Every Thursday. The open seat is yours if you want it.
The flagship rhythm of the platform. Same time every week, hosted by a different member or pair on rotation, open conversation with no agenda. It's the village version of the family dinner you might be missing — without the family politics.
Same hour every Thursday — pick the slot that matches your timezone. The point is predictability. You don't decide each week whether to come; you just come (or don't).
Members take turns hosting. Hosts set a light theme or just open the floor. No prep required to attend; light prep to host.
Always one seat reserved for someone new. New members get invited to Thursday Table first — the village showing up for the new person.
Voice over video. Less screen fatigue. Easier to drop in from a kitchen, a car, a walk. Cameras optional always.
What happens at the Table stays at the Table. The platform doesn't log voice content. Norms enforce that members don't either.
Each session has one optional prompt — pulled from the book's discussion guides, or operator-curated. Take it or leave it; the conversation goes where it goes.
From The Grand Matriarchy Companion — the Dragon Den, a neighborhood bar where dragons with honestly different views meet on Tuesday nights and argue about family and connection. Thursday Table is the same idea, transposed: same rhythm, same posture, real humans, no dragons.