The Board may require that those wishing to attend notify the Board in advance. A meeting may be called as a closed meeting, in which case the Board must reaffirm that the meeting will be closed by majority vote at least 72 hours before the meeting. Voting shall take place by telephone or email, as described elsewhere in these bylaws. No individual or organization shall be barred from an open meeting, although the Board may establish necessary rules to insure that business proceeds in an orderly fashion. Although the Annual meeting will be open, it has the potential to be a mere dog and pony show.
Openness means seeing the backroom operations.
These rules strike a ablance between letting the Board operate efficiently and preserving openess and transparency of process. The last clause is extremely important. Can the SO reject an application that satisfies all objective criteria for membership. This language is necessary to prevent lockout.