As of January 2012, the members meeting
will no longer be held (see
the announcement).
We encourage everyone to instead join us
in our
Facebook groups, which now serve as our
meeting and gathering places.
Note: At this time, we
have ended our subscription to GoToMeeting
and are no longer using it. However,
we were very impressed by the program and
recommend it highly, and we may use it again
in the future, so we are leaving these
instructions up in the hope that they
continue to help people:
For a detailed explanation of the
features and capabilities of GoToMeeting,
you might watch our
GoToMeeting webinar. There are also
excellent resources on the GoToMeeting
website (for example
support and
user help).
Important: Before trying
to join the meeting room or use GoToMeeting,
make sure your audio settings (microphone,
speakers, headset, etc.) are properly
configured. If your audio devices are
not correctly set up, they will not work in
GoToMeeting or anywhere else. However,
if you can speak and hear in programs such
as Paltalk, Skype, etc., you should have no
trouble with GoToMeeting.
To join a meeting room in GoToMeeting,
the creator of the meeting needs to send you
the link. Just click the link to join.
Alternatively the meeting creator might
send you the Meeting ID (six numbers).
In this case, go to
www.gotomeeting.com, click on "Join a
Meeting" at the top, and enter the Meeting
ID.
Either way, you will then be taken to a webpage where
the GoToMeeting program will automatically
download and install (if nothing happens,
click on "Launch Software", or click on
"download GoToMeeting" to download
it to your computer and install it yourself). You may
have to tell your antivirus programs, firewalls, browser, etc. to allow
the download. Once the program is
downloaded and installed, you will enter the
meeting room (Note: If the room has not yet been opened by the
moderator, you will be put on a waiting list until it is opened).
If your audio settings are properly set
up, you should be able to speak and hear immediately.
However, if you have trouble, GoToMeeting has provided an excellent
Audio Setup section which you can use to
troubleshoot your problem and properly
configure your settings.
The audio in GoToMeeting is voice activated, and
there is no push to talk option; therefore, please plan to be in a quiet
place with a good microphone and headphones (so there is no feedback or
background noise). It is very disturbing to the rest of the
participants if your headset is not working properly, your external
speakers are on and so we hear a sound loop, or there are background
noises. So please make sure that you come to the room prepared.
If your sound is
causing problems or there is background
noise where you are, an
alternative is to go to "mute" mode and un-mute yourself when you want
to talk. To do this: In GoToMeeting, click on the green button with the picture of a
microphone. The picture should become greyed out, and a red line should appear over the microphone
next to your name, showing that you are
muted. By doing this no noise from
your computer can be heard in the room.
However, you can still hear the room
conversation. When you want to talk,
just push the button again (so it becomes
green again) and talk.
If your setup becomes disturbing to
others and is not fixed, you might be
permanently muted or bounced from the room to help others to
have a peaceful conversation!
