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sessions as part of its March 27-28 meeting in Sioux Falls.
• Open meetings commissioners did not agree with Haber. They concluded that the medical examiners board did follow its meeting agenda and that the closed-door sessions it held to discuss physician discipline matters were covered by state law.
• In the complaint involving the state Board of Massage Therapy, Rhanda Heller of Sioux Falls alleged that the board did not post a meeting agenda, held an improper closed-door session, did not provide the public with hand-outs of board materials and failed to provide adequate minutes.
• "I ask you to send a strong message to this board," Heller, a licensed massage therapist, told the commissioners Monday. "Please do not give them a warning ticket."

• Open meetings commissioners had several questions for massage therapy board attorney James Carlon of Pierre, but in the end concluded that either no open meetings law violations occurred or that they didn't have jurisdiction to rule on at least one of the alleged violations.
• One of Heller's charges was that the massage therapy board did not properly state a reason for an executive session. Commissioner Glen Brenner of Pennington County said the allegation did not have merit because the law does not require a public board to state a reason when making a motion to

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