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Home My WebLink AboutCommittees List for Trustees AssignmentOCDSB Committees Must Have Should Have May Have Not Have Other Comments: Board All Trustees yes Basic business of the Board, might Standing Committees Chair /Members/Ex- officio combine well with HR First 3 standing committees could stand alone or move to COW, alternating chairs. Other option could be 2 co- chairs. Education Committee and SPPC are generative and have a key role in monitoring. SPPC is strategic. Fiduciary, might combine with Business Services is fiduciary, as is Budget. Budget has wider Wedded to good use of time not Education Committee Seward/FitzGerald, Kavanagh, Scott/McKenzie, Funiciello 12 or move 4 31 Human Resources, stakeholder group committee structures Major functions can/should be a matter of whole board discussion Basic business of the board, might Business Services Committee Holtzhauer/Curry, Fisher/McKenzie, Funiciello 2 2 or move 4 2 in COW combine well with Ed Generative, Strategic, might Human Resources Committee Campbells Blackburn, Shea/McKenzie, Funiciello 21 or move 4 31 combine with Governance Strategic Planning & Priorities Committee McKenzie/Campbell, Holtzhauer, Funiciello, Seward 12 but move 4 3 Move to Board Statutory Committees Members Special Education Advisory Committee Campbell, FitzGerald, Funiciello no choice? Fewer Trustees? Supervised Alternative learning Committee FitzGerald, Blackburn (alternate) no choice? Parent Involvement Committee Scott, Curry (alternate) no choice? 1 Audit Committee Campbell, Fisher, Scott no choice? Special Purpose Committees Members Really amounts to a series of single -topic Committee of the Move to Board. This is a critical Whole discussions, so need not fiduciary responsibility of Board necessarily be a committee in its Budget Committee Scott (chair�/all trustees 31 but move 3 3 and should be moved to Board. um right there are serious politica Is really a staff committee with no implications of doing this. governance role and trustee Community members may feel representation is not needed lessengaged if these are staff unless staff see it as useful to committees with no Trustees c their operational functions involved. This change, as well as others suggested above, MUST be discussed with non - voting members before we go too far Trades and Technology Steering Committee Kavanagh, McKenzie, Scott 10 along this path, staff might want for staff only Is really a staff committee with no governance role and trustee representation is not needed unless staff see it as useful to their operational functions Ottawa Student Transportation Authority McKenzie, Shea 61 2 1 1 Many consortia have governing boards composed entirely of staff from the member boards; however, until some major policy issues have been sorted out, possibly worthwhile continuing for a couple more years with some trustee presence on the Attendance Review Committee Funiciello 2 2 6 Move to staff if required OSTA board Do we have to have this? staff might want for staff only Evaluation Committee for the legal Services Request for Function is entirely operational Proposal Blackburn, Campbell, McKenzie, Scott, Curry (alternate) 1 2 3 4 Move to staff if required with no governance role, so ;an we collapse rho cares - taff want it Primarily a staff committee with no governance role, and the only possible reason for trustee representation is to ensure Board comfort with the recommendation, given that the Board may need to rely on legal counsel for advice directly to the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Scott 2 1 2 5 Increase number of trustees Board from time to time staff might want for staff only Is really a staff committee with no governance role, and which does not report to the Board, so that trustee representation is not needed unless staff see it as useful to their operational usef usef Full -Day Kindergarten Steering Committee Curry, Seward 2 6 or 1 Move to staff if required innr staff might want for staff only Is really a staff committee with no governance role, and which does not report to the Board, so that trustee representation is not needed unless staff see it as useful to their operational Generative, Strategic, might Environmental Education Steering Committee FitzGerald 1 2 8 Move to staff if required {iinrFinnr combine with SP &P staff might want for staff only could strike ad hoc when necessary Board Governance Task Force Curry, Funiciello, Holtzhauer, Kavanagh, McKenzie, Scott, Shea 3 1 6 Remove as soon as work complete for single task Once its mandate has been fulfilled, to be stood down, and any residual functions can be taken over as Committee of the Whole activities. Ad Hoc Committees Members Our key role as employer, infrequent Board Self Evaluation process Board Self- Evaluation Process & Director Performance flawed. Director evaluation fewer Evaluation McKenzie, Funiciello, Blackburn, FitzGerald, Kavanagh 21 3 2 4 1 Trustees ad hoc, will end should be whole board Major functions can/should be a matter for whole board discussion in Committee of the Secondary School Review Ad Hoc Committee McKenzie, Seward, Shea (alternate) 1 3 1 61 WhnIP Why do we have it? staff might want for staff only Is really a staff committee with no governance role, and which does not report to the Board, so that trustee representation is not needed unless staff see it as useful to their operational functions, although matters of policy arising from its work will eventually become topics for discussion by Committee of the Whole Advisory Committees to the Board Delegates should just report more often to Advisory Committee on the Arts Curry, Kavanagh 2 1 1 6 Move to staff if required full Board rho cares - taff want it This committee provides advice to the student trustees, not to the Board. See it as more of a PIC for the student trustees. Presence of a trustee is, however, important, in terms of helping the student trustees and their student advisors connected to the elected Board. *Note the Board also appoints a trustee represenstatiue Need to completely reconsider to other Boards Members existing advisory committee role Days are closing and structure, as each one tends These are community based advisory to operate in isolation and committees and very important to independently of board members the community and potentially to and even board staff, trustee the board. My feeling is that they involvement has been uneven, should be supported and advice to board has been encouraged to give the board good Ottawa School Day Nursery Board Kavanagh 10 No longer appropriate sporadic and often operational, advise and feedback. staff might want for staff only and relevance to governance is Ottawa - Carleton Education Network FitzGerald, McKenzie 1 1 3 5 unclear to non - existent. should report to full board often Alternative Schools Advisory Committee FitzGerald 2 1 1 Move to staff if required Work now primarily operational staff might want for staff only in nature, so that staff Need to completely reconsider representation should be existing advisory committee role Education Foundation of Ottawa McKenzie 11 1 3 51 suffiriPnt and structure, as each one tends should report to full board often Required in order to maintain an to operate in isolation and active and functional membership independently of board members Ontario Public School Boards Association Seward, FitzGerald (Directors) 3 41 1 2 Very useful in OPSBA and even board staff, trustee involvement has been uneven, advice to board has been sporadic and often operational in nature, and relevance to governance is unclear to non- should fold into Diversity Community Council for Ethnocultural Equity Vacant 2 1 6 existent. committee Need to completely reconsider Non - voting Trustee Members to Student Senate Curry 3 2 1 4 existing advisory committee role should report to full board often This committee provides advice to the student trustees, not to the Board. See it as more of a PIC for the student trustees. Presence of a trustee is, however, important, in terms of helping the student trustees and their student advisors connected to the elected Board. *Note the Board also appoints a trustee represenstatiue to other Boards Members Days are closing These are community based advisory committees and very important to the community and potentially to the board. My feeling is that they should be supported and encouraged to give the board good Ottawa School Day Nursery Board Kavanagh 10 No longer appropriate advise and feedback. staff might want for staff only Historical relic. No real need Ottawa - Carleton Education Network FitzGerald, McKenzie 1 1 3 5 should report to full board often Work now primarily operational in nature, so that staff representation should be Education Foundation of Ottawa McKenzie 11 1 3 51 suffiriPnt should report to full board often Required in order to maintain an active and functional membership Ontario Public School Boards Association Seward, FitzGerald (Directors) 3 41 1 2 Very useful in OPSBA complete waste of time