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Little League, Pop Warner, and open meeting laws Q: Are non-profit youth sports organizations (like Pop Warner, Little League, etc.)  subject to the “open meetings” laws? If not, do you know what? A: As a general rule, open meeting laws, like the Brown Act, only apply to government agencies.  If Pop Warner and Little League are run by private entities, not governmental agencies, then the general rule would be that the open meetings laws would

Quorums, Listservs, and the Brown Act Q: I am a member of the faculty at a California Community College and a member of the Academic Senate.  The Academic Senate is governed by the Brown Act.  The faculty have a listserv–electronic discussion forum.  If a quorum or more members of the Senate are subscribed to the listserv (closed to all but faculty as subscribers), is there a Brown Act violation potential if–say–an issue that might come

Q: I’m an education reporter, and have been covering local school boards for years. I need to clarify the term Serial Meeting. Can two board members meet to talk about issues in general — frustrations, general strategies, how to counter personal attacks — and then have one of them meet with a third board member to discuss the same types of general issues? Assume there is no discussion of how to vote on action items