Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies at Vancouver Island University. Dr. Coleman is an enrolled member of
the Osage (Wahzhazhe) Nation.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 16 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Oregon's Shoreline: What It Takes to Build a Complex Coast
Presenter: David D. Lonsdale
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Oregon's Coastline represents a geological history that began over 195 million years ago
when the shoreline was located along what is now the Oregon-Idaho state line. Learn more about our wonderful
treasure, the Oregon Coast.
Bio: David has been a leader in public aquariums for over 32 years. He directed aquarium operations, developed
exhibits and oversaw educational programs at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo; Chicago’s Shedd
Aquarium and Duluth (MN) Great Lakes Aquarium. David has taught college level courses in ecology, aquatic
biology and marine biology.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 20
Monday May 20 — 10 am – Noon
Title: Poetry Reading Fun!
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Know a lot about poetry? Know nothing about poetry? Somewhere in-between? There’s a
place for you in this very popular class led by Trina Gaynon. We read from a variety of published works. Really
FUN!
_____________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 21 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Ducks of the Pacific Northwest
Presenter: Marilyn Ellis, OMN, CIG, Oregon Master Naturalist, Certified Interpretive Guide (via Zoom)
Location: CLIMB; in person by Zoom
Class description: There are only 40 species of ducks worldwide and we have 25 of them right here in the
Pacific Northwest! Identifying them is actually easier than you think, once you know what to look for. In this
fun program, filled with beautiful images and videos, we will explore their amazing world and meet every one
of them.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 22 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Jasper Johns: Recreating Art
Presenter: Alice Cotton, SSI Member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Jasper Johns was a creative genius who turned everyday items like the American flag into
playful enigmatic paintings. His radical, varied body of work influenced the world in 1930. How will he
influence us? Join us using whatever artist tools you have!
Bio: Alice has been a home portrait/architectural artist for 30+ years. Her work appears in ten published books.
She teaches art online and has taught at Village Home Resource Center, West Linn Public Schools.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 23 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Is There Other Life in the Universe?
Presenter: Duane Ray, SSI Member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: We continue expanding our capability to investigate the universe. Recently the James West
telescope opened new areas of exploration. Oumuamua caused the general public to be more aware of the
possibility of other life “out there”. Consideration will be given to several real possibilities of extraterrestrial
life and how we can actively search for it. - Have they already found us?!
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 27
Monday May 27 — 10 am – Noon
MEMORIAL DAY - We salute and honor those military men and women who died in service of our country.
Title: Curiosity Cafe: Our Legacy - An Affordable & Livable Portland
Presenter: Helen Elder & Warren Karmol, SSI Members
Location: Zoom only
Class description: How can we ensure a more affordable and livable future for ourselves, our children and
grandkids? We will discuss ways our communities can become great places to live and raise kids, and strategies
on how we can make it happen now. This is a big topic that may take us in several directions depending on your
participation.
____________________________________________________________
Title: Writing Salon (2nd & 4th Mondays of each month)
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: At each salon a poem and a visual prompt will be provided. After reading the poem, talking
about the image, and answering any questions, participants will write for approximately half an hour. Work can
be in the form of a journal entry, news article, memoir, short story, poem, or drawing. Each writer will be given
the opportunity to share their work in progress or to talk about what worked or didn’t work for them. Any
sharing in completely voluntary. Listeners will be given a chance to provide positive responses.
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 28 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Building a Socially Just and Equitable Future for Kids
Presenter: Dana Hepper (in person)
Location: CLIMB; in person & on zoom
Class description: Dana will describe the goals, initiatives and challenges faced in establishing a better future
for children – our children, grandchildren and our future generation.
__________________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 29 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Queer in the 21st Century
Presenter: George Rede and Reid Vanderbugh (in person)
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: The acronym of identities has grown in both length and complexity in recent years, from
LGBT in the 1990s to the current LGBTQIAAPNb. This presentation will define the different identities and
provide some historical perspective explaining how we got to here from there during fifty years of community
development.
Bio: George is president of the PFLAG Portland chapter board of directors and proud father of a gay, married
daughter. George is a retired journalist, a longtime editor and reporter at The Oregonian/OregonLive, and a
former adjunct instructor at Portland State University and Washington State University Vancouver.
Bio: Reid has been a member of the PFLAG Portland board since 2014. A transman over 25 years into his
transformative process, Reid is a retired therapist who worked mostly with trans/non-binary folks and their
families. Reid is also a board member of William Temple House, and has sung with the Portland Gay Men's
Chorus since 2008.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 30 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Tualatin Historical Society: Founding and Evolution
Presenter: Loyce Martinazzi and Sandra Lafky Carlson
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Loyce and Sandra will present an overview of how the society got started together with a
brief history of Tualatin. The evolution and growth of the society and its role in the community will also be
covered.
