| Room Host Refreshers: Arrival: Members scheduled as Room Hosts can help the Tech Host by arriving by 7:20 AM ET. At 7:25, all willing and trained members are eligible to be assigned to host any remaining unassigned Breakout Rooms. If you are unscheduled, trained, and willing to host a room, put a ‘0’ in front of your name when you arrive. Prep: Please have your script and meeting slides readily accessible. Scroll to the scheduled reading(s). Remember: dozens of members each do this slightly differently. You are welcome to ask for suggestions as you develop your own service routine. Silence: SMR is a Meditation meeting. Sharing silence is part of our meeting culture. Refrain from coaxing participants to share, or of notifying them of the amount of time remaining (i.e. “We have time for 2 more shares…”). Hosting: Please read from the script – say very little else. We simply say “thank you” at the end of a share, if anything at all. Refrain from saying “you were heard”, or any type of variation. Muting: Room Hosts are able to mute participants. Please remember to mute yourself and other participants who may have forgotten to mute themselves. Note: It may be less disruptive to mute members than to ask everyone to mute themselves. Timing Shares: Remember: we do not time shares unless asked to. When timing someone’s share, do not give a ‘time’s-up’ countdown warning. Mark the end of the share with a sound cue (music), a visual cue (on-screen raised hand), a gentle “That’s time” – or a combination. As the Room Host, please be mindful of those who share for more than two and a half minutes. Consider asking if they are timing themselves. Or you may simply say, “Time”. Crosstalk: If crosstalk is observed, wait until after the share is completed, then you may choose to gently remind the room of the crosstalk statement in our script. Alternatively, you could post the crosstalk statement to everyone in the chat. Double-dipping: You might respond to a request for a second share by stating: “Our group practice is to only share one time, though you can share again in the self-care portion of the meeting.” |