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Weekend Mornings - Big Book and Step Hosting information

Saturday and Sunday Mornings @ 11a - 12:15 eastern

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๐ŸŽฌ Hollywood Squares โ€“ Weekend Host Guide

โฐ Prior to Start of Meeting

  1. Open the room 15 minutes early and claim Host โ€“ code 579327.
    ๐Ÿ‘‰ Participants > Claim Host > Enter code
  2. Assign 2โ€“3 co-hosts and ask them to:
    • ๐Ÿ”‡ Help manage the room (muting if needed)
    • ๐Ÿ“ Post upcoming commitments
    • ๐Ÿ“ฃ Post reminders about business meetings
    • ๐ŸŒ Post our website & password:
      www.hollywoodsquares.org
      Password: hollywood
  3. ๐Ÿ™ Assign someone for the Moment of Silence & Serenity Prayer
  4. ๐Ÿ“œ Assign someone to read the Preamble
  5. โœ๏ธ Assign someone to read the Lordโ€™s Prayer

๐ŸŽค Starting the Meeting

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

๐Ÿ“… 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.

๐Ÿ“˜ Sundays: Our host reads from the Big Book.

๐ŸŽฅ Please keep cameras on and screens labeled with your first name and where you're from.

๐Ÿ™ Letโ€™s begin with a moment of silence. XXXX will lead the moment of silence & Serenity Prayer. XXXX will read the Preamble.

โœ” Start the meeting.


๐Ÿ“ฃ After the Speaker or Reading

Ask for:

  • ๐Ÿ’ต The group Treasurer for the 7th Tradition
  • ๐ŸŽ‰ 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 โ€œEveryoneโ€) is for:
๐Ÿ—‚ Group business
๐Ÿ’ธ 7th Tradition
๐Ÿ“… Upcoming commitments & meeting links

โœ‹ When messaging someone privately, make sure the โ€œTo:โ€ box shows the right person. Do not use the pop-up โ€œreplyโ€ featureโ€”it can send to Everyone by mistake!


๐Ÿ’ฌ Start the Discussion

READ: We call on those who are new to the meeting or whom we havenโ€™t seen in a while.


๐Ÿ™ End the Meeting

Close with the Lordโ€™s Prayer.


๐Ÿ“Œ Notes

  • ๐Ÿšช If you must leave early and you're the Host, assign the Host role to someone else and notify them.
  • โš ๏ธ If you see the button โ€œEnd Meeting for Allโ€, that means you are the Hostโ€”donโ€™t click it until the meeting is truly over.