executive session
noun
: a usually closed session (as of a legislative body) that functions as an executive council (as of the U.S. Senate when considering appointments or the ratification of treaties)
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The board went into executive session to discuss the candidates, then returned to vote in an open meeting a little over an hour later.
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Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
If the investigators determine that the complaint is sustained, the town attorney will call an executive session.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The school board met at 9 a.m. Monday for a special meeting and went into executive session to interview school board member candidates.
—The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
There was no public discussion of Platt or the new contract at Thursday’s meeting after a half-hour executive session.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Directors modify meetings' format Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors have tweaked their meeting format so residents no longer have to wait for city board members to return from executive session in order to address them during certain meetings.
—Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Does a director’s duty of loyalty to support the majority, and to NOT reveal, outside executive session, differences of opinion, discussions, and decisions made there, apply ONLY to those topics NOT listed by Civil Code 4935?
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
For much of the meeting, the regents met privately in executive session to get legal advice on several issues, including the online school University of Arizona Global Campus.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
If the investigators determine that the complaint is sustained, the town attorney will call an executive session.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The school board met at 9 a.m. Monday for a special meeting and went into executive session to interview school board member candidates.
—The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
There was no public discussion of Platt or the new contract at Thursday’s meeting after a half-hour executive session.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Directors modify meetings' format Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors have tweaked their meeting format so residents no longer have to wait for city board members to return from executive session in order to address them during certain meetings.
—Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Does a director’s duty of loyalty to support the majority, and to NOT reveal, outside executive session, differences of opinion, discussions, and decisions made there, apply ONLY to those topics NOT listed by Civil Code 4935?
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
For much of the meeting, the regents met privately in executive session to get legal advice on several issues, including the online school University of Arizona Global Campus.
—The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
The specific purpose of the executive session shall be announced in public before going into executive session.
—Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Executive session.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20session. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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