#Can secretary of a board view audio tapes of meetings full
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It can have privacy implications especially because it is very difficult to have an ‘off the record” tape recording of something that is tape recorded.
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Oral defamation that is not recorded is always hard to prove but when you tape record a meeting, there is a permanent record of who said what at a meeting which opens up and increases the possibilities for many (and often petty and destructive) defamation claims.However, tape recording everything said at a board meeting has legal dangers being: Unless the Constitution requires it, there is no legal requirement to tape record a board meeting nor, subject to the comments below, is there any law which says you can’t. One question that is frequently asked, particularly in relation to not for profit organisations is ‘Should board meetings be recorded?’ This article takes a brief look at both the legal and practical issues relevant to that question. Opinions on what constitutes good governance or good practice in the board room are many and varied.
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To record or not to record – that is the question.