5 Steps to have a Successful Live Event for your Government Organization

our city council is running its meetings using Teams, but the public speaking segment is kind of torturous.  members of the public wanting to speak must register (as they always have) prior to meeting and provide a phone number. when it's their turn to speak, they're called from a city phone and allotted their 3 minutes.  it's very cumbersome.  i see other towns just allowing Q&A or emailed comments, but that lacks immediacy, and if needed - give and take between the public and elected officials.

i'm trying to find documentation on the "Lobby" feature of Teams so that potential speakers could be queued up and then let into the meeting one by one.  i'm not sure we'd allow camera access - folks are terrified of "zoombombing" - but it would seem to make a lot more sense speaking via PC than sitting at home waiting for a call.  naturally, we could moderate comments, albeit moderately - even at a live council meeting people have a right to a certain amount of speech that others might find offensive - that's an issue for the attorneys, not me (thankfully).

if anyone could point me in the right direction or has any experience with this feature, i'd appreciate it.  the MS-Teams documentation isn't really giving me what i need.

thanks!