Executive Sessions in Committees

[Tomm]

9:24 says, "An executive session in general parliamentary usage has come to mean any meeting of a deliberative assembly, or portion of a meeting, at which the proceedings are secret."

And 50:1 says, "Unlike a board, a committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly."

Question: Can a Standing or Ad Hoc Committee who can only report to the board hold a meeting in executive session? 

[Shmuel Gerber]

On 6/15/2023 at 5:38 PM, Tomm said:

9:24 says, "An executive session in general parliamentary usage has come to mean any meeting of a deliberative assembly, or portion of a meeting, at which the proceedings are secret."

And 50:1 says, "Unlike a board, a committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly."

Question: Can a Standing or Ad Hoc Committee who can only report to the board hold a meeting in executive session? 

Yes:

"9:25    Attendance at an Executive Session or Other Closed Session. Whenever a meeting is being held in executive session, only members of the body that is meeting, special invitees, and such employees or staff members as the body or its rules may determine to be necessary are allowed to remain in the hall. Thus, in the case of a board or committee meeting being held in executive session, all persons—whether or not they are members of the organization—who are not members of the board or committee (and who are not otherwise specifically invited or entitled to attend) are excluded from the meeting. When it is desired to similarly restrict attendance at a particular meeting without imposing any obligation of secrecy (or to remove a previously imposed restriction on attendance), this may also be done by majority vote (see also 61:6–7)."