The year is 2021 and nearly everyone who is paying attention has been involved in a virtual meeting over the past 12-14 months. You might have used Zoom, or Microsoft Teams, or Go To Meeting or any of the plethora of virtual meeting platforms available.
I have two years of experience of using Zoom and while not an expert of guru of Zoom, I’ve learned a few things.
It’s apparent that the following, former school boards hadn’t.
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I have seen plenty of people on virtual meetings who appear to be oblivious that the camera is on, and on them all the time. In many cases they do not know or are not aware that the meeting that they are attending is being recorded.
None of the meetings that I’ve attended have risen to the status of meeting heads of state or requiring black tie attire.
However, a certain amount of decorum from meeting attendees would be welcome.
Meeting attendees, eating their meals or snacks during the entire meeting, rattling their ice cubes in an empty glass, talking on their phones or to someone just out of camera range, are but a few instances.
Meeting attendees, also need to be aware of their camera backgrounds as well. Photo bombing by family members is not encouraged.
Given that virtual meetings are the norm now and not the exception, you would think that the regular meetings that are going on would improve. And we all would be sadly mistaken.
We can all insist of our local, county, state and federal officials to end the unnecessary lockdown and restrictions on gatherings immediately. This, so that we are not subjected to the continued madness that permeates the current evolution of virtual meetings.