CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

Form­al Board Paper 3 28^th May 2021

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

FOR DECISION

Title: ELEC­TION OF CONVENER

Pre­pared by: DAV­ID CAMER­ON, DIR­ECT­OR OF COR­POR­ATE SERVICES

Pur­pose

This paper noti­fies the Board of the elec­tion of the Board Con­vener and the pro­posed pro­cess for that election.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Board is asked to:

a) Note the noti­fic­a­tion of the elec­tion of the Board Con­vener; b) Agree the pro­cess of elec­tion as set out in this paper.

Exec­ut­ive Summary

1. The Board agreed in final­ising its Stand­ing Orders that there should be a great­er sep­ar­a­tion in time between the elec­tion of the Con­vener and the expiry of the term of appoint­ment of the cur­rent Con­vener. The cur­rent term of appoint­ment of the Con­vener comes to an end on 30 Septem­ber, with the new appoint­ment com­men­cing from I Octo­ber. As such, noti­fic­a­tion is now giv­en of the com­mence­ment of the Con­vener elec­tion, with the mem­ber elec­ted through this pro­cess tak­ing up the role with effect from I Octo­ber 2021.

2. While Busi­ness Con­tinu­ity Plan (BCP) pro­cesses remain in force, the Board has also agreed modi­fic­a­tions to the Stand­ing orders to allow elec­tions to be under­taken by post. As set out in the paper deal­ing with the elec­tion of Com­mit­tee Chairs, the pro­cess for elec­tions was last mod­i­fied and agreed by the Board in Novem­ber 2020 for the elec­tion of the Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Con­vener. The elec­tion for the Board Con­vener will fol­low the same pro­cess as we con­tin­ue to expect BCP arrange­ments to pre­vent in per­son meet­ings of the scale of a Board meet­ing over the next few months.

3. Accord­ingly, it is pro­posed that the elec­tion for the Board Con­vener fol­lows the fol­low­ing timetable, which mir­rors the pro­posed timetable for the elec­tion of Com­mit­tee Chairs:

   a) 28 May: Board con­firms pro­cess for elec­tion of Convener

   b) 11 June 17:00: dead­line for receipt of val­id­ated nom­in­a­tions and seconds for role of Convener

   c) In week com­men­cing 14 June: con­firm­a­tion of nom­in­a­tions Con­vener and issue of bal­lot papers togeth­er with sup­port­ing can­did­ate state­ments. Tar­get issue of these papers Wed­nes­day 16 June.

   d) Wed­nes­day 30 June 17:00: dead­line for receipt of bal­lot papers

   e) By Fri­day 2 July: count of bal­lots; announce­ment of res­ults of elec­tions; con­firm­a­tion of mem­ber to take on role of Con­vener from I Octo­ber 2021.

Dav­id Camer­on 17 May 2021 davidcameron@​cairngorms.​co.​uk