7.__Member participation.__Each commissioner of the interstate commission has the right and power to cast a vote to which the commissioner's state is entitled and to participate in the business and affairs of the interstate commission.__A commissioner must vote in person and may not delegate a vote to another compacting state, except a commissioner, in consultation with the state council, may appoint another authorized representative, in the absence of the commissioner from that state, to cast a vote on behalf of the compacting state at a specified meeting.__The bylaws may provide for members' participation in meetings by telephone or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication.

8.__Public access to interstate commission records and information.__The interstate commission's bylaws must establish conditions and procedures under which the interstate commission shall make its information and official records available to the public for inspection or copying.__The interstate commission may exempt from disclosure any information or official records to the extent they would adversely affect personal privacy rights or proprietary interests.

9.__Public notice.__Public notice of all meetings must be given and all meetings are open to the public, except as set forth in the rules or as otherwise provided in the compact.__ The interstate commission and any of its committees may close a meeting to the public where it determines by 2/3 vote that an open meeting would be likely to:

A.__Relate solely to the interstate commission's internal personnel practices and procedures;

B.__Disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by statute;

C.__Disclose trade secrets or commercial or financial