====== Intranet Meeting Etiquette ======
This is an unofficial document. It is meant to be a reference, to help meetings run smoother.

===== Introductions =====

  * Always include your Chapter during roll call.
  * When stating your position/ role, include that as it relates to the meeting. (Ex: If you’re a Chapter Vice President, and you’re proxying at a NITC meeting, don’t write “Vice President”; write “proxy”.)
  * Please be sure to change your display name so people know you by your actual name instead of your intranet username. Check out the [[http://mubetapsi.org/intranet/chat-faq/#changeNick|Chat FAQ]] for directions

===== Settings =====
  * You can change your font and color so that your text stands out from the others.
  * Try to avoid obnoxious color/font combinations.

===== Shortcut symbols =====

  ;!
  :Raising your hand to call for the floor to make a statement. Use this when obtaining the floor to answer a question asked by the chair, to make a motion, or when making a general statement.

  ;?
  :Raising your hand to call for the floor to ask a question (point of information).

  ;/
  :Yield the floor after speaking (so everyone knows you’re done typing).

  ;:30 (or other number)
  :The number is an allotted time (in seconds). The Chair asks a question and leaves a certain amount of time within which to respond.

===== Tips to make the meeting go faster =====
  * **Type out as much as possible in advance in a Word document (or another word processor)**. Then you can copy and paste into the typing box. Be sure to yield when finished. 
  * Keep your comments as concise as possible
  * Do not engage in circular discussion
  * **Be sure to follow along.** Meetings online move much more smoothly when everyone is paying attention and doing as little multitasking as possible. You wouldn’t want someone watching a movie on Netflix during an in-person Psi meeting, right?  Mu Beta Psi is important to all of us.
  * **Be vocal!** As a Brother, you have a voice. Don’t just wait for someone else to say what you’re thinking or to ask the questions you’re wondering.

===== Basic motion phrases =====
  * Main motion: "I move to..."
  * Changing a motion: "I move to amend the motion to..."
  * Asking a question/requesting information related to a main motion: "Point of information" (can interrupt)
  * Calling attention to a broken rule or procedure: "Point of order" (Can interrupt)