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Post by mac on Jun 20, 2020 0:27:28 GMT
Fin,
I agree with you on this one 😃, these issues need to be addressed by WW as there are some disturbing things going on in meetings that people shouldn't have to put up with.
Hope the WW staff is listening to this thread!!!
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Post by 76trojan on Jun 20, 2020 1:47:51 GMT
Ha, I had to reply to this topic. At my last meeting, there was a woman who announced to the entire group, “I have to go to the bathroom!” She left her chair, but keep her video on so we all were looking at her empty chair while she was in the bathroom. Then she reappeared with the announcement of, “Okay, I’m back.” I don’t think we all needed to be informed of her toilet needs, yet I’m not sure what our leader could do. Can we teach her, and the aforementioned bad feet person, basic personal etiquette? I think people must feel very comfortable in their homes and etiquette goes out the window.
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Post by mac on Jun 20, 2020 2:25:40 GMT
Holly Gail and those who are not getting the questionaire, I suggest you show up a little early or stay after your VM class to ask your leader how you can get the questionaire, please consider doing this as we need you to give your opinions on your meeting. Hope we can make some classes a better place so we can feel free to join in and leave feeling good about this weight journey we're all on!
A couple other good ideas expressed were to e-mail your leader a note or stay after class to discuss things that bother you about class.
VM are our classes, we pay for them and we do have a right to politely express our concerns to our leaders!
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Post by Jennifer on Jun 21, 2020 1:37:50 GMT
Private chat your leader or the receptionist.
Stay on after and voice your opinion.
The staff should be monitoring the mute.. at the beginning of every meeting the coach says.. if we hear background noise we will mute you, please don't be offended.
It's also the leader's responsibility to reel in members that dominate the meeting just like the live meetings.
I'm not sure if they can turn the video off if someone is too distracting but I would sure ask that question.
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Post by chook on Jun 21, 2020 12:42:06 GMT
I’ve never had an issue until last Saturday. One member had her husband and kids walk in the room and have a semi-argument. One person sent a chat message to everyone saying to mute as everyone can hear everything. Eventually, the person muted but it was very awkward for everyone. Another member went ahead and started cooking breakfast with the clang and noise of preparing something on the stove, again other members to the rescue loudly protesting about it...said member, who was wearing a very large over-sized top leaned into the phone to speak and don’t know if she realised we were all seeing far too much cleavage (but then I wonder if it was on purpose as this person really was doing bizarre stuff possibly for attention).
The leader reached out and said if ppl stopped attending the Zoom meetings for that particular location, then the in-person workshop would most likely be permanently closed.
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Post by healthyjoy on Jun 21, 2020 12:58:17 GMT
My in studio meeting has an average of about 30 members attending, Zoom meeting has maybe 5 of those members on a weekly basis. I’m not sure if they didn’t know how to access through zoom, or couldn’t be bothered. I wonder if they are still active meeting members or if they switched to online. Only time will tell. Our studio will eventually open back up.
I’ve attended meetings where host is the only one on video and audio, but I don’t think that would work for WW meetings. They seem to want active participation instead of lecture type meetings.
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Post by susan092907 on Jun 21, 2020 14:29:26 GMT
I’ve attended meetings where host is the only one on video and audio, but I don’t think that would work for WW meetings. They seem to want active participation instead of lecture type meetings. At one of the virtual meetings I attended I started out with video turned off, and I was asked to turn it on. I didn't participate anyway. I usually don't, even at in-person meetings. I've attended only a few virtual meetings. At the last one I attended, there was a nice sized group, but responses and discussion from participants was very minimal. I thought that was unusual for this particular leader, whose meetings I've been to in person. She had to really reach for responses to discussion questions. I wondered if people are just weary of this. |
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Post by mac on Jun 21, 2020 16:34:43 GMT
I believe these VM came on so fast because of the pandemic and leaders who should be running the class didn't have enough training as to what is proper workshop etiquette.
So, if leaders don't handle these disturbances then it's up to us to step up and speak up about these situations! There were some good suggestions mentioned above on how you can express your concerns with your leader, they are the person in charge. Let's all strive to make our workshops a better place by communicating with our leaders!
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Post by DotRen on Jun 21, 2020 16:41:47 GMT
Ha, I had to reply to this topic. At my last meeting, there was a woman who announced to the entire group, “I have to go to the bathroom!” She left her chair, but keep her video on so we all were looking at her empty chair while she was in the bathroom. Then she reappeared with the announcement of, “Okay, I’m back.” I don’t think we all needed to be informed of her toilet needs, yet I’m not sure what our leader could do. Can we teach her, and the aforementioned bad feet person, basic personal etiquette? I think people must feel very comfortable in their homes and etiquette goes out the window. I'd be willing to bet she plays online games lol. it's not unusual for someone to say "BRB bio" (be right back, biological - bathroom). |
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Post by fullmahina on Jun 21, 2020 19:30:14 GMT
I stopped in at my VW this morning and there were only ten members there. One was walking around, outside to her porch, apparently talking to neighbors. We got a nice look at her porch furniture (lovely), various views of her siding and windows, the sky, the ceiling, trees. She sat down, got up, greeted someone who came up to her porch and went into the house with her, all while carrying her phone. Went out again, sat down, got up. She was muted eventually until she finally spoke up to join in the WW conversation.
While looking around at various buttons on the screen I noticed a "pin video" button that is available when you click on the three little dots in the upper right hand corner of each person's square. Even if you have "speaker view" chosen as your screen setup this will keep one person's square enlarged on your screen.
I pinned the video of the WW leader and effectively got rid of the annoying strolling woman.
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Post by finreporter on Jun 21, 2020 20:19:09 GMT
i wonder why busy body even bothered joining the meeting and putting her camera view on? even if it is encouraged by the meeting leader, certainly one can always respectfully decline if they just want to listen in and not be seen.
why join the meeting if you've got stuff to do and people to visit with? there are other meetings she could always join when her schedule frees up.
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Post by debinprogress on Jun 21, 2020 21:10:03 GMT
I saw a large older woman in her bra when she was changing shirts in the background on camera during a workshop 🙈. I don’t think she realized her video was still on. I was embarrassed for her!
My pet peeve is people who don’t use mute during the workshop, so there is background noise and the video jumps around from person to person from noises while in speaker mode. I have been to a few where the coach encouraged everyone to stay OFF mute and it was impossible hear/to pay attention. Then, Imhave been to others where nosy members kept telling me I was on mute, when I meant to be, and wasn’t even speakingI
I do enjoy the workshops, and have visited some GREAT ones, but WW could do better with managing the distractions/ muting people, and encouraging them to go off video if there will be a lot of distraction.
I’ve gone to a few of fatdag’s workshops, and a few of his groupies can get annoying with all of the gushing over him. I feel sorry for his local members.
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Post by mac on Jun 21, 2020 21:11:11 GMT
Thanks Fullmahina for the information on the 'pin video', I plan to try it this Wednesday night at my hometown VM! They really didn't educate us about all these gadgets we could use.
Our meetings are good, the only complaint I have is the time a few people take to go on and on about their week, usually our leader moves them on as in class.
I do plan to speak to my leader about the behavior that some people are experiencing in their classes regarding what we are talking about here to see what she says and for suggestions she could give us as well as relating it back to higher ups. Be interesting to see what she says!
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