are meetings usually held in exectuitve session with only elected board members present?

[Guest joanna]

Are meeting usually held in exectuitive session with only elected board members in attendence

[Chris Harrison]

Some organizations meet exclusively in Executive Session some only meet occasionally and some never meet in Executive Session. All members of the body which is meeting have a right to attend Executive Sessions.

[Rev Ed]

I can't remember where it is in RONR, but I am 99% sure that RONR states that Boards normally meet in Executive Session.

Normally, if there is no sunshine rule in affect (either by statute or in the organization's By-laws) I my default position is that all meetings are automatically held in Executive Session unless specifically stated otherwise. Why would I say this? Simple, unless a non-member is informed of the meeting, how would non-members know of a meeting.

[Chris Harrison]

Normally, if there is no sunshine rule in affect (either by statute or in the organization's By-laws) I my default position is that all meetings are automatically held in Executive Session unless specifically stated otherwise. Why would I say this? Simple, unless a non-member is informed of the meeting, how would non-members know of a meeting.

True, but I don't think that excluding nonmembers should be the main reason for an assembly who understands RONR to be going into Executive Session since one of the major parts of Executive Session is that the members have a duty (under the pain of disciplinary action) to not divulge what happened to anyone who isn't a member of the body and they can keep nonmembers out no matter whether they are meeting in Executive Session or not..

[Dan Honemann]

I can't remember where it is in RONR, but I am 99% sure that RONR states that Boards normally meet in Executive Session.

Then I'm afraid that (at least since the advent of the 11th edition) you are 99% wrong.

[George Mervosh]

Then I'm afraid that (at least since the advent of the 11th edition) you are 99% wrong.

And nothing is true if RONR doesn't say it's true

[Gary Novosielski]

And nothing is true if RONR doesn't say it's true

Umm, including that statement?

[George Mervosh]

Umm, including that statement?

I'm quoting a higher source. HPL

[Gary c Tesser]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft?

[J. J.]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft?

Wrong "elder sign."

Boards and committees were said to "customarily" meet in executive session in 10th edition. The 11th edition removes that language.

That is the 10th and 11th edition of RONR, not the Necronomicon.

[George Mervosh]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft?

Blasphemy of HPL will get you removed from the overnight crew faster than you can spell Fluffy.