Updates from 7 Cups Group Support
Hello Community,
I have some important news, updates, and reminders for everyone. All texts in blue color are hyperlinked and clickable.
Team Communication. @AlwaysEli will be helping us with the group support team communications. They will be responsible for organizing, scheduling, and hosting team meetings with Room Supports, Chat Room Moderators, and Support Team Leaders. They will also be hosting weekly Room Supporter and Chatroom Moderator Discussions to touch base on different topics. It will allow us to address concerns, brainstorm ideas, and problem-solve to support the community. Please join me to appreciate their thoughts and efforts to support us.
Listener Sharing Circle Team Leaders. Please join me to congratulate @KristinHelps and @Asruu to be the official Team Leads for Listener Sharing Circle. They stepped up to manage and run the Listener Sharing Circle Team and did well supporting the community in the last month. They will continue to support the team and work closely with @PenguinPower31 (Chatroom Mentor Leader- Discussions) to help us run them smoothly.
Teens Listener Sharing Circle. We are updating the timing for Teens Listener Sharing Circle Sessions. Earlier they were running at 4.00 AM and 4.00 PM. But due to less host coverage, the sessions are not active. So, the revised session timings are 8.00 AM and 8.00 PM. All are welcome to join us.
Listener Learning & Journey Master Forum Organizer. Please join me to congratulate @LuluRings who help us organize the resources and various threads in the Listener Journey Sub-community. Better structuring and organizing of them will facilitate any listener to navigate the Listener Journey forum in an improved way.
Doorkeepers. We will be doing the badge reset for doorkeepers at the end of every quarter. It is to ensure we all are proactive to manage the opening and closing of the chat rooms to help in community participation. If you are a doorkeeper, then your doorkeeper badge will be removed and you would need to reapply to get the badge. To reapply, please fill this form! For Quarter III, the badge will be removed on Sept 30, 2020.
7Cups Rules Handbook. We are creating a 7Cups Rules Handbook. I will start with compiling all the rules and the forum threads related to it for the Group Support and then we progress to Forums and 1-1s as well. It will allow us to keep all rules and policies and any new changes to it in one place. Also, facilitate quick reference to updated ones back and forth for everyone.
Room Participation. This is a reminder to use the various rooms to every room supporter and chat room moderator they are listed for. Even Community Mentor or the Community Mentor Leader can open the room as per their availability. Please feel free to get the room opened and support the members. You could lead the pop-up discussions or open chats. Your efforts and support will be much appreciated.
Community Discussions. All the support sessions and guided discussions will be scheduled as they need to regardless of what other sessions scheduled in the same block. These support sessions, discussions are the different choices we offer to our community members. They can participate in one or more than one as per their preference and support needs. So, all forms of discussions are a way to listen, help, and support our members. A reminder and request to all Support Team Leaders or Discussions Leaders to get their discussion listed in the community calendar. To get your discussion listed, please submit the info here.
Community Calendar Reset. The discussions listed in the community calendar will be reset on Sept 30, 2020. We reset the calendar at the end of every quarter. So, all are requested to resubmit your discussions to get listed in the community calendar on or after Oct 01, 2020.
Monthly Community Meeting. The monthly meeting for September will be as follows.
All times are in the Eastern Time Zone. Please use this converter to know what time it will be in your time zone.
Message from Community Moderators
Community Moderator Team says, "2020 is going very difficult for everyone. But we gotta stay positive till everything gets better. We all are here with you to listen and support. You are not alone and every thought and emotion you have is valid. You are important and your thoughts matter too. But, everyone's safety is important and that's why we ask you to please participate in the chat rooms as per chatroom guidelines. It will allow all of us to create an inclusive and supportive chatroom space for everyone in the community. We look forward to seeing you. Keep Coming Back!"
Stronger Together: We rise by lifting others
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@ASilentObserver thanks I only found this when I followed a link from another forum post. Now understand things that happened that I hadn't understood.
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With regard to room participation:This is a reminder to use the various rooms to every room supporter and chat room moderator they are listed for. Even Community Mentor or the Community Mentor Leader can open the room as per their availability. Please feel free to get the room opened and support the members. You could lead the pop-up discussions or open chats. Your efforts and support will be much appreciated.
As CML of a non-rotational team, I depend on group support leaders to act as doorkeppers in order to keep our room active. We host a discussion 6 days a week and doorkeepers are a vital part of ensuring activity in our room. Even those that completed their reapplication prior to the deadline lost their badges this month. I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind the reapplication process for those doorkeepers who are active.