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speak on amendment 24?

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DELEGATE GULLETT: In favor of it, very briefly.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Very well. The Chair will permit

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you to proceed.

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DELEGATE GULLETT: I thinkthe time has come

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when we should seriously reorient our thinking about the

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conduct of public meetings and about allowing the record

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to be made available for those who need to know.

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All the records of the public meetings are open

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here. It was very refreshing. I can think of no reason

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why there should be a closed meeting except as to salary or

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discharging an employee. There have been many instances

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in the state of Maryland regarding this problem, and the

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way the meetings are conducted in public. I think writing

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this in the Constitution will serve as a clarion call to

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those public officials who know that now is the time to

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stop secrecy in public meetings.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Areyou ready for the question?

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Delegate Johnson, for what purpose do you rise?

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DELEGATE JOHNSON: A parliamentary inquiry.

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THE CHAIRMAN: State your inquiry.