CLD June Virtual Happy Hour 2020

Let’s get social (while practicing social distancing)! The ATA CLD Leadership Council would like to invite you to our first virtual happy hour at 6:30 pm EDT on Wednesday, June 24. We will meet on SpatialChat, a simple to use meeting platform IDEAL for our purpose. But only the first 50 people who arrive in our “space” will get in, so please be there on time!

This is what you’ll need to do:

1. Register for the event on Eventbrite. You will receive a link upon registration. Click on the link at the time and date of the event. (Registration does not guarantee you have a ”saved seat.” You still need to show up in time to get in.)

2. Once you log into Spatial, it will ask for your name. After typing in your name, you will be sent to our meet-up “space.”

3. In this “space,” you have a bubble with your video. Make sure your audio and video are turned on and working.

4. You can move yourself (in your bubble) around with your cursor in the “space” to create small clusters for conversation, like a real-life conversation. If you’re not close to another person’s bubble, then you can’t hear them.

5. Everyone starts (appears) in the middle of the “space.” We will do a little warm-up exercise for the first 10 minutes or so. Afterwards, you can move out of the middle to create the small clusters for separate conversations.

Please be sure to enter your real name (English and/or Chinese) before you enter the “space.”

Unfortunately, Spatial only supports 50 people in one “space,” so only the first 50 people who arrive will be automatically admitted. If we have a big turnout, we’ll definitely host more events like this in the future.

We’re planning many exciting things for our fellow Chinese translators and interpreters, especially during these challenging times. Please stay tuned to our announcements through the ATA broadcast as well as on our WeChat group, Facebook page, LinkedIn group, and listserv.

Oh, and one more thing! By signing up for the event, you agree to abide by the ATA Antitrust Compliance Policy. In particular, “[m]embers should be extremely careful about discussing prices or fees.”

Learn about SpatialChat’s Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions, please email us at ATAChineseLanguageDivision@gmail.com.

See you next Wednesday!