Provisional Order on Double Device Join
The laptop audio was bad. The phone was brought in. There are now two of the same person on the call.
ANNUAL REVIEW Subject: Double Device Join Period Under Review: All Calls in Which This Occurred
Performance Summary
The practice of joining a single call from two devices has been evaluated across all known instances. The evaluation finds the practice to be in good standing. The call was attended. The audio was eventually resolved. Both devices functioned.
One of them was muted.
Background
Someone joins once on a laptop and once on a phone to solve audio problems and creates echo instead. The echo was not anticipated. The echo is always not anticipated. The phone was introduced as a solution. The phone was a second problem that temporarily obscured the first.
The call is meant to simplify coordination, yet everyone spends energy managing how participation looks. Two instances of the same participant require energy allocation that was not in the original meeting agenda.
Review of Outcomes
The first case of double device join changed one small decision without being discussed. The discussion, if it had occurred, would have covered which device to mute, whether the name should be changed from "[Name]'s iPhone" to distinguish it from "[Name]," and what to do about the delayed audio on the laptop that started the problem.
The discussion did not occur.
The Governing Rule
Meeting etiquette is valid whenever enough people copy a behavior before anyone names it. Double device join has been copied. It has not been named. It is therefore etiquette.
If double device join happens twice, the call must treat it as etiquette until someone risks objecting. Nobody has risked objecting.
Consequence Record
After repetition, other people begin adjusting their behavior around double device join. The host pauses on seeing two tiles. The pause is brief. The meeting proceeds.
Eventually double device join acquires an unwritten enforcement system that everyone denies creating. The second device is now part of how calls are managed.
Overall Rating
Functioning. The echo resolved within two minutes. The annual review period is closed.
Status
The laptop audio is still unreliable.