Speaking when the chair calls you to speak:
1. Introduce yourself with your name, pronouns and your role (that you are using to speak in this capacity). The chair will prompt you to provide this information if it is missed.
2. The chair will invite you to continue and begin your time.
3. Speak about your point.
4. Addressing other students, the way we speak about and refer to other individuals in the meeting is important to ensuring everyone is comfortable to contribute their ideas.
We will adopt gender-neutral language throughout the meetings - this means:
- Refer to everyone using they/them/their(s) pronouns unless they have stated otherwise in their introduction, in which case use the pronouns they gave.
- Try to avoid group gendered terms where possible, for example say, “hello everyone” instead of “hello ladies and gentlemen”.