[nfbmi-talk] a useful excerpt from pa260

[joe harcz Comcast]

Yes, Fred and this makes it clear that all the committees including CIC, 
Service and Design, Diversity, etc., etc., must comply with the OMA and 
Freedom of Information Act. That does by the way include the requirement to 
keep and disseminate minutes and, of course it requires notice.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
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> Hi to Both joe's,
>
> I get it now, Joe Sontag.  Yesterday you were comment to me about P.A. 
> 260.
> I did not understand you at the time.  Now I see where it says all
> committees.  That seems very clear, to me, never mind the OMA or FOIA.
> Thanks for the reminder.
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Fred
>
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>
> Great stuff Joe! Of course I was at the the OMA and FOIA training on
> Thursday. And of course, Cannon totally put his spin on what was presented
> there. He hides information from staff, the board, and even the public
> illegally. Always has too by the way.
>
> Problem is that he acts arbitrarily and capriciously in groos violations 
> of
> these laws and then expects the taxpayer to bail his sorry butt out with
> legal assistence from the taxpayer's coffers (i.e. the Michigan Attorney
> General's office).
>
> I did discuss some things with Mr. Quasarano though after the meeting and
> while he couldn't comment he know I'm right.
>
> By the way he teaches "Media Law" at MSU. And I did discuss my background 
> in
>
> that arena while both a professional journalist and that I did indeed 
> study
> media law at Notre Dame college in Manchester New Hampshire.
>
> Cannon just makes his stuff up as he goes along.
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Sontag" <suncat0 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:54 AM
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] a useful excerpt from pa260
>
>
>>I thought I'd pass this along to help everyone get on the same page, so to
>> speak.  Act 267 is the Open Meetings Act, Act 442 is, you guessed it, the
>> Freedom of Information Act or FOIA.  It all seems very clear to me, even
>> as the Board and staff are only now being educated on these things.
>>
>> 393.365 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of
>> writings to
>> public
>> .
>> Sec. 15.(1) The business which the commission or any committee appointed
>> under this
>> act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission
>> or
>> committee
>> held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being
>> sections 15.261
>> to 15,275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date,
>> and place
>> of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of 
>> the
>> Public
>> Acts of 1976.
>> (2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by
>> the commission
>> in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the
>> public
>> in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections
>> 15.231
>> to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
>>
>>
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