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What (who) is executive session - definition

CLOSED PART OF AN OTHERWISE OPEN MEETING
Closed session

executive session         
¦ noun US a closed meeting of a governing body.
Executive session         
An executive session is a term for any block within an otherwise open meeting (often of a board of directors or other deliberative assembly) in which minutes are taken separately or not at all, outsiders are not present, and the contents of the discussion are treated as confidential (see in camera). In a deliberative assembly, an executive session has come to mean that the proceedings are secret and members could be punished for violating the secrecy.
Kirk session         
  • The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, by [[John Henry Lorimer]], 1891. [[National Gallery of Scotland]]
GOVERNING BODY OF A PRESBYTERIAN OR REFORMED CHURCH
Kirk Session; Session clerk; Session Clerk; Kirk session; Kirk-session; Session House; Session-clerk; Session house; Presbyterian session; Session (Presbyterian)
¦ noun the lowest court in the Church of Scotland, composed of the minister and elders of the parish.

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Executive session

An executive session is a term for any block within an otherwise open meeting (often of a board of directors or other deliberative assembly) in which minutes are taken separately or not at all, outsiders are not present, and the contents of the discussion are treated as confidential (see in camera). In a deliberative assembly, an executive session has come to mean that the proceedings are secret and members could be punished for violating the secrecy.

Depending on the organization or governmental body involved, business that is conducted in executive session could include legal issues, discussion on contracts (such as to purchase land, or offer tax incentives to a corporation moving to an area), and personnel issues (such as hiring and firing).

Examples of use of executive session
1. "If anything, it ought to be talked about in executive session.
2. Toussaint said union leaders had been called to an executive session with the transportation authority‘s top officials.
3. This week, 1 1/2 days of the 3 1/2 –day meeting will be in executive session.
4. The Iraqi tribunal has switched judges, and gone in and out of executive session, as the Iraqi government tries to control proceedings.
5. Rep John Lewis, D–Georgia, who originally supported Clinton but later threw his support to Obama, said "there are quite a few people who are having what I call an ‘executive session‘ with themselves.