Texting & side conversations during meetings

School Board meetings are public meetings by public bodies.

Anything said at a public meeting by an official should be audible throughout the room.

There is a Board Policy about texting and emailing during meetings. The policy is, Don't. Do. It.

Who will remind board members to put down their phones?

Should the School Board have a parliamentarian or a sergeant-at-arms? Someone to remind them to speak into the microphone and pull the microphone close to them, instead of sitting back 18-24 inches from it or turning away from it while speaking?

Last night's praise for giving good microphone goes to Teresa Holmes and Baron Davis. Thank you.

The booby prizes go to Amelia McKie, Cheryl Caution-Parker and James Shadd. Assuming that what you have to say is important, then say it loudly enough that all can hear you. Please!