Bios: Loyce is the founder of the Society and Sandra is the Society’s historian and longtime member.
____________________________________________________________________
To attend one of SSI’s online ZOOM classes - - -
Step 1: Take a look at the Class Descriptions posted on the SSI website https://www.ssipdx.org/class-
schedule.html to preview what classes are being offered - Mark your calendar for the ones you want to
participate in.
Step 2: Check the weekly Newsletter for the link to the class you want to participate in and click on it.
If the link to a Zoom event doesn't take you to the class you want (This is a Zoom issue, not the Newsletter's),
USE THE CLASS ID AND PASSCODE INSTEAD.
● Log in to your free Zoom app (https://zoom.us/)
● Click on “Join Meeting”
● Use the Class ID and Passcode from the Zoom invitation in the Newsletter to join the class meeting.
Step 3: In the 15 minutes before the class is scheduled to start, click on the link to the class that you found in
the Newsletter.
Step 4: If you already have the Zoom application (app) installed, you will go directly to the Zoom Waiting
Room and wait to be admitted to the class. (Be sure your app is the latest version of Zoom.)
Notes:
● If you do NOT have the Zoom application (app) already installed you will be asked to download the FREE
Zoom app before joining the class. (It is not necessary to have the Zoom app to participate in an SSI class -
however, you will have better tools to make the most of your class experience if you have the Zoom app.)
● Zoom customers are now required to keep their Zoom software no more than three months behind the
current version. If you are running an older version of Zoom, you will be prompted to perform an update.
This takes a little time--so if you suspect that your Zoom software is out of date, you may wish to log into
an SSI activity a few minutes early to ensure that you are admitted on time.____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
see last page for Zoom information
MAY CLASSES
Wednesday May 1 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Pushing Buttons
Presenter: Carl Wolfson, SSI Member
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: Carl has been collecting political buttons since 1974, and now has one of the country's
largest and most prestigious collections: more than 24,000 pins from the inception of celluloid buttons in 1896
to the present day. Carl will show slides of his collection, talk about the history of political buttons, highlight
fascinating stories of candidates and campaigns, and take you into the world of memorabilia collecting.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 2 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Teaching English to Adult Immigrants
Presenter: Diedre Claire
Location: Zoom only
Class description: In an interview format, Diedre will share her experiences teaching refugees, other
immigrants, and international students at Portland Community College. She will also talk about the personal
journey that led her to this profession and her current involvement in refugee resettlement. There will be time
for questions, discussion, and the sharing of stories of immigration within our own families.
Bio: Diedre taught ESL/ESOL full-time at PCC for decades until her recent retirement. Her related educational
background is in international studies, teaching ESL and linguistics.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 6
Monday May 6 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Poetry Reading Fun!
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Know a lot about poetry? Know nothing about poetry? Somewhere in-between? There’s a
place for you in this very popular class led by Trina Gaynon. We read from a variety of published works. Really
FUN!
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 7 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Thinking about emergency preparedness
Presenter: Steve Unger (in person)
Location: CLIMB; in person & by Zoom
Class description: Gain an understanding of the steps needed to make sure you are safe before, during and after
an emergency or natural disaster. These plans are important for your safety in both natural and man-made
disasters.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 8 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Tour of Neighborhood House's New Home
Tour Guide: Executive Director of NHH
Location: NHH; in person only
Class description: SSI has a place for our class presentations at the new location of NHH this Fall! Meet the
Executive Director of NHH (NeighborHood House) at 8959 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 97219 who will
be guiding us through the new facility. There’s plenty of free parking for those who wish to drive. For anyone
taking Tri-Met, the bus stops at SW Barbur & 30 th . It’s a 2-minute walk to the facility.
_____________________________________________________________
Thursday May 9 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Hey, How’s the Weather? Want to Talk About it?
Presenter: Erik Pytla, BS, MS
Location: Zoom only
Class description: How has forecasting weather changed in 30 years? Journey through tornado forecasting,
hydrology, and climate change in the West. How does the Bonneville Power Administration balance doom and
gloom to ensure it will not happen?
