Guest pelican Posted August 3, 2010 at 08:00 AM Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 at 08:00 AM We have a committee member who promptly tells another non-committee person the details of the committee meeting, often with detrimental effects. Can anyone point me to a convention or somewhere in Robrts Rules that suggests that frank and robust discussion which might take place in a committee meeting is not for public disclosure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted August 3, 2010 at 08:15 AM Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 at 08:15 AM Top of P. 93: "... but board or committee meetings are customaarily held in executive session." If this committee's meetings are held in executive session, this member is out of line; his blabbing must not be tolerated; he should be penalized harshly, if the accusation is shown to be true. On the other hand, if the committee does not meet in executive session, then, he, like all of you, is free to blab to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted August 3, 2010 at 03:52 PM Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 at 03:52 PM We have a committee member who promptly tells another non-committee person the details of the committee meeting, often with detrimental effects. Can anyone point me to a convention or somewhere in Robrts Rules that suggests that frank and robust discussion which might take place in a committee meeting is not for public disclosure?It would be wise for the committee to formally decide by vote whether its meetings shall be held in executive session, so that there is no confusion on the matter. If the member continues to violate the confidentiality of the meetings, the matter should be referred to the appointing authority, who could remove the member from the committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jewel Posted August 3, 2010 at 05:54 PM Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 at 05:54 PM Does your organization by-laws include a "Code Of Ethics"? Making the committee member aware that he/she is in violation of the ethics code would be another option to solving this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. J! Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:04 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:04 PM It would be wise for the committee to formally decide by vote whether its meetings shall be held in executive session, so that there is no confusion on the matter.Can a committee which is not itself a deliberative assembly decide that, or must it be the superior body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:21 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:21 PM Can a committee which is not itself a deliberative assembly decide that, or must it be the superior body?Absent instructions to the contrary, a committee can decide for itself whether or not all or a portion of one of its meeting's will be held in executive session, and so I'm inclined to think that it can adopt a rule on the subject, although I don't know of anything that specifically says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:37 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 at 03:37 PM Absent instructions to the contrary, a committee can decide for itself whether or not all or a portion of one of its meeting's will be held in executive session, and so I'm inclined to think that it can adopt a rule on the subject, although I don't know of anything that specifically says so. Agreed. For them to customarily hold all of their meetings in executive session (p.92), one would think "We always do it that way" started somehow. Why not by adopting a rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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