Executive session resolves an issue, can outcome be made public?

[Guest Janet McLaughlin]

when an

When an Executive session resolves an issue, can the outcome be made public?  or must confidentiality be continued?

thank you,

Janet McLaughlin

[jstackpo]

That choice is up to the members meeting in the executive session.

 

Obviously some thing will of necessity become public (as when you fire the ExecDirector or something) but the reasons as discussed in the ExecSess can remain secret.

[Dan Honemann]

when an

When an Executive session resolves an issue, can the outcome be made public?  or must confidentiality be continued?

thank you,

Janet McLaughlin

 

Secrecy can be lifted by the assembly that met in executive session whenever it wishes to do so.

[Gary Novosielski]

By a majority?  By the vote needed to amend something previously adopted?

[George Mervosh]

By a majority?  By the vote needed to amend something previously adopted?

 

The latter, I believe.   See this thread  http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/index.php?/topic/24024-lifting-the-secrecy-of-an-executive-session/

[Richard Brown]

Secrecy can be lifted by the assembly that met in executive session whenever it wishes to do so.

 

By a majority?  By the vote needed to amend something previously adopted?

 

The latter, I believe.   See this thread  http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/index.php?/topic/24024-lifting-the-secrecy-of-an-executive-session/

I  agree with George.  I knew this had been discussed in a recent thread, but did not stop  to look for it.   I believe the link George shared is to that thread.  Thanks, George.

[Gary Novosielski]

The latter, I believe.   See this thread  http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/index.php?/topic/24024-lifting-the-secrecy-of-an-executive-session/

 

Ah, thanks.  I thought maybe this had come up not too long ago, but I didn't recall the authoritative respsonse(s).