Sorry for the late notice but this week’s DBT educational group has been canceled.

We will be doing our online meetings on Skype moving forward. The link to join the meeting is https://join.skype.com/qQZqpxtzGeEs and will remain the same from week to week.

Tips: for the best Skype experience, we recommend the Skype app, available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or on Android or iOS devices.

When you’re in the Skype call, you can change how many people are shown on your device using these instructions:

We are always trying to make the online meeting experience a little better here at Colonie DBSA. In an effort to do so, we’re going to try a different video/teleconferencing platform. Sorry to keep changing it up on you on. We’ll probably get this all figured out just in time to resume meetings in person 😉

Here’s the relevant info:
As always, our meetings begin at 7pm every Tuesday except for holidays & situations out of our control. In any event, we will always post here if a meeting is going to be canceled.
The website to go to: https://meet.google.com/dwv-yxun-zjy
If you would prefer to call in, the number is (424) 290-0262 & the PIN is: 829288419# . Even if you are not going to use video in the meeting, I highly recommend joining the group through the website. The phone number is long distance & the audio quality through the website/app is much better, generally speaking.
The room will open at ~6:45pm.

If you have any questions, please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm, as I will be getting the meeting prepared.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting & all future online meetings unless stated otherwise:
Colonie DBSA Meeting on WebEx
The password is what the letter “S” in DBSA stands for (seven letters, all lowercase). The meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45.

Click the above link on your computer or mobile device will prompt you to download the WebEx application, if you do not already have it. If you already have the WebEx application & you wish to manually enter the meeting code, it is: 126 276 5062 (same password as above).

If you would like to call in, the following dial-in phone numbers may be used:
1-646-992-2010 (NYC) or 1-415-655-0001 & the PIN is the touchtone number equivalent of the above mentioned password (7 digits). Please be advised that these are NOT toll-free numbers & long distance rates do apply if you do not have free nationwide calling plan on the phone you are calling from.

If you have any questions, please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm, as I am getting the meeting prepared.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting & all future online meetings unless stated otherwise:
Colonie DBSA Meeting on WebEx
The password is what the letter “S” in DBSA stands for (seven letters, all lowercase). The meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45.

Click the above link on your computer or mobile device will prompt you to download the WebEx application if you do not already have it. If you already have the WebEx application & you wish to manually enter the meeting code, it is: 126 276 5062 (same password as above).

If you would like to call in, the following dial-in phone numbers may be used:
+1-646-992-2010 (NYC) or +1-415-655-0001 & the PIN is the touchtone number equivalent of the above mentioned password (7 digits). Please be advised that these are NOT toll-free numbers & long distance rates do apply if you do not have free nationwide calling from the phone you are calling from.

Thank you for your patience in getting this free videoconferencing platform & a very special thank you to fellow facilitator, Sarah, for kindly fronting the money for this service until we can pay her back with donations. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm as I am getting the meeting prepared.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting:
https://meet.jit.si/AdverseBasesExistAround
There is no password. As always, the meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45 or slightly earlier.

All you need to do to join the group is click on the above link. If you wish to use the mobile apps, which does have more features available than joining via your web browser, you can use the following links:

Click here to download the Jitsi iOS app for the iPhone & iPad.

Click here to download the Jitsi Android app.

If you would like call in, the dial-in phone number is: Dial-in: (512) 647-1431 PIN: 1997 0174 51# . Please note: we have had issues with Jitsu’s dial-in phone system appeared to be overloaded or not operational, in the past. We are working on a solution. I apologize for this issue & I am trying to develop a workaround. In the meantime, if you have difficulty calling in, I suggest going to the group webpage: https://meet.jit.si/AdverseBasesExistAround & join the group that way. No registration is required & you can disable the video option when you join the meeting if you do not wish to use that function.

Thank you for your patience in getting this free videoconferencing platform to work for us as we don’t have money in the budget for a premium videoconferencing platform. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm as I am getting the meeting prepared.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting:
https://meet.jit.si/AppropriatePsychologiesAccommodatePredominantly
There is no password. As always, the meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45 or slightly earlier.

