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Dear Ms. Rack:

This is in response to your request, on behalf of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts Institute/Riverfront, for an Attorney General opinion regarding these questions:(1) Can a NOCCA/Riverfront board member be counted by telephone to form a quorum? and(2) Can a board member so present then vote by voice or facsimile?

For the following reasons, we must answer no to both inquiries.

The NOCCA/Riverfront was recently created by the state legislature, LSA-R.S. 17:1970.21 to 27, to provide professional quality opportunities for special high school students who aspire to be…