[MassHistPres] Minutes becoming public

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As an additional FYI, tapes of your meetings (assuming you tape them) are publicly accessible as well.  



Brian Lever


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From: Jonathan Feist <jfeist at charter.net>
To: MHC MHC listserve <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 10:54 am
Subject: [MassHistPres] Minutes becoming public



Hello, 
 
I've just learned something about minutes that I thought I'd share. 
 
Minutes become public the moment they are written. Anyone from the public has the right to read the minutes even before they are officially approved. 
 
Someone recently requested our minutes from last month's meeting. I provided the typed up draft notes, marked unapproved. She then demanded to see the original handwritten notes, and according to a lawyer at the Massachusetts Public Records Office, we must comply. 
 
--Jonathan 
 
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Harvard Historical Commission 
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Blog: Delights and Processes 
http://blogs.townonline.com/delight/ 
 
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