Attendance and Security at Board Meetings
- Members of the University community (i.e., students, staff, governors emeriti and alumni) and of the public (鈥渧isitors鈥�) are welcome to attend the open sessions of meetings of the Board of Governors. Accredited members of the news media (鈥渕edia鈥�) are also welcome.听
- The number of visitors and members of the media will be limited to the legal capacity of the room in which a Board meeting is held. Admission of visitors and members of the media will be on first-come, first-accommodated basis.听
- No tape, video or other means of recording sound or images are permitted whether prior to, during or after a Board meeting.听
- Visitors and members of the media may not participate in debate at a Board meeting and they are expected to observe normal rules of parliamentary decorum.听
- 鈥淩esource persons鈥� to the Board, as so identified in the Terms of Reference, Standing Committees of the Board of Governors of 捆绑SM社区, may participate in debate at a meeting of the Board but only at the invitation of the Chair of the Board.听
- All visitors, members of the media and Resource Persons are required to leave a meeting before the beginning of the confidential session.听
- Rule 6 does not apply to the following 鈥渞esources persons鈥�: the Provost, the Deputy Provost, the Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance) and the Secretary-General, but they may be asked to withdraw by the Chair of the Board.听
- Other non-Board members who are 鈥淩esource Persons鈥� may be invited by the Chair of the Board to remain during the confidential session of a meeting when their presence is required to allow for the effective conduct of the Board鈥檚 business.
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