The reason for the Motel JC is obvious to me, Bill: no glaring lights and cameras after the meeting. No having to face the press and justify a Kangaroo Court that would have even been considered barbaric in the Dark Ages.
No! Better to let them get in their cars and each drive a different covert route to a secret, unnamed Motel, put on Groucho Marx glasses and slither into a room, rubber stamp the papers, have a few drinks together and then go home.
This is all Bible-Based(tm). If I can say one thing about the society: they NEVER "go beyond what is written." (Except for the Groucho Marx glasses, that is.) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Farkel