Opinions by topic: (MEETINGS) Electronic/Telephonic Meetings

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• Hill v. Fairfax County School Board (6/7/2012): Supreme Court rules exchange of emails is not a meeting triggering FOIA's requirements.
• FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-16-02 (11/12/2002): A local body may not meet by any kind of electronic means; all participating members must be physically assembled in one place. The public, however, may participate in a meeting via electronic means.
• FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-01-01 (1/3/2001): Use of an e-mail network listserv by city council members is an improper electronic meeting under FOIA.
• Attorney General's Opinion 1999 #075 (2/17/2000): Under law as it existed prior to July 1, 1999, advance notice of a telephone meeting didn't need to list all locations from where telephone participation was to take place. Post-July 1, 1999, law says all locations must be identified.
• Attorney General's Opinion 1999 #014 (10/29/1999): Two members of seven-member board may meet informally by phone, provided the two do not constitute a standing committee nor authorized to act on the board's behalf.
• Attorney General's Opinion 1983-84 #440 (6/28/1984): Any official public body action must take place in a meeting where the membership is physically present.
• Roanoke City School Board v. Times-World Corp. (9/9/1983): Pre-arranged telephone conference call among members of a local school board, during which matters proper for an executive or closed session are discussed which are, is not a meeting under FOIA and does not violate the statutory requirement of prior notice to the public.