Regarding the message from an Information Management Analyst professional in the field of Information Policy, Records & Document Management... Minutes are municipal records. Our City Councils' records need a competent records management protocol that actually would put into practice records mangers', archivists' and librarians' professional ethics. It's one thing to pronounce the profession's ethics. It's another thing to put the professions' ethics into practice. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Regarding the Minutes of the Boston City Council, Council Executive Session Minutes become public record afterward according to the Massachusetts Public Records Division http://mass.gov/sec City Council Docket 1454 Executive Session December 6, 2006 Minutes can be requested from the City Clerk http://cityofboston.gov/cityclerk by all interested in learning more about the City Council proceedings. List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance