Does CCMP Need By-Laws?
The question we want to ask you today: should CCMP develop By-Laws to make sure we have a clear & transparent structure and governing mechanism?
There are many questions that are related: Who are the officers, how do they get elected? What are the committees? Where/When are the meetings, and how often? What are the working groups? Who makes up the Steering Committee? How to deal with education/knowledge? And so forth.
Your thoughts? Please share them with the community by leaving a comment.
Bill Ball Says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
I do not have a strong opinion on this.
I do think that some type of transparent governance structure is an excellent idea, and I suppose that “By-Laws” is as good a name for this as any. I do not see the need for electioins or officers — it is fine for the “Program” to be run by a Director if that is indeed seen as efficient. One approach might be for the CRC to write up the By-Laws however they think best and then run these ideas bast the steering committee.
Or perhaps I am not understanding this fully….
Tom Gross Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:14 am
Perhaps I have been within the Byzantine world of the UN too long, but I now believe there is a role for some sort of Terms of Reference. It helps to be able to refer to a basic set of guidelines now and again. It should have a three sentence purpose statement. Perhaps several main goals. A statement of structure, so that people outside of the inner circle can trust and understand it. Here at IOC we also value the “sunset” clause, which would require the parent organization, CRC, to renew the CCMP or disband it. This forces a strong re-evaluation every several years.
Ben Hilliard Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
I think that some guidance is a good idea, and the CRC could certainly go ahead and write up some draft bylaws.
I would not think that anything would change in terms of operation of the CCMP, but having a document to refer to when a question may come up as to procedure, membership, etc could save some headaches in the future.