Meetings of trustees; quorum; executive sessions

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MA Code › Part I › Title XII › Chapter 75 › Section 4

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Section 4. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meeting. Nine members shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the board of trustees shall be subject to the provisions of said sections eleven A and eleven A1/2 of said chapter thirty A; provided, that in addition to the purposes enumerated in said section eleven A1/2, the trustees may hold an executive session for the following purposes:— (1) to consider the award of honorary degrees; (2) to consider the award of tenure to a member of the faculty.

Section 4. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meeting. Nine members shall constitute a quorum. Meetings of the board of trustees shall be subject to the provisions of said sections eleven A and eleven A1/2 of said chapter thirty A; provided, that in addition to the purposes enumerated in said section eleven A1/2, the trustees may hold an executive session for the following purposes:—

(1) to consider the award of honorary degrees;

(2) to consider the award of tenure to a member of the faculty.

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