Proposed governance change
That amendment is made to the Governance documents to allow for an extra 12 elected regional trustees in addition to the 12 trustees planned for.
Reason
Currently the Nomination Committee can select candidates they consider suitable to become a Trustee. In 2016 they selected 6 candidates who had been CTC members for less than 12 months and CTC members were not selected or discouraged from standing by the selection criteria. Currently Council has approximately 15 trustees, but can consist of between 5 and 22 elected trustees plus 4 members co-opted by the Council, a total of 26. The extra 12 regional trustees proposed could include seven for England (2 North, 2 Central, 2 South and 1 London) and two each for Scotland and Wales, plus one for Northern Ireland. Nominations for the 12 regional trustees could be by the membership, 4 seconders required for each. From the current maximum of 26 the change would result in a possible 24, rather than the 12 in the Governance document. The significant benefits would be more trustees could attend AGMs, cycle rallies or events and be known to the membership and be regional representatives in supporting cycling.
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Proposed governance change
That amendment is made to the Governance documents to allow for an extra 6 elected trustees in addition to the 12 trustees planned for.
Reason
Currently the Nomination Committee can recommend a person with skills, knowledge and experience as a Trustee. In 2016 they selected 6 candidates who had been CTC members for less than 12 months and CTC members were not selected or discouraged from standing by the selection criteria. Currently Council has approximately 15 trustees, but can consist of between 5 and 22 elected trustees plus 4 members co-opted by the Council. The extra 6 trustees proposed could include, 3 for England and 1 each for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Nominations for the 6 trustee positions could be by the membership, 4 seconders required for each, and voted in directly by the membership. From the current maximum of 26 the change would result in a possible 18, a net reduction of 30%, rather than the 50%+ reduction in the Governance document to 12. The benefits would be more trustees could attend AGMs, cycle rallies or events and be known to the membership. This could be of significant benefit in having direct contact with cycling groups and cyclists.
This would balance in time the number of trustees nominated by the selection process and those nominated by members.