Officials get rundown on open meetings, records laws

An audience of 55 attended a forum about the Open Meetings Act, Appearance of Fairness Doctrine and Retaining Records Laws at the McGregor Co. Training Center at Mockonema on Sept. 25.

Attendees included state, county and city officials, according to Karen Kiessling, vice president of the Pullman League of Women Voters which sponsored the event.

The panel was made up of Toby Nixon, president of Washington Coalition for Open Government, a Microsoft computer manager and a Kirkland City Councilman; Scott Sackett, management consultant for the Washington State Archives Electronic Records; Bill Wil...