POLICY:
To establish Committee formation, processes and function.
PROCEDURE:
1. New Committees shall be formed at the request of the Session who shall determine the specific responsibilities of any proposed Committee.
2. At least one Staff shall be an active Committee representative, with voice but without voting rights.
3. Each Committee shall have a Chairperson.
4. Each Committee shall schedule regular meetings and ensure that minutes are recorded and distributed to each member, including the Staff representative.
5. A Committee may establish one or more task forces to accomplish specific, well-defined and time-limited tasks.
6. Beginning with the installation of new elders in 2010, there is a limit that each elder would serve on no more than one committee, unless specific approval is granted by the Session.
7. There should be two elders on Communications and Resources Committee and on the Personnel Committee, and at least one elder on each of the other permanent Session Committees (Mission and Outreach Committee and Worship Committee). (Note that the term "should" does not mean "shall," but denotes a strong advisory).
8. Two committees shall be required to have a Session member as chair: Communications and Resources Committee and Personnel Committee.
9. Any Capital Funds Committee, although a temporary committee, is required to have an elder as chair.
2. At least one Staff shall be an active Committee representative, with voice but without voting rights.
3. Each Committee shall have a Chairperson.
4. Each Committee shall schedule regular meetings and ensure that minutes are recorded and distributed to each member, including the Staff representative.
5. A Committee may establish one or more task forces to accomplish specific, well-defined and time-limited tasks.
6. Beginning with the installation of new elders in 2010, there is a limit that each elder would serve on no more than one committee, unless specific approval is granted by the Session.
7. There should be two elders on Communications and Resources Committee and on the Personnel Committee, and at least one elder on each of the other permanent Session Committees (Mission and Outreach Committee and Worship Committee). (Note that the term "should" does not mean "shall," but denotes a strong advisory).
8. Two committees shall be required to have a Session member as chair: Communications and Resources Committee and Personnel Committee.
9. Any Capital Funds Committee, although a temporary committee, is required to have an elder as chair.
RESPONSIBILITY:
Session is responsible for the establishment and function of Committees.
LAST REVISION: 2011
LAST REVISION: 2011
