Resources For Managing Zoom Meetings
We have collected the following resources to assist Gratitude Center Secretaries and Co-Secretaries in facilitating recovery meetings. If you would like to set up Zoom access for a recovery meeting or need support around a meeting you have set up please contact our Zoom consultant — P Tyrone Smith — for assistance.
Zoom Status
Check on Zoom Service Status here.
Articles
- Attending Online Meetings with Zoom [ AA SF-Marin ]
- Personal Anonymity in a Zoom Meeting [ AA SF-Marin ]
- Enabling and Adding a Co-Host [ Zoom Blog ]
- Waiting Rooms [ Zoom Blog ]
- Managing Zoom Meeting Participants [ AA SF-Marin ]
- Managing Zoom Meeting Participants [ Zoom Blog ]
- Handling Online Zoom Meeting Disruptions [ AA SF-Marin ]
- How To Keep Unwanted Guests Out of Your Zoom Meeting [ Zoom Blog ]
- New Security Tool Bar for Hosts [ Zoom Blog ]
Videos
Documents
- Safety and AA: Our Commone Welfare [ PDF ]
- Suggested Meeting Format
- Online Meeting Format Add-ons
- How It Works
- Twelve Steps
- Twelve Traditions
- Ninth Step Promises
- A Vision for You
- Third Step Prayer
- Seventh Step Prayer
- Eleventh Step Prayer
Default Meeting Settings
These general settings are set globally for all meetings:
- Participants cannot join the Meeting before the Meeting Host (Secretary)
- Participants video off upon entering Room
- Participants microphones mute upon entering Room
- Meetings cannot be recorded
Best Practices for Meeting Settings and Usage
These are suggested best practices for meetings; we suggest each group determine best how to run their meetings via group conscious:
- Each meeting should have Co-Secretaries (Co-Hosts); one to facilitate the meeting and the other to Manage Participants
- Secretaries (Hosts and Co-Hosts) should login to meetings at least 10 minutes before the meeting starts
- Gentley remind participants to mute themselves when they are not speaking; found at the bottom left of their screens
- Activate the Waiting Room to be able to manage who is allowed into your meetings; this feature is found under the ‘More’ button at the bottom right of the Manage Participants area
- Lock the meeting approximately 10 to 15 minutes into the meeting to keep out unwanted Zoom Bombers
- If your meeting is Zoom Bombed complete the following steps:
- Lock the meeting
- Uncheck “Allow Participants to Unmute themselves”
- Mute All
- Remove disrupters from the room one at a time — many times their usernames provide clues to who the trouble makers are
- Check “Allow Participants to Unmute themselves”
- Continue meetings
Seventh Tradition Information for Meetings
Please copy and paste the following information into the chat for the Seventh Tradition portions:
Gratitude Center 7th Tradition Information:
Venmo: @sfgratitudecenter (Code: 1101)
SquareCash: $gratitudecenter
PayPal: finance@sfgratitude.org
www.sfgratitude.org/donate