Webinar and Meeting Support Committee

and Meeting Support CoMMittee

Ten years ago, if you had told an NAP member that online meetings with streaming video and real-time file sharing would be the “new standard,” that member would have thought you were exaggerating.

With the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is not only the new standard, but it has become the new normal for a great many workplaces, associations, and groups who would otherwise not be able to gather and conduct business for quite some time.

The Webinar and Meeting Support Committee wants you to know that we, along with your board of directors, are working diligently to continue bringing parliamentary education to you in a timely, reliable, consistent, and accessible manner. It is a work in progress, and we ask your continued patience and understanding.

Many associations and units use Zoom to host their meetings. The committee advises others to do the same if they desire to meet. Zoom is an electronic meeting platform that is easy to use, inexpensive, and expandable through subscription, should you require additional seating. Members of this committee, as well as some elected leaders, have graciously offered to share their accounts with NAP associations and units. The accounts offered can accommodate up to 100 people, allow for unlimited meeting time, handle items such as voting (through a polling system), allow sharing and collaborating of documents through screen share, and permit recording to a cloud-based or computer system for viewing at a later time.

The committee has instituted a ticket system from which NAP associations and units can submit a request to use the electronic platforms. Should you wish to utilize this service, simply enter https://nap.calmticket.com/open.php Continued on page 40