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Committee forwards transparency definition as positive recommendation to full board
Summary
After debate about wording and guiding principles, the committee voted to send a drafted definition of transparency — emphasizing accurate, timely, accessible information and explanation when information cannot be shared — to the full board with a positive recommendation.
The committee reviewed a drafted definition of transparency that begins with a concise definition and includes guiding principles about sharing information to the fullest extent possible and explaining limits when law, ethics or privacy require withholding details.
A member moved "Motion with a positive recommendation to the full board to approve the ad hoc communications and marketing committee definition of transparency as read," which included: "Transparency is our board's commitment to providing the public with accurate, timely, accessible, and sufficiently detailed information to understand the board's actions, the reason for the action, and the real and potential impacts of those decisions." The motion was seconded, and the committee approved forwarding the draft to the full board by voice vote. Members discussed whether to break the draft into a short definition plus guiding principles, but agreed the draft provides a useful starting point for board consideration.
