ACT SECTION 05 — MEETING MINUTES

 

05-061 Meeting Recordings 3-17-04:24b, 11-05-05, 3-20-82, 11-18-72, 2-4-56

Recordings of Board meetings should be retained until the minutes are approved by the Board. The recordings may be reviewed only by the Board members or proxies, the persons responsible for developing the written minutes, and those responsible for making the recordings. Following approval of the minutes by the NSS Board the recordings are to be destroyed.

05-121 Contents 3/25/06:23a, 12-28-63

Minutes shall include only motions, disposals of motions, and other positive action taken; disposals of motions; other action taken; oral updates to officers’ written reports; issues and comments presented during Open Discussion period; reports from the closed sessions; a list of Board members present and proxies; disclosures of conflict of interest and their deposition, and other information pertinent to the meeting and business conducted.Written reports from officers and committees shall be included as attachments to the minutes.

05-194 Corrections 3-1-69

Only corrections relating to the content of previous minutes will be brought before the Board for their approval. This includes the tabulation of votes. Corrections dealing with typographical errors, spelling, puncuation, etc., not affecting the content of the minutes, may be presented directly to the Chair, who will relay them to the Office Secretary. (See Appendix J)

05-290 Recording Secretary 3-17-07:24b, 8-4-89, 10-29-83, 11-16-74

A permanent committee known as the Recording Secretary is established in the Department of the President. The duties of the Recording Secretary are to attend all open Board meetings, open meetings of the Directorate, and other meetings specified by the President for the purpose of recording minutes in accordance with Act Section 05 and Appendix J. Minutes of Board meetings shall be circulated to the Board by the Recording Secretary for comment within 30 days of the meeting. The Recording Secretary may appoint a substitute. The Recording Secretary may attend closed meetings of the Board.

05-771 Meeting Minutes 3-25-06:24a

The President shall ensure that the final version of the approved meeting minutes includes the Act numbers assigned to each motion passed.

05-772 President’s Report 3-25-06:24b

The President’s report to the Board shall identify all changes in language or form made to the Acts by the Secretary to the Board since the previous report. This Act is not retroactive.

05-773 Annotation of Constitution, Bylaws, and Acts 3-25-06:24c

Beginning with changes made in March 2006, the President shall ensure that the Constitution, Bylaws, and Acts of the Board of Governors in all of their manifestations include the dates of passage, amendment, or deletion, and the item number from the meeting minutes authorizing said changes. (The format adopted for annotation is month-day-year:item number.)

05-774 Board of Governors Manual Proofing 3-25-06:24d

The President shall require the Recording Secretary to proof all changes to the Constitution, Bylaws, and Acts of the Board. Any significant discrepancies in language shall be reported to the Board by the President in his next report.

 

Cross References

03-205 Board Minutes and Arrangements Committee
Appendix J Board of Governors Operational Directives

4-14-07

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