<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Some of the best summaries of the Open Meetings Act AND the Freedom of Information Act are published by the Attorney General's office and are available at:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-164-20988_18160---,00.html</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><span>Something that your Board may want to be aware of is that conducting official business by email may subject the communications to the Freedom of Information Act. If email is used as a method of deliberating or making decisions on official business, it may be considered a method of evading the requirements of the Open Meetings Act because it is a form of 'round robin' action.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>These matters are covered very well and in simple language in the A.G. publications.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
16px; font-family: serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Michael D. McGuire<br>Grand Rapids, MI<br>mdmcguire@yahoo.com<br></span></div><br><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </div> </div> </div></body></html>