Meetings

We appreciate your consideration of the following rules and guidelines:

1. Members serve as goodwill ambassadors for their agency and the Governor of the State of Washington.
2. Members are on time.
3. Members are engaged and actively participating.
4. Members treat their colleagues and guests with respect. Members will not interrupt or denigrate their peers.
5. Members are accountable for their words and actions.
6. Members keep an open mind and assume the best of their peers.
7. Members are encouraged to voice differing opinions. The parts are greater than the sum of the whole.
8. Members will share and utilize their business knowledge.
9. Members will make decisions in an inclusive manner.
10. Members will introduce themselves to someone new or someone they do not know.
11. On meeting days, members are asked to avoid using scented deodorants, hair products, body sprays and lotions in consideration of others.
12. Representatives will notify the Membership Subcommittee Chair in advance of their absence from a meeting. In the event of an absence, the representative must submit a Meeting Proxy Form. The form allows an agency’s alternate to vote on their representative’s behalf.