I have a question around participation on/off camera. With my Kitchen Table gatherings I feel it’s important to leave the camera on for connection and intimacy reasons. They know that from the get-go. I don’t feel that’s necessary with my other gatherings. What are your honest thoughts on this? I include this statement in the event description on Luma and it’s something I could include in my own Community Guidelines. Around the Kitchen Table, we gather face to face - even across the miles. Please be prepared to join with your camera on, so we can truly see each other and share the warmth that makes these gatherings feel like home.
That language is lovely, I think it's helpful for the heads up and often times if someone needs to advocate for themselves and turn their camera off they will share why. I say cameras on or off at the start of my zooms as it doesn't matter for me - I can only see one page of people as it is....
Thanks for doing these with me. That's one job we can tick off the list.
Phewf!
Thank you both for creating and sharing these! Do you recommend it as a separate document or added to the end of an About page or something else?
You could set it up as a Substack page? Then link to it from your about page and share it wherever you need to?
Oh, these are brilliant Claire. Community rules and reply rules are on my list of jobs to get done
It’s been on my list FOREVER! Let me know if you see anywhere we can tweak based on your experiences? It’s hard to think of all eventualities!
What a great resource. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome Kathy!
I have a question around participation on/off camera. With my Kitchen Table gatherings I feel it’s important to leave the camera on for connection and intimacy reasons. They know that from the get-go. I don’t feel that’s necessary with my other gatherings. What are your honest thoughts on this? I include this statement in the event description on Luma and it’s something I could include in my own Community Guidelines. Around the Kitchen Table, we gather face to face - even across the miles. Please be prepared to join with your camera on, so we can truly see each other and share the warmth that makes these gatherings feel like home.
That language is lovely, I think it's helpful for the heads up and often times if someone needs to advocate for themselves and turn their camera off they will share why. I say cameras on or off at the start of my zooms as it doesn't matter for me - I can only see one page of people as it is....
Thanks Claire.
Thank you. A resource that anyone with an active community should find very useful
You're welcome
This is such a useful resource, thank you, Claire and Amy. 🧡
You're super welcome.
This is great, thank you both 🫶🏼
Of course. xx
Thank you. This is highly important and much needed. I really appreciate the time and care that’s taken to create these, thank you both.
You're welcome - let us know if you'd add anything in... it's hard to think through all the eventualities.