CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

Form­al Board Paper 6 | 11^th June 2021

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

FOR DECISION

Title: CHANGE TO STAND­ING ORDERS: IMPLE­MENT­ING CHANGES TO COM­MIT­TEE CHAIR ELECTIONS

Pre­pared by: DAV­ID CAMER­ON, DIR­ECT­OR OF COR­POR­ATE SERVICES

Pur­pose

This paper pro­poses changes required to Stand­ing Orders to imple­ment the changes to the elec­tion pro­cess for Com­mit­tee Chairs as agreed by the Board. The paper fol­lows agree­ment by the Board at its meet­ing of 28 May 2021 that Stand­ing Orders require amendment.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Board is asked to:

a) Agree the amend­ment to Stand­ing Orders set out in para­graph 3; b) Note the Board has agreed to pro­gress the nom­in­a­tion of can­did­ates for elec­tion as Com­mit­tee Chairs in par­al­lel with the pro­cess to amend Stand­ing Orders; c) Con­firm the Board is con­tent that the list of nom­in­a­tions to be declared by 17:00 on 11 June 2021 will be accep­ted by the Board as the can­did­ates for the elec­tion of Com­mit­tee Chairs.

Back­ground

1. The Board agreed to change the struc­ture of the Board’s Com­mit­tees at its meet­ing of 28 May and adop­ted Terms of Ref­er­ence for Com­mit­tees at that meeting.

2. The Board also agreed that Com­mit­tee Chairs should be elec­ted by the full Board rather than by the mem­ber­ship of the Com­mit­tees. The Board agreed on 28 May that a change in Stand­ing Orders was required to imple­ment its agreed changes. This paper sets out the pro­posed changes in Stand­ing orders to imple­ment the Board’s pri­or decisions.

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CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHORITY

Form­al Board Paper 6 | 11^th June 2021

Pro­posed Changes To Stand­ing Orders

1. In order to con­firm the elec­tion of Com­mit­tee Chairs fol­low­ing the pro­cess agreed by the Board on 28 May, the fol­low­ing amend­ment is required to the cur­rent stand­ing orders:

   a) Replace Stand­ing order para­graph 40: “… Com­mit­tees, oth­er than Plan­ning Com­mit­tee provided for at para­graph 22, shall appoint a Chair­per­son and a Vice Chair­per­son at their first meet­ing fol­low­ing agree­ment of their mem­ber­ship by the Board, from among the mem­ber­ship of the Com­mit­tee agreed by the Board…” with

   b) Com­mit­tee Chairs shall be elec­ted by the full Board using the vot­ing pro­ced­ures set out in these Stand­ing Orders for the elec­tion of the Board Con­vener. Com­mit­tee Chairs so elec­ted shall be a mem­ber of the Com­mit­tee in terms of that Committee’s terms of ref­er­ence. Any sub­sequent require­ment for review of the mem­ber­ship of the Com­mit­tee in ques­tion shall be under­taken by the Con­vener and the Gov­ernance Com­mit­tee. The Vice Chair of Com­mit­tees shall be appoin­ted by each Com­mit­tee from among the mem­ber­ship of the Com­mit­tee agreed by the Board.

Con­firm­a­tion of Valid­ity of Can­did­ate List

1. The Board agreed at its meet­ing on 28 May that the pro­posed timetable for the cur­rent round of elec­tions of Com­mit­tee Chairs should be fol­lowed, des­pite stand­ing orders not being amended as at 28 May. The Board is there­fore asked to con­firm the list of nom­in­ees for Com­mit­tee Chairs developed since the last meet­ing, and pri­or to any final amend­ment of stand­ing orders, is to be accep­ted as the can­did­ate list for elec­tions to be under­taken fol­low­ing the date of this meeting.

Dav­id Camer­on 2 June 2021 davidcameron@​cairngorms.​co.​uk