All members shall be open and honest in their dealings and show respect for other members
All speakers will address themselves through the Chairperson
Only one person shall speak at a time
All speakers shall be polite and not raise their voices
All speakers shall respect all others in attendance and shall not use offensive language.
All forums observe equal opportunities and respect diversity of all community members. Racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic and discriminatory language aimed at disabled people will not be acceptable or tolerated so please do not air personal views that are likely to offend.
All speakers will keep to the subject under discussion
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, each person may speak only once on an issue until every other member has had the opportunity to speak thereby accounting for all opinions
All members shall abide by the decisions taken at meetings
If any member does not abide by the Code of Conduct, there will be a warning that if they break the Code of Conduct they may be asked to leave the meeting
The offending member will be told that three warnings will be given and this is the first warning
The offending member will be told that there may be two further warnings and at the third case shall ask the meeting to vote on whether the member should be asked to leave the meeting
In the event of there being a conflict of interest (or potential conflict of interest) this must be disclosed to the meeting and if necessary, the member who has disclosed the conflict, (or potential conflict), whether financial or non-financial, shall absent themselves from the meeting whilst the subject is under discussion. Political references shall be avoided.
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