1. Unless otherwise stated all meetings are OFF THE RECORD. The Next Century Foundation rule for off-the-record discussion is that anyone may take notes of the meeting for their private use and private dissemination but may not quote anyone other than themselves as speaking at the meeting or the content of anything said for public dissemination (unless given specific direct permission by that person to quote them). Public dissemination means dissemination in any form of media or social media. The NCF will usually take notes for its own reference and the private reference of those present who spoke. They will not generally be disseminated to those present who did not speak or to anyone else who was not present (though they may sometimes be available confidentially on request to full subscribing members of the NCF). Any of those present who chose to have their names redacted from these very private notes will have their wishes respected by the NCF.
2. The Next Century Foundation itself, and the NCF team if and when representing the NCF, will not support or promote sanctions that result in collective punishment, such as the American Caesar Act sanctions against Syria. Nor will the NCF itself promote the International Criminal Court or its actions. But those present in NCF meetings may of course choose to do so and are welcome to do so if relevant to the debate and if they so wish.
3. Language or suggestions may not be used during meetings that is liable to incite or be insulting or offensive. This does not mean that people may not make relevant comparisons in the course of debate, e.g. by calling Israel an apartheid state should they wish to do so. The current examples of what the Next Century Foundation finds provocative are just the following four:
   1. The use of the word “Regime” in place of the word “government”.
   2. Using the term “Holocaust” in regard to something other than the holocaust that took place during the Second World War.
   3. Using racist collective terms for a group, whether or not the intention is to be racist e.g. using “The Jewish” as a noun rather than “the Jews”.
   4. Inferring collective blame, e.g. the Gazans are all collectively responsible for the October 7th massacre. Or that Jews everywhere are collectively responsible for the actions of the State of Israel.

The image used above is from Gerd Altmann