Executive Session, valid reasons for a topic being discussed in Exec Session

[Guest CB]

What are valid reasons for discussing a topic in Executive Session rather than in a Regular Session? Personnel, Litigation perhaps? Others?

[Guest Edgar]

What are valid reasons for discussing a topic in Executive Session rather than in a Regular Session? Personnel, Litigation perhaps? Others?

No reason, valid or otherwise, is required for an assembly to decide to meet in executive session.

[George Mervosh]

There doesn't need to be a reason for entering into executive session when RONR applies......everything you listed is fair game....even no reason is fine.

RONR does require discipline be handled in executive session.

[Guest CB]

If a topic was originally discussed in Regular Session with public present, then moved to Executive Session in a subsequent meeting, the public has no recourse. Is this accurate?

[JohnR]

Recourse to what?

[Guest Guest]

Recourse to have the issue discussed in public session if it has not been resolved.

[Guest Edgar]

Recourse to have the issue discussed in public session if it has not been resolved.

As far as RONR is concerned, "the public" is just another term for "non-members" and, in RONR-Land, non-members have no (parliamentary) rights. However if you're referring to some sort of governmental body (or other quasi-public body) there may very well be other rules and laws which apply.

[Guest CB]

Thanks for the insights.

[Gary Novosielski]

However if you're referring to some sort of governmental body (or other quasi-public body) there may very well be other rules and laws which apply.

And those rules inevitably will contain restrictions on what items may be discussed in executive session. Such rules, contained in state law supersede your bylaws and RONR.

A private society governed by the rules in RONR has no such restrictions, unless they exist in the bylaws.