Meetings

Open Meetings Law

• Open Government website
• Your Right to Know 
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Meeting Minutes Advisory Opinion

Scheduling Meetings

• A best practice is to periodically survey board members to see with days and times work best for them.
• When scheduling meetings, consider avoiding holidays for various faiths. Click here to view a 2024-2025 Interfaith/Diversity calendar.
• Consider what other major CCE or community events are happening that could impact attendance for board members or community wishing to attend meetings.
• Annual board calendar template

Running Meetings

• Roberts Rules of Order
• Meeting agenda template
• Meeting minutes template
• Committee report template
• Mission Moments examples:
  • CCE Monroe - Blocks in Bloom
  • CCE Delaware - NYC Watershed 
  • CCE Taste NY - Local Farms
  • CCE Broome - Clyde Van Dyke 4-H Youth Spotlight
  • CCE Suffolk - Long Island Shellfish Restoration 
  • CCE Niagara - Veggie Van 
  • CCE Jefferson - 4Hers and Space Station 
  • CCE Buffalo - Urban Agriculture 
  • CCE Orange - Master Gardeners and Bird Habitat 
  • CCE Harvest NY - Dairy Robotics Pay Off for WNY Family Farm 
• Table tent template

Executive Session

• Salary Opinion

Special Meetings 

Organizational Meeting

• 12/12/24 CCE Organizational Board Meeting Training Recording
• Organizational meeting press release
• Organizational meeting agenda template
• Annual fiscal authorizations
• Operating guidelines template

Annual Meeting

• Annual meeting guidance
• Annual meeting press release