2020 MEETING DATES

• Right to Know Advisory Committee
  Friday, December 4, at 10:00 a.m.
  • Agenda
  • Public Records Exceptions List
  • Public Records Exceptions Draft
  • Cost Draft
  • Appendix F
  • Appendix G

  • Subcommittee on Remote Meetings Best Practices meeting at 9:00 a.m.
    
  • Maine Municipal Association Member Survey on Remote Participation by Members of Public Bodies
  • State of Maine 130th Legislature Joint Order S.P. 9 on electronic meetings
    
  • Enhancing your Zoom meeting security

  • Additional Background Materials
    • General:
      • Best Practices for Inclusive Remote Meetings – Ethics and Equity Center
      • Government Transparency and Accessibility – Common Cause (2020)
      • Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Guide for Community-Based Organizations – Urban Institute (2020)
    • Legislature:
      • Indiana Interim Study Committee Remote Policy
      • Maryland Senate 2021 Session Operations Plan
    • Local Government:
      • A Local Official’s Guide to Online Public Engagement – Institute for Local Government (2012)
      • Practices for Engagement in the Time of COVID – Salt Lake City Civic Engagement Team (2020)
      • Inclusive & Accessible Virtual Engagement: Lessons from the Field – Greater Portland Council of Governments (September 2020)
    • State Government:
      • Public Participation Guidance During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response – California Department of Toxic Substances Control (April 2020)
      • New Emergency Regulations: Remote Public Meetings Held During a Declared Emergency – New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (September 2020)
      • N.J.A.C. 5:39-1 Emergency Remote Meeting Protocol for Local Public Bodies (2020)
      • Virtual Public Engagement Best Practices – New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

• Right to Know Advisory Committee
  Friday, November 20, at 10:00 a.m.
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7hJbrB_-t8KJgDiAbPuwg/videos?view=57&flow=grid
  
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Maine Municipal Association Report on Information Requests Under FOAA
  • Proposed discussion draft to amend FOAA payment of costs provision (rev. 11/18/2020)

  • Public Records Exceptions Subcommittee meeting at 8:00 a.m.

• Right to Know Advisory Committee
  Thursday, November 6, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1wNVc5ZGDk
  • Revised Meeting Agenda
  • 2020 Update Selected State Laws Related to Costs and Fees for Records Request
  • Dec 2019 Draft RTKAC Subcommittee Amendment related to costs
  • Summary of Caucus Statutes

  • Public Records Exceptions Subcommittee meeting at 10:00 a.m

• Right to Know Advisory Committee Public Records Exceptions Subcommittee
  Thursday, November 6, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1wNVc5ZGDk

• Right to Know Advisory Committee
  Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1wNVc5ZGDk
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Fourteenth Annual Report of the Right to Know Advisory Committee
  • Disposition of 2019 Recommendations
  • Draft Chart Exceptions for Review Titles 8 through 12
  • FOA Reviews in 2020