§ 11.07. Meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings at least four times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special meetings when authorized and called as prescribed by its by-laws or by the commissioner. At meetings of the board, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the secretary of state, the chairman of the state council on the arts and the chairman of the council may be represented by other officers or employees of the state designated by them for such purpose.