BevHirz Posted July 17, 2012 at 06:38 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 06:38 PM I am a board member and attended an Executive Committee. During discussion I was told I would haveto leave because they were going in to Executive Session to discuss a personnel issue. I did not challengethe request but feel it was incorrect as I am a board member. Can I have verification on a rule in Robert'splease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:07 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:07 PM Are you a member of the executive committee that was meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BevHirz Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:12 PM Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:12 PM No and the personnel issue was about a staff person. These meetings are open to Board membersand sometimes agency members attend. I could see asking an agency member to leave but nota Board member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:14 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 07:14 PM If you are not a member of the body that is meeting, you attend at their invitation. If they say you gotta go, you gotta go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted July 17, 2012 at 08:15 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 08:15 PM I am a board member and attended an Executive Committee. During discussion I was told I would haveto leave because they were going in to Executive Session to discuss a personnel issue. I did not challengethe request but feel it was incorrect as I am a board member. Can I have verification on a rule in Robert'splease?Per RONR, the Executive Committee is made up of members of the Board, and as such is a "board within a board." (RONR 11th ed., p. 485) We'll assume (dangerous as that always is) your bylaws establish the Executive Committee as an entity separate from your Board.You say you "attended an Executive Committee." Do you mean you attended a meeting of the Executive Committee? If that is the case, then as a non-member of the Executive Committee, you have no rights relative to it (per RONR) including the right to attend. If you (or any other non-members of the Executive Committee) are allowed to attend their meetings, it is only because they allow it. And they can disallow it (by majority vote, or unanimous consent) at any time, even if they aren't going into Executive Session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BevHirz Posted July 17, 2012 at 09:18 PM Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 at 09:18 PM Thank you all for your information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lenny Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:08 PM Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:08 PM Should information discussed in executive session at a school board meeting be discussed with non memebrs of the board? I.e spefics of why a staff member may have acted a certain way that potentially could cost them their job, or that she/he has an illness in the family that was distracting him or how members voted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:16 PM Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:16 PM Should information discussed in executive session at a school board meeting be discussed with non memebrs of the board? I.e spefics of why a staff member may have acted a certain way that potentially could cost them their job, or that she/he has an illness in the family that was distracting him or how members voted?Executive session specifically means that the participants have a duty to maintain confidentiality about what happened at the meeting. Discussing what happened at the meeting with nonmembers violates that obligation.For future reference, this forum works better if you start a new topic to ask your new question (even if the question is related to something discussed in an existing thread/topic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:19 PM Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 at 07:19 PM The simple answer to your question is "no". Executive sessions are secret sessions with no information spread around outside of the members of the group actually meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted August 4, 2012 at 01:49 AM Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 at 01:49 AM Maybe somehow these discussion threads could be made individual executive sessions, so that posters like Guest_Lenny would automatically start a new thread ...?Perhaps by applying the CAPCHA code to every thread. Then everyone will enjoy the challenge.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMargaret Posted August 4, 2012 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 at 03:02 PM I am a board member and attended an Executive Committee. BevHirz, do you also have board meetings? Is the meeting of the board considered a different meeting than a meeting of the Executive Committee?People do tend to get confused between Executive Board, Executive Committee, and Executive Session - all are very different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted August 5, 2012 at 04:55 AM Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 at 04:55 AM People do tend to get confused between Executive Board, Executive Committee, and Executive Session - all are very different things.Can't be said enough. And excellently said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.