All you need to do to join the group is click on the above link. If you wish to use the mobile apps, which does have more features available than joining via your web browser, you can use the following links:

Click here to download the Jitsi iOS app for the iPhone & iPad.

Click here to download the Jitsi Android app.

If you would like call in, the dial-in phone number is: (512) 647-1431,
PIN: 847 751 784# . Please note: we have had issues with Jitsu’s dial-in phone system appeared to be overloaded or not operational, in the past. We are working on a solution. I apologize for this issue & I am trying to develop a workaround. In the meantime, if you have difficulty calling in, I suggest going to the group webpage: https://meet.jit.si/AppropriatePsychologiesAccommodatePredominantly & join the group that way. No registration is required & you can disable the video option when you join the meeting if you do not wish to use that function.

Thank you for your patience in getting this free videoconferencing platform to work for us as we don’t have money in the budget for a premium videoconferencing platform. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm as I am getting the meeting prepared.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting:
https://meet.jit.si/FriendlyOutragesRiseAny
There is no password. As always, the meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45 or slightly earlier.

All you need to do to join the group is click on the above link. If you wish to use the mobile apps, which does have more features available than joining via your web browser, you can use the following links:

Click here to download the Jitsi iOS app for the iPhone & iPad.

Click here to download the Jitsi Android app.

If you would like call in, the dial-in phone number is: (512) 647-1431,
PIN: 2046 2728 71# . Please note: we have had issues with Jitsu’s dial-in phone system appeared to be overloaded or not operational, in the past. We are working on a solution. I apologize for this issue & I am trying to develop a workaround. In the meantime, if you have difficulty calling in, I suggest going to the group webpage: https://meet.jit.si/FriendlyOutragesRiseAny & join the group that way. No registration is required & you can disable the video option when you join the meeting if you do not wish to use that function.

Thank you for your patience in getting this free videoconferencing platform to work for us as we don’t have money in the budget for a premium videoconferencing platform. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576. Please do not call me after 6:45pm as I am getting the meeting prepared.

As mentioned in my last post, we are migrating to a new online meeting platform. We have switch to Jitsi due to time restrictions placed on us by the previous platform.

Here is the link for this week’s meeting: https://meet.jit.si/SocialJurisdictionsKickHalf
Same as previously, the password is what the “S” stands for in DBSA (all lowercase). As always, the meeting starts at 7pm & the meeting room will be open at 6:45 or earlier.

Click here to download the Jitsi iOS app for the iPhone & iPad.

Click here to download the Jitsi Android app.

You should be able to access the meeting on any computer or mobile device by simply clicking on the meeting link (https://meet.jit.si/SocialJurisdictionsKickHalf) but the applications on mobile devices will probably perform better & have more features than accessing the meeting via a web browser.

The dial-in phone number: (512) 647-1431, PIN: 2930 2662 21#

Thank you for your patience in this matter & I apologize in my tardiness in getting this information out. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text/call me at (518) 380-6576.

Effective after tonight’s meeting (6/25/2020), will be discontinuing Thursday meetings due to consistent lack of interest/attention. It is our hope to restart Thursday meetings once we resume in-person meetings.

Regarding in-person meetings, interest expressed in having them is growing & we have been listening. While it is still too early to commit to anything definitively, we do have a potential outdoor venue that is secluded enough to maintain the privacy we have become accustomed to with our meetings. The reason we are choosing an outdoor venue is to reduce the potential for transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, including the fact that our normal in-person meeting place is just too small to maintain a safe level of social distancing at this time.

When start to have in-person meetings will be having a transition period where we will be having one online meeting once per week as well one in-person meeting per week (weather permitting for the in-person meetings). We will keep you posted as soon as we have more specific information.

At some point in the near future, we will be needing to switch to a different service to conduct our online meetings due to increased restrictions regarding meeting lengths. Most likely, we will be switching to Google Meet away from using Cisco’s Webex service. What this means for you as a meeting attendee is that you will probably need to download another app if you are using a smartphone or iPad, if you wish to use the videoconferencing feature (you can still connect to the meeting via a phone number as with WebEx if you just want to join as a voice chat participant).

Thank you for your patience as we all work through this. If you have any questions please email me at JoshColonieDBSA@gmail.com or text or call me at ‭(518) 380-6576.