NOPLE Meeting Decorum

To participate in NOPLE meetings, attendees agree to abide by the following rules:

• Attendees recognize that the chair is in charge of the meeting, and will immediately abide by all calls for order.
• Attendees should wait until recognized by the chair before speaking and then address themselves to the chair, speaking only to the current issue.
• Attendees should treat each other with respect and be sensitive to the physical, informational, and social needs of others.
• Attendees should refrain from parliamentary maneuvering, political game playing, or attacking each other's motives.
• Thomas Jefferson's advice is still good: "No one is to disturb another in his speech by hissing, coughing, spitting, speaking or whispering to another, etc."