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Meeting Guidelines<\/h3>\n

Fortunately, Roy K. wrote down many of the Meeting Guidelines in the SA White Book page 188.\u00a0 For example, “We can benefit from the unwritten guidelines that have contributed so profoundly to the success of other Twelve Step program meetings and have proven as valuable in our own.<\/p>\n

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  1. “Leaders of meetings are servants of that meeting. They don’t\u00a0“carry” the meeting; they merely facilitate it. A common mistake of\u00a0\u00a0 those who have no prior Twelve Step meeting experience is to feel they must\u00a0comment on everything that is said or “help out” in some way by giving “the answer.” The effective leader surrenders this impulse\u00a0\u00a0 and lets the meeting work itself.<\/li>\n
  2. The leader of the meeting does not have to acknowledge a raised hand; he\u00a0\u00a0 or she can call on someone else. They can interrupt the one talking, if it is\u00a0called for. This is in line with our common tradition. At the same time, a\u00a0good meeting is one where the leader’s presence is inconspicuous and\u00a0 non-controlling.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Phone Etiquette<\/h3>\n

    Be courteous.\u00a0\u00a0 Please mute your phone if there is background noise at your location and when\u00a0\u00a0 you are not speaking. It is recommended to use the mute feature on your phone if there is background noise at your location and when you are not speaking.\u00a0 You can toggle back-n-forth between sharing\u00a0& silence your line which will allow others to hear the message more clearly.<\/p>\n

    Our phone system offers an alternative command by pressing *6 to Mute or Un-mute. The phone\u00a0system will give you an audio acknowledgement. To hear the # of parties in\u00a0the conference press *#.\u00a0 For a complete list of commands, visit www.freeconference.com\/HotkeyList.aspx<\/a>.\u00a0 It is also helpful if you can keep track of your name in the order of callers and\u00a0introduce the person that follows you when done sharing.\u00a0\u00a0This helps keep the call moving in an orderly fashion and reduced dead air.\u00a0 For more information,\u00a0visit Toastmasters<\/a>\u00a0to get some additional hints & tips.<\/p>\n

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    Features and Benefits<\/h3>\n

    With any system, there are often many features that don’t get used.\u00a0 Relatively speaking, the Sexaholics Anonymous Phone Meetings are slightly behind some of the other 12 Step Fellowships.\u00a0 If you compare us to Alanon (www.alanonphonemeetings.org<\/a>) or GreySheeters Anonymous (www.greysheet.org<\/a>) for example, they often average more than 80 callers on the line (5 times the amount we normally get).\u00a0 Both of these teleconferences have strict governance and traditions that prohibit the use of cross talk or background noise that is disruptive to the call.<\/p>\n

    In August 2012, the Virtual Intergroup (GSRs elected by each phone meeting) decided to distribute the \u201cCall Organizer Access Code\u201d (also known as the moderator code) amongst trusted servants to help carry the message of Sexaholics Anonymous around the globe.\u00a0 This allowed the facilitator or secretary to eliminate the background noise when callers inadvertently would call in and fail to mute their line by mistake.<\/p>\n

    Here are the main Sexaholics Anonymous Phone Meeting Features:<\/p>\n