some suggestions
when I was EVP I had to battle this a little bit. I threatened to have a cell phone basket at meetings...where everyone would have to put their phone in the basket at the beginning of meeting so that there would be no texting! We also had everyone line up their purses against the wall and notebooks were to be placed under the chair in front of you, until you were told you could take notes, vote, etc. That all worked pretty well. I think there's always going to be some kind of antsy-ness at meetings, i know especially when things get long and ahem, boring.
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