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D. What constitutes a meeting subject to the law.

Generally. RSA 91-A:2,I defines a "meeting" as "the convening of a quorum of the membership of a public body, as defined in RSA 91-A:1-a,VI, or a majority of the members of such body if the rules of that body define "quorum'' as more than a majority of its members, whether in person, by means of telephone or electronic communication, or in any other manner such that all participating members are able to communicate with each other contemporaneously, subject to the provisions set forth in RSA 91-A:2, III, for the purpose of discussing or acting upon a matter or ma

D. What constitutes a meeting subject to the law.

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D. What constitutes a meeting subject to the law.

In order to constitute a meeting subject to the provisions of the Sunshine Law, there must be a "gathering," either in person or by means of communications equipment, which is open to all members of the public body and which is held with the intent to discuss or act on specific public business. N.J.S.A. 10:4-8b. Typical partisan caucus meetings and chance encounters of members of public bodies are not intended to be covered by the Sunshine Law. Introductory Statement, Assembly No. 1030, L.1975, c.231.

D. What constitutes a meeting subject to the law.

What constitutes a meeting was extensively addressed by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in McComas v. Fayette County Board of Education, 197 W. Va. 88, 475 S.E.2d 280 (1996). In that case, persons opposed to a county plan for school consolidations challenged a gathering of four of the five members of the county board of education.