Operational Entity Management - Easy green lights
BurningSeed Restructure Stakeholders PublicSeen by 11Hi team,
Over the last couple of weeks, the CWG have been discussing the potential ways that the Operational Org could be conducted. The AFR provides some clear indications as to what the community wants the structure to look like, however in order to implement them in a constitution format there are practical questions that need to be addressed. There has also been substantive discussion in the Vision Sessions and in Loomio workshops that the team has revisited and considered.
This proposal contains what we believe to be the least contentious details to be included in the brief to counsel. A heap of work went into considering the problem from a number of perspectives - for example considering frustrations experienced from various stakeholders in the old model, compliance requirements, operational considerations, problems unique to burns and the 10 Principles, the relationship to the cultural org, and more.
Members of the CWG hold diverse views and the following are the elements we could agree to recommend be included in the brief to counsel:
The Board of the Operational Entity will be called Town Council
Members of the Board will be called Councillors
Voting Councillors will be registered as directors of the company
Voting Councillors should be appointed by a voting college* of members. What constitutes this voting college will be worked on in a separate workshop. *terminology will be worked on in that workshop too.
The Board will consist of a minimum of 5 Voting Councillors, and a maximum of 7 total Councillors.
A Board is quorate when at least half of the Voting Councillors, and no less than three Voting Councillors are present.
We discussed a large number of Topics that relate to this Topic, and decided that any more than the above might require discussion. For that reason we’re leaving some of the following issues in later workshops where we can work on them in the detail and focus they deserve.
Some of the topics planned for future discussion are:
Eligibility for Councillor nomination
Membership voting eligibility
Representative positions
Officer/executive positions
Tenure/Rotation
Reappointment
Committees/subcommittees
Casual vacancies
We’re trying to get easy wins under the belt before we tackle the more complex topics, as that will get us a base to work from.
Thanks!
CWG
Operational Entity Management - Easy green lights
proposal by BurningSeed Restructure Stakeholders Closed Wed 3 Nov 2021 9:07AM
Passed
Hi team,
Over the last couple of weeks, the CWG have been discussing the potential ways that the Operational Org could be conducted. The AFR provides some clear indications as to what the community wants the structure to look like, however in order to implement them in a constitution format there are practical questions that need to be addressed. There has also been substantive discussion in the Vision Sessions and in Loomio workshops that the team has revisited and considered.
This proposal contains what we believe to be the least contentious details to be included in the brief to counsel. A heap of work went into considering the problem from a number of perspectives - for example considering frustrations experienced from various stakeholders in the old model, compliance requirements, operational considerations, problems unique to burns and the 10 Principles, the relationship to the cultural org, and more.
Members of the CWG hold diverse views and the following are the elements we could agree to recommend be included in the brief to counsel:
The Board of the Operational Entity will be called Town Council
Members of the Board will be called Councillors
Voting Councillors will be registered as directors of the company
Voting Councillors should be appointed by a voting college* of members. What constitutes this voting college will be worked on in a separate workshop. *terminology will be worked on in that workshop too.
The Board will consist of a minimum of 5 Voting Councillors, and a maximum of 7 total Councillors.
A Board is quorate when at least half of the Voting Councillors, and no less than three Voting Councillors are present.
We discussed a large number of Topics that relate to this Topic, and decided that any more than the above might require discussion. For that reason we’re leaving some of the following issues in later workshops where we can work on them in the detail and focus they deserve.
Some of the topics planned for future discussion are:
Eligibility for Councillor nomination
Membership voting eligibility
Representative positions
Officer/executive positions
Tenure/Rotation
Reappointment
Committees/subcommittees
Casual vacancies
We’re trying to get easy wins under the belt before we tackle the more complex topics, as that will get us a base to work from.
Thanks!
CWG
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 7 | 88 | 88 |     | |
| Abstain | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Not voted | 0 | 0 |
Hi wondering about: (3) Voting Councillors will be registered as directors of the company. Does this mean that each Town Councillor is designated as a Director of the Board (of the operational entity). I know that all members of the Board are to be registered w ACNC, seeking clarification as to position statement and equal accountability (all "directors"). Thanks
No provisions have been made regarding ACNC at this stage as it is likely that the Cultural Org will be the charity not the ops org which is a not for profit CLG.
The 5 directors will be voting members and 2 places have been included on the Board to allow for representation without liability. For example the community might decide that the Traditional Owners should always have a seat on the Board but we should not force anyone to assume director level responsibility/liability in order to have that voice at the table. Same could apply to a youth representative. Naturally if an eligible member nominated themselves for an Officer/director role and is elected (and therefore can vote in Board decision making processes and assume the liability for the event) they might happen to be a traditional owner as well. Same for someone who is 18, if they have enough experience to assume that level of legal responsibility and the voting college supports them, great. But if we want to offer young people to gain experience on a Board before taking on an executive role, they could nominate as a non-voting member.