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Best Practices & Tips for Communicating Electronically 2024

Product ID: CA3726R7
Presented By: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE

This program is an excerpt from the Public Records, Open Meetings Update 2024

Communication cautions 

Most of us wouldn’t recognize a world without pervasive electronic communication. We use it to ask coworkers questions, talk with family members near and far, and keep up with friends. But communications from government officials, like social media posts, electronic chats, and emails, can sometimes run afoul of Wisconsin’s public records and open meeting laws. 

Before you hit send on that message you’re typing, join a panel of public records, open meetings gurus for Best Practices & Tips for Communicating Electronically. They’ll offer guidance on:

  • Starting points for your public records and open meetings analysis
  • The unique transparency risks posed by collaborative software 
  • How electronic communications can amount to a “meeting” under the Showers test
  • Records retention considerations for electronic communications
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Member $119.00

Non-Member $169.00

Credits

1.5 CLE

Date and Time

Thursday, January 09, 202512:00 PM - 1:25 PM CT

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This program is an excerpt from the Public Records, Open Meetings Update 2024

Communication cautions 

Most of us wouldn’t recognize a world without pervasive electronic communication. We use it to ask coworkers questions, talk with family members near and far, and keep up with friends. But communications from government officials, like social media posts, electronic chats, and emails, can sometimes run afoul of Wisconsin’s public records and open meeting laws. 

Before you hit send on that message you’re typing, join a panel of public records, open meetings gurus for Best Practices & Tips for Communicating Electronically. They’ll offer guidance on:

  • Starting points for your public records and open meetings analysis
  • The unique transparency risks posed by collaborative software 
  • How electronic communications can amount to a “meeting” under the Showers test
  • Records retention considerations for electronic communications
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This program is an excerpt from the Public Records, Open Meetings Update 2024

Communication cautions 

Most of us wouldn’t recognize a world without pervasive electronic communication. We use it to ask coworkers questions, talk with family members near and far, and keep up with friends. But communications from government officials, like social media posts, electronic chats, and emails, can sometimes run afoul of Wisconsin’s public records and open meeting laws. 

Before you hit send on that message you’re typing, join a panel of public records, open meetings gurus for Best Practices & Tips for Communicating Electronically. They’ll offer guidance on:

  • Starting points for your public records and open meetings analysis
  • The unique transparency risks posed by collaborative software 
  • How electronic communications can amount to a “meeting” under the Showers test
  • Records retention considerations for electronic communications
Read More ↓

Moderator:

Elizabeth Majerus is Deputy City Attorney for Sheboygan, Wisconsin and has been practicing municipal law since 2016. Prior to that, Ms. Majerus practiced criminal traffic defense. She is a graduate of Marquette University Law School and UW-Stevens Point.

Panelists:

Scott Brown has served Milwaukee County since 2018, advancing from Assistant Corporation Counsel to Corporation Counsel during his tenure. Mr. Brown’s appointment as Corporation Counsel was recently confirmed. As Milwaukee County’s chief legal officer, he is responsible for representing all its departments, boards, and elected officials. 

Paul M. Ferguson is an assistant attorney general who leads the Office of Open Government at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Mr. Ferguson serves as chair on the Wisconsin Public Records Board (PRB) and as chair of the PRB’s Records Management Committee and its Policy and Governance Committee. 

Tom Kamenick is the President and Founder of the Wisconsin Transparency Project, a law firm dedicated exclusively to enforcing the state’s public records and open meetings laws. Prior to founding WTP, Mr. Kamenick was Deputy Counsel and Litigation Manager at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. 

  • Discover best practices for electronic messaging during open meetings
  • Determine whether public officials can be held liable for blocking critics on social media
  • Understand how public records laws apply to collaborative software 
  • Analyze recent case law on public officials’ social media accounts and posts 
  • Discuss recommendations for locating and reviewing electronic communications 
  • Government lawyers
  • Administrative lawyers
  • Corporation counsel
  • Civil rights and constitutional lawyers 
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