230324CNPABdPaper4ElectionsAndStandingOrders

This document contains a notice regarding the upcoming board election of the Convener, Deputy Convener, and Committee Chairs for the Cairngorms National Park Authority. It confirms the end of business continuity arrangements related to standing orders and proposes changes. The board will be asked to agree to suspend business continuity adaptations, note proposed amendments to standing orders, and agree to arrangements for elections for the Board Convener, Deputy Convener, and Committee Chairs at the next formal board meeting on 23 June 2023. The Board Convener will step down effective 31 July 2023, and there will be at least two Chair vacancies on Board Committees starting 1 April. It also recommends that elections continue via postal ballot.