Question
Retain Existing Raised Hands When New Hand Raises Are Disabled
When the host disables "Allow Participants to Raise Hand" in a Zoom Webinar, all existing raised hands are cleared from the queue.
We request that existing raised hands remain visible and retain their position in the queue, while preventing new participants from raising their hands.
This functionality is needed for public meetings, where the City Clerk closes public comment for an agenda item but must still recognize speakers who raised their hands before the comment period ended. The current behavior requires staff to take screenshots of the queue before disabling hand raises, creating unnecessary administrative burden and increasing the risk of errors.