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APR 9 19 86 - _ foax 43 PACE l83 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED ON THE PROBLEM INVOLVED WITH <br />THINGS BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE MINUTES (OR TAPES) AND USED MORE OR <br />LESS OUT OF CONTEXT WHICH GIVES A DIFFERENT SLANT TO THE MEANING. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD VOTE FOR THE <br />MOTION AS LONG AS THE PRESS UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SECRETARIES CANNOT <br />SPEND HOURS AT A TIME PULLING TAPES, PUTTING THEM ON THE MACHINE, ETC. <br />HE ALSO NOTED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO SEE THE PRESS USE THESE TAPES <br />AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ATTENDING THE MEETINGS. <br />MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, PETE NOEL AND PHIL LONG, EMPHASIZED <br />THAT THE PRESS WOULD BE GLAD TO COOPERATE TO WORK OUT THE LEAST <br />DISRUPTIVE METHOD OF USING THE TAPES, AND IT WAS FURTHER POINTED OUT <br />THAT IF THEY HAD TO DEPEND ON LISTENING TO THE TAPES INSTEAD OF <br />ATTENDING THE MEETINGS, THEY WOULD BE A DAY LATE WITH THE NEWS. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS NOTED THAT AS THE <br />SITUATION STANDS NOW, HE AND MR. KENNINGS SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME <br />THE DAY AFTER MEETINGS BRIEFING REPORTERS, AND HE WOULD ASSUME THIS <br />NO LONGER WOULD BE NECESSARY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FEELS IT IS THE BOARD'S <br />RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE, AND HE WOULD <br />SUPPORT THE MOTION. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON <br />AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. <br />A BLACK GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE COMMENDED THE BOARD FOR <br />SUPPORTING USE QF THE TAPES. <br />ON MOTTO -N -BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE, THE BOARD. -UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE BOARDS SECRETARY TO <br />MEET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESS COMMITTEE AND COME BACK WITH <br />A RECOMMENDATION AS TO A WORKABLE SYSTEM FOR MAKING DOCUMENTS <br />RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS MORE EASILY AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THESE DOCUMENTS <br />SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC BEFORE THE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICIAL THEY ARE <br />ADDRESSED TO HAS SEEN THEM, AND HE ALSO NOTED THAT THIS FILE COULD <br />NOT BE MAINTAINED INDEFINITELY - POSSIBLY ONLY TWO OR THREE DAYS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THIS ALL CAN BE WORKED OUT. <br />177 <br />