Originally Posted by
Lyle Craver
In most advisory committees I've seen (and I have been appointed by our municipal council 4 times for terms ranging from 1 - 3 years with the option of a second term renewal) there is always a range of #'s of members
Other things I would expect to see in the terms of reference?
- how the committee chair is chosen (e.g. by the CFC president? the executive, the national junior coordinator or by the members themselves),
- In the municipal committees I've served on, residency is usually a condition of membership. In our case does one have to be a member? If not, is requiring a member to be the parent of a junior member ok? In my opinion we shouldn't require full membership BUT I would definitely insist the committee chair be a CFC member
- how long do they serve for? (i.e. at the pleasure of the national executive? A fixed term?
- what topics are they expected to advise the Executive or VM Assembly on?
- Is this to be considered a permanent committee or a temporary task force? (I've served on both types)
- It's probably obvious but I would put in a phrase saying 'since this is a national committee which is intended to do its business by e-mail, a regular e-mail connection is a condition of membership'
- who does the committee report to and how? (president? jr coordinator? VM Assembly?)
- I would require committee members to agree that their deliberations be confidential except when reporting to the president / jr coordinator / executive / VM Assembly or whomever we decide - we SPECIFICALLY don't want ideas floated to the committee to be published on ChessTalk or other venues. In case anybody's unclear on the concept this is a CFC COMMITTEE. (emphasis intended)
I don't want to get overly bureaucratic here but I think all of the above are terms needing a consensus of the VMs.