WASHINGTON STATE
EXECUTIVE ETHICS BOARD
2425 Bristol Court SW– 1st
Floor Conference Room 148 – Olympia, WA
March 31, 2008
Special Meeting Minutes
(some
members participating via teleconference)
A. Convene
Roll Call
The special meeting of the Washington State Executive Ethics Board
(EEB) was called to order by Chair Judy Golberg at 9:15 a.m. In attendance were
Members Evelyn Yenson and Linnaea Jablonski. Board staff in attendance
included: Executive Director Melanie de
Leon, Senior Assistant Attorney General Linda Moran, Administrative Officer
Ruthann Bryant and Investigators Nancy Lewin and Sue Jones.
B. Advisory Opinion Request
Melanie de Leon briefly summarized a request by the Interagency
Committee of State Employed Women (ICSEW) requesting an informal staff analysis
asking if they could solicit donations from other state employees, businesses,
the general public and legislators to be used for a silent auction benefitting
a local charity. She also reported on the legal analysis requested by the Board
at its March 14th meeting. She suggested
that a possible solution may be to allow the committee to get donations from
within their own agencies, but not allow them to solicit donations outside of
their organizations until the “agency head” of the ICSEW establishes a written
policy specifically addressing how and when the committee members can solicit
outside businesses and legislators for charitable donations.
Motion 08-010 Moved by Member Yenson,
seconded by Member Jablonski:
The Board confirms that ICSEW members could inform employees
of their own individual state agencies of the upcoming silent auction and allow
these state employees to voluntarily donate items to the auction if the
member’s state agency has a policy in place that allows them to do so. In addition, the Board requests that for
future activities, the “agency head” of the ICSEW needs to have a policy
approved by the Board that specifies activities by the ICSEW that support
organizational effectiveness and delineates what state resources can be used
for these activities. If these
activities include soliciting for charities, the policy should state who can be
solicited and provide guidance for this solicitation.
The motion passed unanimously.
C. Adjournment
There being no miscellaneous matters, the
meeting was adjourned at 9:45 a.m.
Approved by the Board 4/11/08