Student organization and the Brown Act

Q:  Do student organizations fall under the Brown Act?  At Valley, student organizations gain official recognition from the Student Government.  They do not automatically receive funding, but may apply to the Student Government for specific event or programmatic funding.  All student organizations are asked to appoint a representative to serve on a council of clubs, Inter-Club Council, which follows the Brown Act.

However, student organizations are not required to have any member of the student goverment serve or be a member of the organization in any capacity - although, some members of student goverment are independently (from any student government role and responsibility) a part of a student organization.  

A:  The California Attorney General has concluded that meetings of the student government of a community college are subject to the Brown Act, see 75 Ops. Cal. Atty Gen. 143 (1992).  However, a student organization would only be subject to the Brown Act if either (1) it was created by the elected legislative body to exercise authority delegated to it by the student government, or (2) receives funds from student government
AND its board of directors includes, as a "full voting member" of the board of the student organization, a member of the governing body of the student government.  Government Code section 54952(c).