; (ii) 9 of the voting members shall serve for 2 years; and (iii) 7 of the voting members shall serve for 1 year. (e) Governance (1) In general The Council shall elect a chairperson, select staff, and make policies with regard to internal operating procedures. (2) Self-governing After the initial organizational meeting called by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Council shall be self-governing and shall hold meetings thereafter at least once each year. (3) Transparency The Council shall— (A) conduct the operations of the Council in public, to the maximum extent practicable; (B) make all work product adopted by the Council available to the public; (C) hold at least 1 meeting each year that is open to the public, and for each such meeting provide notice to the public at least 30 days prior to such meeting; and (D) maintain a freely accessible website on which it shall make available to the public, at a minimum— (i) recommendations made by the Council, together with information as to whether or not the recommendations were adopted and, if not, an explanation of why they were not adopted; (ii) a description of matters currently under review by the Council, without disclosing any private, confidential, or privileged information consistent with applicable law; (iii) a statement of industry standards