1996 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 721| General Conference 2000

¶ 721. Closed Session--In the spirit of openness and accountability, all meetings of councils, boards, agencies, commissions, and committees of the Church, including subunit meetings and teleconferences, shall be open. Portions of a meeting may be closed for consideration of specific subjects if such a closed session is authorized by an affirmative public vote with at least three fourths of the voting members present. The vote shall be taken in public session and recorded in the minutes. Documents distributed in open meetings shall be considered public.

Great restraint should be used in closing meetings; closed sessions should be used as seldom as possible. Subjects that may be considered in closed session are limited to real estate matters; negotiations, when general knowledge could be harmful to the negotiation process; personnel matters;[$FSee Judicial Council Decision 751.] issues related to the accreditation or approval of institutions; discussions relating to litigation or collective bargaining; deployment of security personnel or devices; negotiations involving confidential third-party information; and deliberations of the Judicial Council.

A report on the results of a closed session shall be made immediately upon its conclusion or as soon thereafter as is practicable.



	1996 Discipline ¶ 721
	¶ 721. Closed Session--In the spirit of openness and accountability, all meetings of councils, boards, agencies, commissions, and committees of the Church, including subunit meetings and teleconferences, shall be open. Portions of a meeting may be closed for consideration of specific subjects if such a closed session is authorized by an affirmative public vote with at least three fourths of the voting members present. The vote shall be taken in public session and recorded in the minutes. Documents distributed in open meetings shall be considered public. Great restraint should be used in closing meetings; closed sessions should be used as seldom as possible. Subjects that may be considered in closed session are limited to real estate matters; negotiations, when general knowledge could be harmful to the negotiation process; personnel matters;[$FSee Judicial Council Decision 751.] issues related to the accreditation or approval of institutions; discussions relating to litigation or collective bargaining; deployment of security personnel or devices; negotiations involving confidential third-party information; and deliberations of the Judicial Council. `A report on the results of a closed session shall be made immediately upon its conclusion or as soon thereafter as is practicable.`
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1996 Discipline ¶ 721