• Conduct yourself as if we were in an in-person group.
  • Try to join the group on time and stay for the duration of the meeting. Groups run from 7:30-9pm.
  • Find a comfortable and quiet place to sit for the duration, with enough privacy that the meeting cannot be overheard.
  • If you are in an area with background noise, please mute yourself when not talking.
  • Bring your full attention to the meeting-activity on the screen can be distracting, and make people feel as though they are not being heard.
  • No smoking or vaping or alcoholic beverages is allowed.
  • The expectation is for everyone to engage one-another with our videos on, as one way viewing can make others feel uncomfortable.
  • If you are unable to use video for extenuating circumstances, you are welcome to use the call-in feature instead.
  • Please do your best to stay until the group is over. If you have to leave early, however, please let the group know, so that the facilitator knows and the group doesn’t worry about an unexplained departure. Using the chat feature is a way to say good-bye to the group.
  • Please use the chat feature sparingly, as the focus should be on listening to what is being said in group. Even when posting helpful links, please bear in mind that people get distracted easily, and that first and foremost people want to be heard. 
  • Any use of the chat for any reason falls under our same guidelines of respectfulness and I-perspective. 
  • Although some people will make friends through our groups, please remember that not everyone wants to share their information, and it is not personal. 
  • Please do not give out your contact information unless you want to and feel safe doing so, as in any situation in your life…MDSG cannot supervise and govern everything that happens.