At the BOE meeting on Thursday, August 19, 2021, LWVS President Alissa Baum issued a Statement re Open Meetings Law on behalf of the LWVS Board urging the BOE to reconsider its decision to deny the public the opportunity to comment at meetings virtually. Among other points, the statement cited New York State’s Committee on Open Government which indicated that “the Open Meetings Law does not prohibit a public body from permitting invited guests (i.e., anyone who is not a member of the public body, but who has been asked to actively participate in the meeting) to speak or testify using a remote access platform.”