Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 178-3-4 - Participation in Meetings Using Technology4.1. Members of the Commission may participate in meetings by telephone or other electronic conferencing except when the Commission is acting as a hearing body. A speaker phone or other audio and/or video device shall be used at the meeting site to enable those present, including the public, to hear and/or see the members who are attending and participating by telephone or other electronic conferencing.4.2. The Commission may allow members of the public to listen to or participate in open meetings by telephone or other electronic conferencing. A telephone call-in number or other information allowing members of the public to participate in the meeting may be posted on the Racing Commission's website in advance of the meeting.4.3. A member of the public who listens to or participates in open meetings by telephone or other electronic conferencing shall mute the microphone on his or her telephone or other device so that background or ambient noise does not interfere with the conducting of the Commission's meeting. Provided that, if a member of the public is called upon by the chairman to speak at the meeting, he or she may enable the microphone on their telephone or other device to speak.4.4. If members of the public listening to or participating in an open meeting by telephone or other electronic conferencing interfere with the orderly operation of a Commission meeting by failing to mute their microphones or by other actions that hinder the Commission's meeting, the chairman may require that the offending member or members be disconnected from participation or require that the telephone or other electronic conferencing be disabled entirely.