AMEC from time to time will host member only Chatham House Rules Townhall discussions. This is strictly an AMEC Members-Only closed forum unless advertised otherwise and we require all attendees to agree to the rules as follows: “When a meeting or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.” It is a common misconception that the rule directly translates as “what goes on in the room stays in the room” because although the speakers remain anonymous, the information shared in the meeting can still be quoted outside. For example, a person tweeting about the event afterwards can share information about the event, as long as they never identify the person who made the comments or any other participant. The attendance list must also remain anonymous, except to those who are attending and if any attendees were to break the rule, they would face appropriate sanction, which is usually in the form of future exclusion from all institute activities. By providing anonymity to speakers, the Chatham House Rule encourages openness, as it allows people to voice their own honest opinions, and express views that may not be those of their own organisations. The rule aims to strengthen business relationships by providing a ‘safe’ space in which people don’t have to worry about their reputation or the risk of being publicly quoted in the future.