Re: -OPEN MEETINGS and password protected records

["R. Dennis Hager" <hager@aredee.com>]

Excuse my little rant, but you're going to get it anyway.

Although there may be some perceived advantage to having the AIS Board 
minutes password protected, any such advantage is quickly dissipated by the 
not so subtle message that it sends to any marginally interested or totally 
disinterested party.

Some meetings should be held in closed session. There are times when 
announcements of the decisions of the Board should be delayed. However, 
those times are rare and this is obviously not one of them.

What activity is the Board of a non-profit involved in that would 
necessitate hampering the free flow of Board meeting minutes?
Is someone just a little paranoid?

The AIS has a membership problem. In this electronic age, it doesn't take 
long to disseminate information and it doesn't take long to disseminate the 
wrong image. How many of you would be inclined to join an organization that 
requires a password to view excerpts from Board meetings concerning 
procedure?

I have been told that the AIS Board meetings are open meetings. If it is an 
open meeting then for goodness sake (as opposed to evil's sake), open the 
meeting.

R. Dennis Hager, President
Society for Japanese Irises


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John I Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
To: <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:14 AM
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Board Actions Concerning Electronic Voting


> I have excerpted the two sections that I know of from the minutes  from 
> past Board meetings concerning electronic voting and the AIS lists.
>
> If anyone knows of additional citations, please let me know and I  will 
> add them.
>
> The document: AIS_Lists.pdf  can be found at:
>
> http://www.aisboard.org/aisdocs/
>
> John
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