Bio: Erik Pytlak has been the Manager of Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Bonneville Power
Administration, since 2010. Previously, he was with the National Weather Service for 21 years, where he served
in weather offices in Washington, DC, Cincinnati OH, Des Moines IA and Tucson AZ. He received his BS
degree in meteorology from Penn State University, where he is still actively involved, including serving as a
member of his college’s alumni board from 2010-2022, and now as a member of the university’s meteorology
advisory board. He also earned his master’s degree in public administration from the University of Arizona.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 13
Monday May 13 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Curiosity Cafe: Built for Zero: Working to End Homelessness
Presenter: Warren Karmol, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: In late 2021, Portland, Gresham and Multnomah County joined Built for Zero, a national
movement of more than 90 cities and counties in the United States working to measurably and equitably end
homelessness. What is Built for Zero? How has our government's work with them changed the houseless
situation in the Portland Metro Area?
Title: Writing Salon (2 nd & 4 th Mondays of each month)
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: At each salon a poem and a visual prompt will be provided. After reading the poem, talking
about the image, and answering any questions, participants will write for approximately half an hour. Work can
be in the form of a journal entry, news article, memoir, short story, poem, or drawing. Each writer will be given
the opportunity to share their work in progress or to talk about what worked or didn’t work for them. Any
sharing is completely voluntary. Listeners will be given a chance to provide positive responses.
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 14 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: James Reese Europe: Bandleader at the Confluence of Ragtime and Popular Dance
Presenter: Gordon Neal Herman (via Zoom)
Location: CLIMB; in person & by Zoom
Class description: James Reese Europe was one of the most popular dance band leaders in New York City
before WWI. As music director for the dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle, he helped propel all three to
stardom while making modern social dance acceptable. James survived fighting in WWI only to die a tragic
death months after returning home. This program will cover his remarkable short career.
Bio: Gordon composes and records and has taught American Music History at University of Wisconsin
Whitewater, University of Idaho, Portland State, Linfield and Marylhurst.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 15 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Insider's view to Killers of the Flower Moon
Presenter: Dr. Cynthia Coleman Emery
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: Professor Emery will speak to the struggles for justice, created by inequities, from the
perspective of her knowledge of the Osage people from her own family ties.
Bio: Dr. Coleman teaches communication and mass media, and studies how discourse frames science,
environmental, health and risk policies that impact North American Indigenous communities. Her 2020 book,
Environmental Clashes on Native American Land (Palgrave Macmillan), examines pseudoscience,
phrenology, racism, and the unearthing of the 9,000-year-old skeleton called Kennewick Man. Dr. Coleman
held fellowships with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and with the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian. In 2019 she was named the Fulbright Canada Jarislowsky Foundation Visiting
Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies at Vancouver Island University. Dr. Coleman is an enrolled member of
the Osage (Wahzhazhe) Nation.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 16 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Oregon's Shoreline: What It Takes to Build a Complex Coast
Presenter: David D. Lonsdale
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Oregon's Coastline represents a geological history that began over 195 million years ago
when the shoreline was located along what is now the Oregon-Idaho state line. Learn more about our wonderful
treasure, the Oregon Coast.
Bio: David has been a leader in public aquariums for over 32 years. He directed aquarium operations, developed
exhibits and oversaw educational programs at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo; Chicago’s Shedd
Aquarium and Duluth (MN) Great Lakes Aquarium. David has taught college level courses in ecology, aquatic
biology and marine biology.
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 20
Monday May 20 — 10 am – Noon
Title: Poetry Reading Fun!
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Know a lot about poetry? Know nothing about poetry? Somewhere in-between? There’s a
place for you in this very popular class led by Trina Gaynon. We read from a variety of published works. Really
FUN!
_____________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 21 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Ducks of the Pacific Northwest
Presenter: Marilyn Ellis, OMN, CIG, Oregon Master Naturalist, Certified Interpretive Guide (via Zoom)
Location: CLIMB; in person by Zoom
Class description: There are only 40 species of ducks worldwide and we have 25 of them right here in the
Pacific Northwest! Identifying them is actually easier than you think, once you know what to look for. In this
fun program, filled with beautiful images and videos, we will explore their amazing world and meet every one
of them.
______________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 22 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Jasper Johns: Recreating Art
Presenter: Alice Cotton, SSI Member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Jasper Johns was a creative genius who turned everyday items like the American flag into
playful enigmatic paintings. His radical, varied body of work influenced the world in 1930. How will he
influence us? Join us using whatever artist tools you have!
Bio: Alice has been a home portrait/architectural artist for 30+ years. Her work appears in ten published books.
She teaches art online and has taught at Village Home Resource Center, West Linn Public Schools.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 23 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Is There Other Life in the Universe?
Presenter: Duane Ray, SSI Member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: We continue expanding our capability to investigate the universe. Recently the James West
telescope opened new areas of exploration. Oumuamua caused the general public to be more aware of the
possibility of other life “out there”. Consideration will be given to several real possibilities of extraterrestrial
life and how we can actively search for it. - Have they already found us?!
