[Ansteorra] [Southern] CLOSED MEETINGS
mikea
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Mon Jan 14 08:51:19 PST 2008
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:33:45AM -0800, gail young wrote:
> Although I do not have the code in front of me, unless they have changed the laws, organizations including 501K's CAN have closed meetings. The law there pertains specifically to open RECORDS. For example, I work for the public schools and the school board has closed door sessions all the time.
> gwyneth
Here in Darkest Oklahoma, the laws concerning closed meetings of orgs
that receive any sort of government funds are quite strict, and are
stringently enforced.
The SCA, however, does not (to the best of my knowledge) receive any
Federal or state funds, and so the rules are considerably less strict.
The rules require that the books be made available for inspection by
members at reasonable times, &c., and the corporation learned a hard
lesson about this some time back. The meetings, however, come under no
such requirement until and unless the SCA receives Federal or state
funds.
I, too, think that transparency is better than opacity when it comes
to the governance of the game we call the SCA, but also can see how
actually _getting_the_work_done_ in a reasonable amount of time and
without distractions might incline the workers towards closing the
meetings. In the event that a closed meeting is held, I diffidently
submit that minutes of that meeting might -- and, I think, _should_ --
be made available to members.
--
Mike Andrews / Michael Fenwick Barony of Namron, Ansteorra
mikea at mikea.ath.cx / Amateur Extra radio operator W5EGO
Tired old music Laurel; Chirurgeon; SCAdian since AS XI
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