Basic Rules
- Respect all members, regardless of your liking towards them, in private & public conversations. Be considerate of other people's feelings and boundaries.
- Please try to keep text discussion accessible (readable names, tone tags)
- Please don't post ads or NSFW text, media, or links.
Support Meeting Guidelines
These are the guidelines we follow for our support group meetings. The guidelines are ideally acknowledged by the group before our meeting.
- We're inclusive and mindful of attendees' accessibility needs
- Meetings are led by the facilitators
- We raise our hand to request to speak
- We don't use violent language
- We take continuous responsibility for our own emotional state. If someone says something uncomfy, we try to voice it so that the table may gain a wider perspective, or step away from the table to self regulate if needed.
- We always respect confidentiality within the group
- 10+ people present: we use the "speaker ball" (Ballric) to indicate who has the floor
Ballric (10+ people present)
- A large fluffy ball is passed around representing the “designated speaker” visually. This will intentionally slow down discussion, helping us share the floor with all attendees.
- Goal: avoid speaking without Ballric. Raise your hand to request it.
- Paper & mini pencils provided to write down burning thoughts when it’s not your turn
- By default you may pass to the right & it continues to pass in a circle until someone requests it - then it can be rolled across to them.
- No dribbling (no back and forth passing Ballric to the same speakers)
- Out of turn interjections are limited, especially if someone has already just spoken.
In the interest of clarity/aiding in disputes, here's our moderator conduct guidelines in detail!