<div dir="ltr">I'm down with this language. As far as action in an executive session, I'd prefer that there not be the ability to take action in executive session, but am not gonna fight it if others want the ability.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Grace Dunbar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gdunbar@esilibrary.com" target="_blank">gdunbar@esilibrary.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>Attached, belatedly, but as promised, please find a slightly modified Executive Session document I'm proposing for adoption into the Rules of Governance. Thanks for the input form everyone who responded on that thread.</div><div><br></div>It was mentioned on the thread that no actions are possible in Executive Sessions and, while that may be true in some organizations, it is not true as a whole. Robert's Rules allows actions and voting in Executive session - the only difference between executive session and regular session is the fact that executive session is "secret". <div><br></div><div>We can choose to include that if we wish but I don't see any need to at this point as our Board doesn't have the kind of power that would make this necessary - like the power to remove the Head of the School Board or something of that nature. <br><div><br></div><div>Please remember, the purpose of executive session in governmental bodies is not to hide important information from the members or the public, but to protect the innocent and to allow the Board to speak freely on sensitive matters that should not be discussed openly for legal reasons or out of sensitivity.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Grace<br><div><br></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:x-small">Grace Dunbar, Vice President</span></div><font size="1">
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