[EQAB-list] Open Meetings

[GatorWoodPile at comcast.net]

I agree.  In addition to the Legal Department Memorandum (08-04), I have also reviewed the Tennessee Open Meetings Act (referenced in the subject memo) and both are silent on email communication (electronic communication refers to attending a scheduled public meeting telephonically in order to participate and vote).  In addition, both of these documents make it very clear that what is prohibited are private "deliberations and discussions" between members of a governing body leading to a decision on a matter coming before body at a public meeting.  

My review of previous emails is that we have be discussing methodologies to be considered for compiling and analyzing data in order to have sufficient information available to our membership to begin the deliberation process.   In my opinion, no deliberations have as yet occurred.

Joe

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From: Fred L Stephens <freds7 at dancingcreek.com> 

> I have read the open meetings document provided earlier this 
> afternoon. I don't see that we are close to any violations. However, 
> a thorough reading is good for keeping mindful of the nuances of the 
> requirements and a reminder to make use of this open list server. We 
> could also invite citizens to become "read only" members of this 
> email list via the city web pages regarding EQAB. 
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