OPEN MEETING RESOLUTION via ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

Please be advised that the Open Meeting Resolution, Section 3, has been unanimously approved by the Advisory Committee this morning. It was referred to the Officers' Committee, which will refer this matter to the Executive Board, with or without recommendation. It will be presented at the next meeting of the Delegate Assembly for final adoption. The following proposed amendment to the Open Meeting Resolution, Section 3, is as follows:

Section 3: THAT the Officers’ Committee shall be exempt from these meeting provisions in order to make the mundane and low impact decisions necessary to be made on a regular basis or to hold meetings for the purpose of information sharing and informal discussion on matters of importance, except, that the monthly meetings or Special Meetings or informal meetings on any matter that requires AND produces a final Officers’ Committee recommendation or final report to the Executive Board shall be bound by the provisions of this Resolution. In addition, meetings of any committee which are of such a time sensitive nature that they cannot reasonably meet the 48 hour noticing requirement may be held without such notice. The minutes of any such “Emergency Meetings” shall be recorded and distributed to the Executive Board and Delegate Assembly along with the minutes of the monthly meetings of the Officers’ Committee and Executive Board.