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[David Demarest]

Daniel, likewise on the Nebraska Unicameral. The Judiciary Committee
chaired by Laura Ebke is wide open to the public as are all Unicameral
committees that I am aware. I may have heard that they can optionally use
executive sessions for votes which sounds dubious to me but I will check
with Laura. I am not sure if and why the fact that we are a party not a
legislature should make a difference.

Darned if I know how to answer Whitney's question at this point without
risk of impropriety until our transparency rules are defined but I do have
serious concerns with the direction this is going and the possible
justifications for lack of transparency. Perhaps a minority report will
shed some light.

Out of curiosity, I wonder how the two major parties handle transparency on
their Bylaws & Rules committees. I would hope that we compare favorably on
the side of transparency.

Thoughts?

On May 22, 2017 3:45 PM, <danielehayes at icloud.com> wrote:

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> All, and especially Mr. Katz in his role as chairman of the Bylaws
> Committee,
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> It has come to my attention and my brain momentarily allotted enough
> bandwidth to really think about this.  Under what authority are our bylaws
> meetings secret?  (No, Starchild has not hijacked my computer).
> Specifically Ms. Harlos is acting like she just joined Fight Club.  Ms.
> 1000 Emails being mostly clammed shut.  I am worried she might end up like
> the kid from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie that got the
> experimental candy.
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> These are all the reasons for going into executive session in our rules
> with a majority vote.
> • Legal matters (potential, pending, or past)
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> • Regulatory and compliance matters (potential, pending, or past)
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> • Contractual compliance
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> • Personnel matters (including evaluation, compensation, hiring, or
> dismissal)
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> • Board self-evaluation
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> • Strategic issues (only those requiring confidentiality)
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> • Negotiations (potential, pending, or past)
> Other topics require a two-thirds vote of LNC.
> No action can be taken while in Executive Session.
> Discussion of action which may be taken in Open Session can occur.
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> The reasons for going into Executive session are supposed to be listed if
> a vote was taken.
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> But when I ask about the vote to go into executive session I am told that
> there was no vote.
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> I realize that we have rules all over the place and I might be missing
> something, hence I am asking, Why?
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> Someone enlighten me as to what’s up before I slam big brown(11th ed.) on
> down.
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> How is this remotely in line with what this organization stands for?
> I would flip a gasket if the Louisiana Legislature was operating in this
> manner.   This wouldn’t pass muster under Sunshine Laws for government.
> Let that sink in.
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> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
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