**Required Attendance:**

1. Be on time. Or, at the very least, be fashionably late.
2. Bring your A-game. Or, if you don't have one, bring a snack.
3. Engage in meaningful conversation, or at the very least, pretend to.
4. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, bring your aunt Mildred.

Tardiness Penalty Policy

**Do not: **

Cross your arms, or any other limbs, across the table. It's just a table.
Tap your feet, or stomp, or otherwise make unnecessary noise.
Make small talk about the weather. It's always about the weather.
Talk about your feelings. Unless you're feeling feelings about the meeting.

Secret Tacticts

**Remember, this is a meeting about the Tense-Takedown. Be on your best behavior.