Qualifications for and services by our serenity setters:

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We ask that all service volunteers be solvent, both at the time they volunteer and when they serve. Excellent reading skills and a pleasant voice are helpful.

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Serenity setters read their parts of the script slowly, clearly, calmly. We've set plenty of time aside for the opening reading. Although we sometimes rush the closing, you're welcome to remain serene and calm as you read. 

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Our host prepares our unique weekly scripts, usually one at a time, and shares the script on screen for readers. Usually the host is the only person to share anything, usually the script, on screen.

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Qualifications for and services by our timekeepers:

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We ask that all service volunteers be solvent, both at the time they volunteer and when they serve. Excellent listening skills and attention to detail are helpful.

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For the workshops, the reason we have a timekeeper is so that the rest of us, especially the person who's speaking or sharing, doesn't need to watch the clock, which some of us find quite distracting. Instead they can just do their service, and for the rest of us, we can just relax. We think that's important.
 

We request that our timekeepers not use the visible zoom timer app, and we ask that timekeepers speak up to give us time warnings. Please do not let your timer go off. No hand signals or other signage, please, just voice warnings. Here is the timekeeper position description we've created for our workshops:

 

We ask timekeepers to see themselves as doing service for the speaker or sharer, simply giving the time passed with as little disruption and distraction and interruption as possible. For instance, no need to say the speakers' or sharers' names. They know their names. What they need to know is how much time has passed since they started talking. Timekeeping is a low visibility, no attention-seeking service role.

 

We ask that our timekeepers follow the time requests made by our host, speakers, and sharers without telling us what to do or trying to manage the workshops. Our host will ask for confirmation of time warnings. We're odd: we ask our timekeepers to tell us how much time has passed, not how much time we have left.

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