I guess it is what it is, but there's no way I'd give up my phone. Turn it off, yes. Not give it up.
Good grief, really. My chapter used to collect phones before meetings and honestly it was great, things moved a lot faster and everyone was focused on what was going on at chapter and not a million other things.
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