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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><EM><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Original Question:</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does anyone have a 1-2 page summary of the Open Meetings Act? I'd like to have a single sheet to hand out to my board members for their Trustee binders; something that is quick and easy to use as a reminder.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></EM></P>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM>Board members sometimes use email between board meetings to keep up to date on issues - this is touched upon in the OMA, but I am still uncomfortable with how far behind the times the OMA lags. I'd like to be able to put that reminder right at our fingertips.<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Here is a summary of the responses I received, including links and attachments.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_18689---,00.html"><FONT color=#800080 face=Calibri>http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_18689---,00.html</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><A href="http://www.mml.org/pdf/glv/appendix2.pdf"><FONT color=#800080 face=Calibri>http://www.mml.org/pdf/glv/appendix2.pdf</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri"><FONT face=Calibri>Pages 21-23 of this pdf: </FONT><A href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/openmtgsfreedom.pdf"><FONT color=#800080 face=Calibri>http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/openmtgsfreedom.pdf</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Best,</P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Dave</P>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Viner Hand ITC">David L. Ewick</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>City Librarian</DIV>
<DIV>Southfield Public Library</DIV>
<DIV>26300 Evergreen</DIV>
<DIV>Southfield, Michigan 48076</DIV>
<DIV>248 796-4300</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:dewick@sfldlib.org">dewick@sfldlib.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Webdings; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">P</SPAN><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=green size=1 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>