______________________________________________________________
Week of May 27
Monday May 27 — 10 am – Noon
MEMORIAL DAY - We salute and honor those military men and women who died in service of our country.
Title: Curiosity Cafe: Our Legacy - An Affordable & Livable Portland
Presenter: Helen Elder & Warren Karmol, SSI Members
Location: Zoom only
Class description: How can we ensure a more affordable and livable future for ourselves, our children and
grandkids? We will discuss ways our communities can become great places to live and raise kids, and strategies
on how we can make it happen now. This is a big topic that may take us in several directions depending on your
participation.
____________________________________________________________
Title: Writing Salon (2nd & 4th Mondays of each month)
Presenter: Trina Gaynon, SSI member
Location: Zoom only
Class description: At each salon a poem and a visual prompt will be provided. After reading the poem, talking
about the image, and answering any questions, participants will write for approximately half an hour. Work can
be in the form of a journal entry, news article, memoir, short story, poem, or drawing. Each writer will be given
the opportunity to share their work in progress or to talk about what worked or didn’t work for them. Any
sharing in completely voluntary. Listeners will be given a chance to provide positive responses.
______________________________________________________________
Tuesday May 28 — 1 - 3 pm
Title: Building a Socially Just and Equitable Future for Kids
Presenter: Dana Hepper (in person)
Location: CLIMB; in person & on zoom
Class description: Dana will describe the goals, initiatives and challenges faced in establishing a better future
for children – our children, grandchildren and our future generation.
__________________________________________________________________
Wednesday May 29 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Queer in the 21st Century
Presenter: George Rede and Reid Vanderbugh (in person)
Location: NHH in person only
Class description: The acronym of identities has grown in both length and complexity in recent years, from
LGBT in the 1990s to the current LGBTQIAAPNb. This presentation will define the different identities and
provide some historical perspective explaining how we got to here from there during fifty years of community
development.
Bio: George is president of the PFLAG Portland chapter board of directors and proud father of a gay, married
daughter. George is a retired journalist, a longtime editor and reporter at The Oregonian/OregonLive, and a
former adjunct instructor at Portland State University and Washington State University Vancouver.
Bio: Reid has been a member of the PFLAG Portland board since 2014. A transman over 25 years into his
transformative process, Reid is a retired therapist who worked mostly with trans/non-binary folks and their
families. Reid is also a board member of William Temple House, and has sung with the Portland Gay Men's
Chorus since 2008.
______________________________________________________________
Thursday May 30 — 10 am - Noon
Title: Tualatin Historical Society: Founding and Evolution
Presenter: Loyce Martinazzi and Sandra Lafky Carlson
Location: Zoom only
Class description: Loyce and Sandra will present an overview of how the society got started together with a
brief history of Tualatin. The evolution and growth of the society and its role in the community will also be
covered.
Bios: Loyce is the founder of the Society and Sandra is the Society’s historian and longtime member.
____________________________________________________________________
To attend one of SSI’s online ZOOM classes - - -
Step 1: Take a look at the Class Descriptions posted on the SSI website https://www.ssipdx.org/class-
schedule.html to preview what classes are being offered - Mark your calendar for the ones you want to
participate in.
Step 2: Check the weekly Newsletter for the link to the class you want to participate in and click on it.
If the link to a Zoom event doesn't take you to the class you want (This is a Zoom issue, not the Newsletter's),
USE THE CLASS ID AND PASSCODE INSTEAD.
● Log in to your free Zoom app (https://zoom.us/)
● Click on “Join Meeting”
● Use the Class ID and Passcode from the Zoom invitation in the Newsletter to join the class meeting.
Step 3: In the 15 minutes before the class is scheduled to start, click on the link to the class that you found in
the Newsletter.
Step 4: If you already have the Zoom application (app) installed, you will go directly to the Zoom Waiting
Room and wait to be admitted to the class. (Be sure your app is the latest version of Zoom.)
Notes:
● If you do NOT have the Zoom application (app) already installed you will be asked to download the FREE
Zoom app before joining the class. (It is not necessary to have the Zoom app to participate in an SSI class -
however, you will have better tools to make the most of your class experience if you have the Zoom app.)
● Zoom customers are now required to keep their Zoom software no more than three months behind the
current version. If you are running an older version of Zoom, you will be prompted to perform an update.
This takes a little time--so if you suspect that your Zoom software is out of date, you may wish to log into
an SSI activity a few minutes early to ensure that you are admitted on time.____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________