Theos-Talk Archives (October 2008 Message tt00758)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> In the US, all elected public bodies have the following:
> 
> 1. The agenda should be made public certain number of days before the
> meeting.
> 2. The agenda should include even items which will be considered in an
> executive session. These include litigation matters and contract
> negotiations and personnel evaluation.
> 3. All meetings are open to the public.
> 4. All items in the agenda are discussed in public except those in
executive
> sessions.
> 5. All votes are taken in public. Everyone knows who is for and who is
> against a particular motion.
> 6. In all meetings, a time at the beginning is allocated for public
input.
> Anyone can sign up and speak for 2-3 minutes on any topic. Any number of
> people can sign up.
> 7. All minutes are public.
> 8. All documents submitted to the members of the governing board are
public.
> 
> There may be other suggestions that we can consider.
> 
> mkr

Here following questions arise.
Are you talking about Annual General Meeting or are you talking about
executive committee meeting? 
Should we consider General Council Meeting as executive committee
meeting or open session like Annual General Meeting?
Are agendas and minutes of executive committee meeting open to public?

Best
Anand Gholap