[MassHistPres] Minutes becoming public

[Tony Willoughby]

Are there requirements to keep the original, hand written, notes?

I always toss them when the minutes are approved.

Jonathan Feist wrote:
> 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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