Staff Collective Ground Rules for Meetings

Staff Collective Ground Rules for Meetings: This is an attempt to have more constructive meetings and to alleviate what people may perceive as a toxic or hostile workplace.
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These ground rules were adopted at an all-day Staff Collective Meeting on Nov 1, 2010. (link to minutes forthcoming)

The following behaviors are usually counterproductive to having a reasonable meeting and should be avoided:

• eye rolling
• laughing at serious points or concerns
• hair pulling
• making things unnecessarily personal
• interrupting (Note: We need to set up guidelines of when it is appropriate to directly respond to something and when you need to wait your turn).
  • to correct a fallacy
  • to ask clarifying questions
• monopolizing speaking time
• raising voices to a yell or near-yell
• hyperbole
• assuming bad intent
• attacking or insulting
• talking about ghosts