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Charter Commission -1 July 13, 2018 <br />Return to Order <br />of Business: <br />okay? The next two items are training by our Commission Attorney and then our <br />Commission Analyst, and I've asked them to give us, between the two of them, <br />about an hour or a little over. So, once that's done, I promise to recess, okay? <br />And of course, you can take individuals as you need to. So, we'Il move on to <br />item number seven, training by our commission attorney, J Yoshimoto. <br />The Chair directed the Commission to return to the order of business. <br />Item 7: TRAINING BY J YOSHIMOTO, DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, ON <br />SUNSHINE LAW, ETHICS, AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE <br />(Note: At this time, Commission Attorney J Yoshimoto came forward and <br />gave a PowerPoint presentation to the members of the Commission.) <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Mr. Chairman, are you sure you don't want to take a break? <br />CHR. ADAMS: So, we have both the section that's here on the left for members <br />aver there, and then of course we have binoculars available if we want to be able <br />to see those too. Everything's that's going to be on the screen is on the handout <br />you gave us too, <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: That's correct. Yes. <br />CHR. ADAMS: If I could, also, for the record, if you do have questions for our <br />presenters, commission attorney and our commission analyst, please press your <br />button and ask the question. Don't ask me to do it, let's just have the questions to <br />the presenters directly, okay? So, that's how we'll run this. Thanks. <br />MR. HENRICKS: So it's easier for the minutes, if the commissioners could just <br />identify themselves before they ask their question, it would be very helpful. <br />Thank you. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Thank you, Mr. Henricks. <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay, thank you, everyone. Okay, today we're going to be <br />covering Parliamentary Procedures, Sunshine Law, and Ethics. Okay, basic <br />parliamentary procedure, the Chairperson maintains order and acts as the <br />facilitator and moderator of the meeting. Generally, parliamentary rules are <br />intended to provide organization and structure in conducting meetings in an <br />efficient manner that ensures the protection of the members rights to properly <br />make input during the consideration of a proposed action. <br />Guiding Principles. Every member must have an equal opportunity to participate. <br />Rules must be consistently applied. Remarks during debate should be confined to <br />Page 17 <br />