German Court votes to enter executive session on African Meeting House investigation

The German Court voted July 7 to enter an executive session to discuss the African Meeting House investigation and approved a motion not to return to open session, citing "GL 6 30 b." The panel then terminated the public Zoom meeting link.

The move came after a motion to enter executive session was made and seconded. A roll call produced unanimous "aye" responses from Dr. Trent, Mr. Williams, Mr. Thongrullo, Mr. Fox and the chair. Following the vote, a meeting participant stated, "So we're now in executive session." A staff member addressed a participant as "Dean" and said the committee would terminate the Zoom link after the vote.

The meeting record shows the only formal action taken in the provided transcript was the vote to convene an executive session and not resume an open session. The transcript fragment cites a legal authority as "GL 6 30 b" in support of holding the closed session; no statute text, statutory interpretation, or additional legal citations were provided in the transcript excerpt.

No public discussion of the substance of the African Meeting House investigation appears in the supplied transcript segment. The record instead documents procedural steps: the motion, a second, roll-call affirmation and termination of the Zoom connection.

The German Court did not record any further public-facing motions, votes or deliberations in the excerpted text. The transcript does not specify whether documents or staff presentations were to be considered in the executive session, nor does it provide a timeline for when, if ever, the body would make a public report about the investigation.