I am in favour of continuing the Zoom meetings. I have been very grateful for this format as I could not otherwise attend meetings as I live on the Sunshine Coast. But even when I lived and worked in the Lower Mainland (Port Moody and Langley) I did not attend meetings as the drive was long, hard and late. Too late, considering my alarm went off at 4:45 am.
Another reason that I have been grateful for the Zoom meetings is the excellent quality of presentations. Kudos to Kevin Hall for organizing speakers and kudos to John Leung for setting up and running the technical parts. I also enjoy talking to different people in the Breakout rooms.
Some members have suggested hybrid meetings-both in person and on zoom. I think that this is not a good idea. The in person meetings, even though less frequent would require lots of organization and volunteer commitment as Susan described so well. Perhaps that volunteer energy would be better spent continuing to set up social events such as the Fall and Spring Fling, day paddles, training workshops with a social component like the Deck Rigging workshop that we had last year. Perhaps some of those social events could include an agenda for discussing possible trips and exchange of ideas.