Governance Committee Progress Report

 

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Progress Report

**Date:  February 17, 2005

 

**Committee Name:  Governance

 

**Supervising Board Member:  Sally Gibson (President)

 

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:  Sara Holder (Chair)

 

**Committee members:    Tracy Bynum
Geoffrey Morse
David Patterson
Rekesha Spellman
Francis Howard

 

**Activity in Current Reporting Period =20
a)  Projects completed (For example, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during this period):

1)  Reviewed all Exec. Board Meeting minutes from prior year;
2)  Drafted proposal for change to Bylaws regarding Affiliates Committee;
3)  Submitted proposal to Board for approval at December e-meeting;
4)  Submitted approved proposal for inclusion on NMRT ballot;
5)  Provided a Parliamentarian for Midwinter meeting.

b)  Projects in progress but not yet completed:     N/A

 

**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved (What is left to do, based on your Planning Report?=20 Have there been any substantial changes in plans since then? What items, if any, have been deferred until next year?):  =20

1)  Provide a parliamentarian for NMRT Annual meeting;
2)  Re-visit changes to the Constitution & Bylaws that were suggested by the 2000 committee;=20
3)  Create a "cheat sheet" for first-time parliamentarians;
4)  Do a close comparison of the Constitution & Bylaws to identify duplications that might cause confusion with an eye towards the possibility of merging the two documents.



Financial Report Section:
Your budget appropriation (see budget)  a. 0.00
Amount which you have spent so far this year    b. 0.00
Your estimated additional expenses this year    c. 0.00
Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year
(b+c)   d. 0.00
Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d) e.  0.00

 

**Report submitted by:  Sara Holder

**Email address:  sara.holder@mcgill.ca

 

Sara Holder
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