Guidelines for phone group participation

Please read  "Basic Group Instructions" to understand the structure of our telephone                                                                           conference call groups.

Please call into the group at the scheduled start time, we so we can all start together and on time.
Dial 1-213-342-3000 and wait for the prompt to dial 8902358#
Once you hear the prompt "please announce yourself", your in. Immediately say your name                                                                                                                   (don't wait for a pause in conversation) so we know who has arrived.

We currently offer four phone groups every week; (All times are PST, same as San Francisco Ca.)
Monday         9 am
Thursday      9 am
Saturday       9 am
Sunday          9 am

With phone groups, the potential for extraneous noise and technical difficulties can be an issue:

• Choose a place to be during the call that is quiet. Be prepared and ready before so you don’t need                                                                                                            to make noise during the call.
• Be aware that telephone microphones are very sensitive to ambient sounds like scooting a chair,                                                                                                     outside traffic, or touching your microphone can make a very loud sound that everyone but you can hear.
• If you do need to make noise during the call please use the 'mute' button on your phone or *6 provided by                                                                                        the conference call host (You will need to push *6 one more time to un-mute yourself). Mute buttons allow you to                                                                     hear what others are saying while blocking the noise from your end, so you won’t miss anything that is being said.
• Speaker phones are more sensitive to ambient noise and often produce poorer voice quality, so avoid                                                                                                  them if you can. Better to use a good headset.

• If someone says "Noise Check" during the call, it means there is noise happening somewhere; please                                                                                                     check your location as a possible source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thank you for paying attention to these details, it makes a big difference                                                                                             in the quality of the call for everyone!