Committee discusses small working groups, draft work and right-to-know obligations
Members agreed small groups may draft documents between meetings but were reminded those drafts could be government records subject to right-to-know requests; staff advised bringing drafts to public meetings for final consideration.
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Committee members discussed whether small groups and pairs of members could work together outside of a public meeting to draft materials and then bring those drafts back to the broader committee. Staff cautioned that "every single thing that you all create on your own is a government document and has also has to be available to the public," and noted that private emails or drafts can be subject to right-to-know requests.
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