The Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 12:00 pm as a Zoom meeting following the Zoom Sunday Service. There will be no in-person service that day.
If you are a member of HVUUC it is important for you to attend the Annual Meeting. We need a quorum to conduct the regular business of the congregation (i.e. 2022-23 budget and slate of nominees).
Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting, however only members may vote. To ensure we have quorum and to tally votes we need all voting members to register and attend the meeting on their own device (smartphone, computer, tablet).
Each participant should register in advance using this link (it is the same link as the Sunday Service):
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcOiopj4uHNIEB72aUYO8Gsvcx54_0mzR
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
You will be muted when you enter, please stay muted until you are called on to speak. If you have a question or comment, please use the “raise hand” function in Zoom (see below). If someone answers your question you can “lower” your hand.
Voting will happen via polls, which is why every voting member must register and attend on a separate device. Please answer each question AND hit ‘submit" to vote. The results will be tabulated automatically.
Raising Your Hand
To raise your hand, click on the three dots/”more” usually found in the lower right corner of your screen. (You might have to move your mouse for them to show up). You can lower your hand the same way.
One note on multiple devices in one physical room: Just don’t do it. The feedback is painful. Each member should attend on their own device, from physically separated spaces.
If you are new to Zoom, please don’t wait until the last minute to check this out.
If you haven’t used Zoom before, you probably will be prompted to download the Zoom app to your phone or computer when you click the URL in your email. Please do this ahead of the meeting time.
Once Zoom is installed, click the URL sent to your email after registering to head directly into the meeting.
You might have to choose an “Audio Conference Option.”
You can connect to video conferencing from a tablet or smart phone if using your computer is problematic.
If your computer or device has working speakers and microphone, choose “Computer Audio” or “Device Audio.”
If your computer or device does not have working speakers/microphone, choose “Phone Call,” pick the appropriate option, and use your phone to hear/talk.
Participating in a Zoom Meeting:
You might have to start video manually (video camera icon). You might have to join audio manually (headphones icon). Everyone will be muted when they enter the meeting.
Since this is a meeting with a large number of participants, we ask that you remain muted when you are not speaking. You can unmute when called on.
On some devices there will be viewing options, we recommend using “Speaker View” rather than “Gallery View” for this meeting. The symbol for this is a grid of nine squares in the (usually) upper right corner of the screen.