Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
Form with which the board of directors of a corporation records the contents of its first meeting.
Executive session means essentially a secret session, and although minutes must be kept, they continue to be confidential until the board decides that secrecy is no longer required They are not read or approved in regular session, only in executive session.
How do executive sessions work? They mostly function like a regular board meeting. The board chair leads the session ing to the agenda, and discussion follows. The critical difference is that the chair stresses—often more than once—that the discussions are strictly confidential and should not leave the table.
Ing to Robert's Rules, the minutes from an executive session are reviewed and approved exclusively by those members who were present at the session. While there's an option to share the minutes with all members, the confidentiality of the discussions must be preserved.
(a) The minutes, minutes proposed for adoption that are marked to indicate draft status, or a summary of the minutes, of any board meeting, other than an executive session, shall be available to members within 30 days of the meeting.
Ing to Robert's Rules, the minutes from an executive session are reviewed and approved exclusively by those members who were present at the session. While there's an option to share the minutes with all members, the confidentiality of the discussions must be preserved.
Motions cannot be made in executive session, motions stemming from discussion held in executive session must be recorded after coming out of executive session and should be recorded just like any other motion.
The minutes must include the name of the attendees at the meeting, the time and day of the meeting, as well as the focus and decisions made at the meeting. The minutes must record what happened at the meeting, even if nothing of importance occurred.
The basic features of meeting minutes are the date, time, location and attendees, followed by a record of the board's actions, including brief descriptions of any presentations or topics discussed, specific resolutions adopted, and finally, general resolutions.
Under California law, you must have a quorum of at least two directors or one-fifth of all authorized directors (whichever is larger) to take valid action at a board meeting. Your organization's bylaws may set higher quorum limits, so be sure to take a look through them before proceeding.