Is there “crosstalk” at Lamplighters meetings?
Our members have a choice of addressing the entire group at once (as when sharing on an AA topic), addressing an individual privately (so that others are not privy to the conversation), or addressing an individual within the meeting context so that all can “listen in.” It works almost identically to face-to-face meetings in this respect. We have discovered that crosstalk is particularly suited to the medium of email – and almost impossible to suppress, even if we wanted to. So Lamplighters encourages crosstalk, as long as it doesn’t become overly personal, contentious, or gets into outside issues like politics or religion.
