executive session
noun
: a usually closed session (as of a legislative body) that functions as an executive council (as of the U.S. Senate when considering appointments or the ratification of treaties)
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Directors modify meetings' format Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors have tweaked their meeting format so residents no longer have to wait for city board members to return from executive session in order to address them during certain meetings.
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Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Does a director’s duty of loyalty to support the majority, and to NOT reveal, outside executive session, differences of opinion, discussions, and decisions made there, apply ONLY to those topics NOT listed by Civil Code 4935?
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
For much of the meeting, the regents met privately in executive session to get legal advice on several issues, including the online school University of Arizona Global Campus.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
After the public comment section of the meeting, the freeholders entered into executive session to discuss suggestions made by the public.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
Arizona reportedly could be next into the Big 12 lifeboat (and a Board of Regents executive session was ominiously scheduled for Tuesday afternoon).
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
The school committee was meeting in executive session Saturday and planned a public vote Wednesday.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Feb. 2024
The $400,000 settlement was approved by the City Council in executive session.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Does a director’s duty of loyalty to support the majority, and to NOT reveal, outside executive session, differences of opinion, discussions, and decisions made there, apply ONLY to those topics NOT listed by Civil Code 4935?
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
For much of the meeting, the regents met privately in executive session to get legal advice on several issues, including the online school University of Arizona Global Campus.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
After the public comment section of the meeting, the freeholders entered into executive session to discuss suggestions made by the public.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
Arizona reportedly could be next into the Big 12 lifeboat (and a Board of Regents executive session was ominiously scheduled for Tuesday afternoon).
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
The school committee was meeting in executive session Saturday and planned a public vote Wednesday.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 4 Feb. 2024
The $400,000 settlement was approved by the City Council in executive session.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Executive session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20session. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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