Any suggestions on what steps I can take to stop our Council from using their personal E-mail for Village business? To stop them from using E-mail (personal or official) for "group discussion and deliberation" of issues? How do other municipalities get elected and appointed officials to provide "personal" E-mail account records having to do with official business? All elected and appointed officials have been "educated" on the E-mail rules and requirements, but the abuses continue. Example: Council members (via a mass E-mail) recently agreed with the head of our Ethics Committee's suggestion (via a mass E-mail) that they should discuss their concerns over the draft Ethics Code by E-mail so as to "save time" and have the matter "resolved" before "presenting it for Council approval".