Guest douxgree Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:31 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:31 PM Is it within the law to record closed sessions? Also, are minutes required for closed sessions? Please advise.....Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:37 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:37 PM Minutes should be taken whether the meeting is in Executive (Closed) Session or not. As for whether it is "legal" to record the meeting (Open or Closed) you would need to ask a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:52 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:52 PM Is it within the law to record closed sessions? All meetings are "closed" in the sense that only members (of the body that is meeting) have a right to attend. No one has a right to record the meeting unless the body that is meeting (or some superior rule or law) grants them that right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:53 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:53 PM Is it within the law to record closed sessions? Also, are minutes required for closed sessions? Please advise.....Thank youAs far as RONR is concerned, the recording of meetings in not prohibited, whether they be closed or otherwise. The rules of the organization or the assembly itself may have something different to say on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:55 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 09:55 PM All meetings are "closed" in the sense that only members (of the body that is meeting) have a right to attend. No one has a right to record the meeting unless the body that is meeting (or some superior rule or law) grants them that right.Is that a sense of the word "closed"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted July 15, 2014 at 10:17 PM Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 at 10:17 PM As for as RONR is concerned, all meetings can be 'closed' (or held in Executive Session) as only members have a right to be at a meeting. Non-members, according to RONR, have no rights at all at a meeting and do not even have to be informed of meetings. Statutes, or the organization's own By-laws, may say differently. Even if a Board has a custom of allowing non-Board members to attend part, or all, of a meeting does not mean that they have to all it in the future. As for a legal, non-parliamentary, response to this issue, you need to talk with a lawyer. As for recording a meeting, do you mean 'recording' in the sense of a record of what occurred? If so, then yes, Minutes should be kept for all meetings. See pages 468-476 of RONR 11th edition for more details on Minutes, including what does and does not go into the Minutes. If you mean recording a meeting that you want to video or audio it, then RONR will not prevent it. However, the organization is free to create rules on the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Douxgree Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:24 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 03:24 PM Thank You, you all were MOST helpful.... I thought I was on the right track but just needed reassurance!, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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