🎬 Hollywood Squares – Weekend Host Guide

⏰ Prior to Start of Meeting

  1. Open the room 15 minutes early and claim Host – code 579327.
    👉 Participants > Claim Host > Enter code
  2. Assign 2–3 co-hosts and ask them to:
    • 🔇 Help manage the room (muting if needed)
    • 📝 Post upcoming commitments
    • 📣 Post reminders about business meetings
    • 🌐 Post our website & password:
      www.hollywoodsquares.org
      Password: hollywood
  3. 🙏 Assign someone for the Moment of Silence & Serenity Prayer
  4. 📜 Assign someone to read the Preamble
  5. ✝️ Assign someone to read the Lord’s Prayer

🎤 Starting the Meeting

READ: Welcome to the Hollywood Squares men’s weekend morning discussion meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. We meet at 11:00 AM Eastern.

📅 Saturdays: A 12-Step discussion with a guest speaker who shares for 10 minutes on the Step. One Saturday per month is a Tradition meeting.

📘 Sundays: Our host reads from the Big Book.

  1. Preface — Foreword (1st and 2nd Edition)
  2. Foreword (3rd & 4th Edition) + Doctor’s Opinion
  3. Bill’s Story — Bottom of p.8
  4. Bottom of p.8 “My musing…” — End
  5. There Is a Solution — Bottom of p.22
  6. Bottom of p.22 “We know…” — End
  7. More About Alcoholism — Mid p.35
  8. Top of p.35 “Our first…” — End
  9. We Agnostics — Mid p.49
  10. Mid p.49 “Instead…” — End
  11. How It Works — Top of p.64
  12. Top of p.64 “Therefore…” — End
  13. Into Action — Bottom of p.79
  14. Top of p.80 — End
  15. Working With Others — Bottom of p.95
  16. Top of p.96 — End
  17. To Wives — Bottom of p.112
  18. Bottom of p.112 “The chances…” — End
  19. The Family Afterward — Mid p.128
  20. Mid p.128 “When father…” — End
  21. To Employers — Bottom of p.142
  22. Bottom of p.142 “After…” — End
  23. A Vision for You — Mid p.157
  24. Mid p.157 “For an hour…” — End
  25. Dr. Bob’s Nightmare — Mid p.176
  26. Mid p.176 — End

🎥 Please keep cameras on and screens labeled with your first name and where you're from.

🙏 Let’s begin with a moment of silence. XXXX will lead the moment of silence & Serenity Prayer. XXXX will read the Preamble.

✔ Start the meeting.

📣 After the Speaker or Reading

Ask for:

  • 💵 The group Treasurer for the 7th Tradition
  • 🎉 The Medallion person for anniversaries

READ: Please open the chat for announcements. Use the Raise Hand feature if you'd like to share.

The MAIN CHAT (formerly “Everyone”) is for:
🗂 Group business
💸 7th Tradition
📅 Upcoming commitments & meeting links

✋ When messaging someone privately, make sure the “To:” box shows the right person. Do not use the pop-up “reply” feature—it can send to Everyone by mistake!

💬 Start the Discussion

READ: We call on those who are new to the meeting or whom we haven’t seen in a while.

🙏 End the Meeting

Close with the Lord’s Prayer.

📌 Notes

  • 🚪 If you must leave early and you're the Host, assign the Host role to someone else and notify them.
  • ⚠️ If you see the button “End Meeting for All”, that means you are the Host—don’t click it until the meeting is truly over.