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House meetings are for the purpose of keeping the general body of the house informed of the house status, facilitating social interaction, and having the group vote on how to operate the co-op. Meeting minutes are emailed out to all on the email list, so if you are a current member, you will have access to them.
All North Campus [[Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC)|Inter-Cooperative]] Houses are governed by the [https://icc.coop/my-membership/governance/standing-rules/ ICC Standing Rules] and the [[Constitution]] & [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jDMF9yDc_RRIKP4mNqlXKZHvgLX307uxrvUTnzw9KYE/edit?usp=sharing Standing Rules] of the House. These documents can be found online and are often posted around the building. All citations given are to the House Constitution unless otherwise stated.
====Structure====
House Meetings generally use the following structure:
The specific order of the House Meeting agenda can vary (this is from the Fall/Winter 2016 - 2017 agendas).
====Facilitation====
The [[Vice President of Suites]] leads and keeps order at meetings and allows members to speak, giving each member a fair chance to speak. The [[Vice President of Suites]] and [[President]] may participate in discussion but should relinquish the chair temporarily when doing so in order to remain impartial.
====Frequency====
Regular House meetings are held every two weeks, and special House meetings are called when extraordinary business must be dealt with. House meetings follow the common rules of order called parliamentary procedure, except where otherwise specified in the House Constitution.
==== Proposals ====
====Release Requests====
[[release requests|Release requests]] for consideration at House meetings must be emailed to the President to be added to the next House meeting’s agenda. See the current President's emails for the deadline for submissions.
Release requests are debated in the following way:
* When private discussion is closed an officer goes to bring back the requesting member.
* The [[President]] sends out this ballot following each House Meeting and emails results 24 hours later.
===Traditional House Meeting Etiquette===
===Absentee Participation===
If you are not able to attend a meeting but still want your voice to be heard on an issue, you have a couple of options:
* Email the President a statement to be read during the meetingfor your proposal or another person's proposal. This has become more commonplace to do even if members are planning to be present because it can give more context in the agenda and minutes to members who are unable to attend.
* Read the meeting minutes and then vote on the ballot sent to the house via email.