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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Last time I looked at the MI laws they allowed remote access, as allowed by your institutional bylaws. What the law does not allow is proxy attendance, i.e. sending someone in your stead. So, Board members are legally
obligated to attend but it does not have to be physically if your group allows other means for live attendance, such as via phone, remote video, etc.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I can try to look up the specifics if you want but that was the gist of it last time I looked.</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, recently a trustee asked if it is legal to have board members attend virtually instead of physically. Obviously, this would not excuse physical presence at board meetings all the time, but simply for the times that the board member might
be ill but not ill enough to have read the packet and be able to vote; it would be nice for them to leave their germs at home. There would, of course, be other reasons they might not be able to attend physically but, if possible, to attend virtually. Does
anyone have an legal opinion on this or have a policy that I can look at? Thanks!<br clear="all">
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