---- Original message ---- On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:20, Bill McGonigle wrote: > >On Jan 17, 2006, at 23:28, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > >> Not sure if I'll be going, but I'm thinking about it. >> (I'm also not 100% sure if it's open to the public, >> but am 95% sure on it.) >> If others are interested, I can confirm details.
RSA 91-A:2 is pretty clear that almost all meetings are open to the public. I'd be 100% certain that it would not be legal for this particular meeting to be non-public. Incidentally, all non-public sessions normally start with a legal public meeting that then votes to go into non-public session, with some (albeit often skimpy) public justification. > >Would this be purely as a spectator sport? In other words, do we need >one person to take notes or would a mass of warm bodies be somehow >useful? The degree of public participation, and the rules for engagement thereof, are up to the committee, which is to say usually the discretion of the committee chair. Decorum of public participations is sometimes a factor. Quality of input is certainly another. Making contact with the chairperson beforehand is often very helpful, both to inquire about the procedural expectationa and maybe to request some accomodation. > >> Tuesday, Jan 24th: >> 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee work session on HB 1197, establishing a >> committee to study requiring state government to consider using open >> source software when acquiring new software. > >So if this does call for a mob we could conceivably do this, have >dinner, and still make the Quarterly Meeting. > >-Bill > >----- >Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 >BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 >http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 >Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ >VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf > >_______________________________________________ >gnhlug-discuss mailing list >gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
