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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Paper 6 10/08/07 

CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 


FOR DECISION 


Title: ELECTION OF DEPUTY CONVENER – CHANGE TO STANDING ORDERS 

Prepared by: Jane Hope, Chief Executive 


Purpose 

To seek the Board’s agreement to a change to Standing. 


Recommendation 

That the Board agrees to the proposed change in Standing Order 4 to allow election of the 
Deputy Convener on the 5th October 2007. 


Executive Summary 

The current post of Deputy Convener ends on the 15th October 2007 (see minutes of Board 
meeting of 10th September 2004). The CNPA Standing Orders require elections to take place 
at the second-last CNPA meeting before the term of office expires. This would mean the upcoming 
election should take place at the Board meeting on the 10th August 2007. This would 
be less than ideal timing given that a number of members are likely to be away on holiday, 
and the new appointments to the Board will not have taken effect. It is therefore proposed 
that the Board agree to change Standing Orders for this occasion only, to the effect that the 
election of the Deputy Convener takes place at the Board meeting on the 5th October. 



ELECTION OF DEPUTY CONVENER – CHANGE TO STANDING 
ORDERS - FOR DECISION 


Background 

1. The current post of Deputy Convener ends on the 15th October 2007 (see minutes of 
Board meeting of 10th September 2004). The Standing Orders set out a process for 
elections, including the requirement that election should take place at the second-last 
CNPA meeting before the term of office expires. 

2. This would mean the up-coming election should take place at the Board meeting on 
the 10th August 2007. The Board agreed that this would be less than ideal timing and 
agreed that the election should take place at the following Board meeting on the 5th 
October. This requires a change to Standing Orders. This was notified at the 
meeting on the 15th June and the current paper seeks the Board agreement to that 
change. 

3. Standing Order 4 states in the second sentence: 

“At the second-last CNPA meeting before the term of office of a current Convener [or Deputy 
Convener] expires, election of the next Convener [or Deputy Convener] shall take place.” 

4. It is proposed that Standing Order 4 is changed so that after the second sentence as 
set out above, an additional sentence is added as follows: 

“This will not apply to the election of the Deputy Convener due by the 15th October 2007; this 
election will take place at the Board meeting scheduled for the 5th October 2007.” 


Recommendation 

5. That the Board agree to the change in Standing Order set out in paragraph 4 above 
in order to allow the election of the Deputy Convener to take place at the Board 
Meeting on the 5th October 2007. 


Jane Hope 
July 2007 

janehope@cairngorms.co.uk