Originally Posted By: darth baiter
Once again, the state of Washington, the Commission, or the WDFW can be required to have a meeting "open" to the public. These groups cannot require the tribes to attend or participate at these meetings. It is their decision to do so or not. I suspect they won't.


I appreciate your counter point, however it is a bit off.
First, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission is a coalition of treaty tribes. They each have representatives who are federally mandated to negotiate with the Commission. Not the State, not WDFW, the Commission. The Commission DELEGATES to WDFW the authority to conduct the negotiations. The Commission IS subject to the OPMA, so with the delegation, the OPMA follows to WDFW. It doesn't matter who they are meeting with. The Treaty Tribes are federally mandated to negotiate. It doesn't matter if the negotiations are open or not.