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Savage said OK. Ms. Cherry stated that all those are supposed to be archived. I don't agree with that. And, from what I gathered this attorney, this discussion was about the website, the Paris Texas Chronicle and how can I get off the Board. As far as I can tell, ya'11 can go to the Mayor and put in a request and take it from there. Mr. Savage stated that never happened. Ms. Cherry stated well no, it never happened because there was a discussion and I don't know where it went from there but the discussion happened. Did it not? Mr. Savage asked removing you from the Board? Ms. Braswell and Mr. Dangerfield stated they didn't remember that. Ms. Cherry told them they weren't included. Ms. Cherry stated yes. Mr. Savage stated there was no discussion about removing you. There was a discussion of the process of removing a Commissioner. Ms. Cherry stated OK, come on now. Let's be honest if anything. There's no reason not to be honest about something. If you believe in something, you stand behind it no matter who's around. When I say something, I stand behind it, I don't care who's here or who's around. If I say something, I stand behind it because I believe in what I say. Mr. Savage asked so what do we need to do here? Ms. Cherry stated a transparency and follow the Open Meetings Act not have meetings outside the Board. Mrs. Ruthart asked so I can't contact a lawyer about policy? Ms. Cherry stated you contacted the lawyer about the Paris Texas Chronicle, can that be used to remove me from the Board. Mrs. Ruthart stated I contacted the lawyer about the Social Media Policy. Ms. Cherry stated that the Social Media Policy you got is off the internet. Ms. Ruthart stated it's off the Texas Housing Association website. Ms. Cherry stated it's off the internet; I have a copy of one off the internet. You just added commissioners. I don't think you can include the commissioners in the Personnel Policy. Mrs. Ruthart stated it's not a Personnel Policy; it's a Social Media Policy. Ms. Cherry stated it's a Social Media Policy from, all you did was use, and this is from a Personnel Policy handbook, what you did was just added commissioners to the employees. That's all you did. Mrs. Ruthart stated yes, I did. Ms. Cherry stated I don't think you can because you wouldn't be able to terminate a Board Member. Mrs. Ruthart stated I can't terminate a Board Member. I'm just putting this out here because we all discussed it and talked about Social Media Policy. Mr. Savage stated I agree that we need a Social Media policy and 1 agree that Commissioners should not be included in this. Because there is already things out there that I pulled up that Commissioners are bound to. I think the discussion was the Social Media Policy for the employees, because they are the only ones that can be disciplined by you. Mrs. Ruthart stated OK, I'll take it off. Do you want me to wait til the next Board meeting to bring it back or do you want me to go ahead and post it? Mr. Savage asked is there anything else on here that needed to be added that anybody saw. Board suggested that commissioners be removed from the policy before posted. Board approved posting of Policy. Motion was made by Rachel Braswell and seconded by Brenda Cherry. Passed 4 -0. Changes to Community Service Policy due to HUD changes adding the SNAP (Food Stamp Program) members as exempt from PIH Notice 2015 -12. Motion made to post change of policy by Rachel Braswell and seconded by Dewayne Dangerfield. Passed 4 -0. PHAS Score for FY 2015 is 84 — Standard Performer. Score came down 2 points from last year due to vacancies.