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When is the next online meeting? Zoom #?
Ostomy | Last Active: Sep 6 12:09pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
With respect to the Phoenix Mayo group, when I started attending in 5/23, they did host the meeting in a conference room that had some in-person attendees.
Although Candy continued to host meetings in a conference room, no one was in-person for the last couple of meetings before it was suspended in 5/24.
I presume when they resume they could continue to host in a conference room so people can attend in person if they want. But the Phoenix campus is not particularly convenient. It is ~ 1-1/2 hour drive each way, and can be much longer during rush hour. So while I can sympathize with you, for me zoom is more practical.
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Yeah, in-person meetings can be a drag if you don't leave near the location. I used to live 5 minutes from the Mayo Phoenix campus, and now I am 25 minutes each way. I remember having a 90-minute one-way drive when I worked in Chandler in the before times, and it was horrible to do every day.
I have tried to go to the only in-person group that has 3 locations around the valley (there is another group that has one in Mesa, but too far for me). Their website was not up today for their summer schedule, so I showed up to an empty room. This is one of the downsides to in-person meetings, especially when you are new, and it's your first time going to such a meeting. There is always the risk of the website being accurate and then wasting time driving there.
I am not comfortable talking about personal things like my stoma over Zoom with strangers, as I do not know if they are recording the video and audio secretly. I work in technology, so I know it is easy to do these things without the Zoom app knowing about them. Also, if it were officially being recorded to share with others, I probably would only listen and not participate much due to privacy concerns.