Community Agreements

Community Agreements

 


ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

The participants considered various community agreements before deciding on the following for how they will treat each other and the work:

  • Respect each other in action and in speech.
  • Stay present.
  • Listen with an open mind.
  • Arrive prepared and ready to engage.
  • Consider your thoughts before speaking.
  • Honesty in all communications.
  • Contribute from your lived experience.
  • Clarify to avoid assumptions.
  • Plain speak as much as possible.
  • Avoid acronyms and complicated verbiage.
  • Ask questions out of curiosity.
  • Use specific (brief) examples for clarity.
  • Be open to different modes of expression (cultural/linguistic).
  • Respectful disagreement is okay.