Mission, values, and meeting charter

Documents our co-created CYGNA mission and values and our meeting charter

By joining our mailing list you commit to supporting our CYGNA mission, values and meeting charter.

CYGNA mission

CYGNA's mission is to provide an inclusive space where members support one anothershare knowledge and wisdom to encourage: empowerment and career development; inspiration and curiosity; the exchange of ideas and collaboration; and friendship.

CYGNA's eight core values

  • Community
  • Generosity
  • Kindness
  • Trust
  • Support
  • Respect
  • Safety
  • Contagious enthusiasm

CYGNA charter

To maintain our ethos, our members are expected to follow the following principles:

  1. Respect and nurture CYGNA's ethos by modeling our values, both within and outside meetings.
  2. Ensure meeting invites stay within the network only.
  3. Keep discussions in CYGNA sessions and on the mailing list fully confidential. 

Rules of engagement for online meetings

We want to keep our online meetings are a secure and safe place for everyone to share their views. Therefore, we would like to ask you to help us by adhering to the following additional principles:

  1. Try your best to join the meeting on time. Our meetings are not run in a webinar setting and speakers see the audience. So it is a bit disruptive if many members drop in late.
  2. Ensure your Zoom name includes your first and last name, that your Zoom profile includes a photo, and that you are muted when you are not speaking.
  3. Switch on your camera when joining a CYGNA meeting so we know who is joining us. We prefer you to keep your camera on during the entire meeting; it contributes to CYGNA being a "safe space". However, we understand that some of you have good reasons for switching if off. 

What if I can't attend a meeting after all?

We are aware of and sensitive to the multiple demands on your time, and so we of course understand if you register but then cannot attend.

But please remember that event organisers are volunteers who put considerable time and commitment into preparing an engaging CYGNA event for participants and they often need to estimate attendance to plan activities.

So if you know it is unlikely you will attend, please register when you are more likely to attend than not; and if you are registered but cannot attend, please let organisers know in advance. 

What does CYGNA mean to its members?

At our 50th meeting we also asked members to share a few words about what CYGNA meant to them on a Padlet. We think the result is pretty amazing :-).

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