December 14, 2007 open meeting
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Open Meeting Agenda
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007
1:00 p.m.
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Agenda
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I. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for December 6, 2007
Agenda Document No. 07-88
II. FUTURE MEETING DATES
Agenda Document 2007-90 (submitted late)
Circulated December 10, 2007
III. DRAFT FINAL RULE AND EXPLANATION AND JUSTIFICATION ON ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
Agenda Document No. 07-92 (submitted late)
Circulated December 12, 2007
(Tony Buckley/Margaret Perl/Ron Katwan)
IV. FINAL RULES ON CANDIDATE TRAVEL
Agenda Document No. 07-94 (submitted late)
Circulated December 12, 2006(Joshua Blume/Richard Ewell of the General Counsel's Office)
V. ADVISORY OPINIONS
A. Draft Advisory Opinion 2007-34
Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.Agenda Document No. 07-93 (submitted late)
Circulated December 12, 2007(Joshua Blume/Richard Ewell of the General Counsel's Office)
B. Draft Advisory Opinion 2007-31
John Edwards for President by Lora Haggard, CFOAgenda Document 2007-89
Circulated December 7, 2007(Eric Hallstrom/Amy Rothstein of the General Counsel's Office)
C. Draft Advisory Opinion 2007-27 (Alternative drafts)
ActBlue by Johathan Zucker, Esq.Agenda Document 2007-87
Circulated December 6, 2007(Esa Sferra/Amy Rothstein of the General Counsel's Office)
D. Draft Advisory Opinion 2007-28 (Alternative drafts)
Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes by Charles Bell, Jr., Esq. and Ashlee Titus, Esq.Agenda Document No. 07-91 (submitted late)
Circulated December 10, 2007(Adam Schwartz/Ron Katwan of the General Counsel's Office)
E. Draft Advisory Opinion 2007-25
Holland & Knight LLP by Christopher Delacy, Esq.Agenda Document No. 07-82
(Continued from the meeting of December 6, 2007)(Albert Kiss/Ron Katwan of the General Counsel's Office)
VI. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
A. Chairman
B. Vice Chairman
VII. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Additional Documents
Agenda Document No. 07-89-A (Submitted Late)
Submitted by: Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub
Subject: Advisory Opinion 2007-31, Edwards for PresidentAgenda Document No. 07-92-A (Submitted Late)
Submitted by : Chairman Robert D. Lenhard
Subject: Draft Final Rule and Explanation and Justification on Electioneering Communications
Minutes for this meeting
Approved minutes (Approved on January 24, 2008)