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committee

vr.tr.committee · SOC.ORG

Let an agent handle committees by type, parent body, remit, membership, meetings and public participation, and help people run committees effectively.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle committees by type, parent body, remit, membership, meetings and public participation, and help people run committees effectively.

A group of people appointed or elected to consider, investigate, advise on or decide specific matters, usually on behalf of a larger body, such as parliamentary select and standing committees, advisory boards, community boards and redistricting commissions.

What it is for: Dividing work and scrutinising decisions in organisations.

It can be identify a committee and its remit; find meetings, papers and minutes; submit evidence or comments; run a committee meeting well.

Distinguishing features

Subset of a larger body or appointed group

Defined remit

Meets and reports

May be advisory or decision-making

What it looks like

Meetings with a chair, members, agendas, papers and minutes.

How it is recognised

Terms of reference and remit

Chair and secretary

The parent assembly makes final decisions in many cases

Related models

is a kind of - category

organization

reports to - parent body

assembly

is governed by - rules

terms of reference

produces - output

report

In practice

Families and kinds

parliamentary committees

standing and ad hoc committees

advisory boards and panels

community boards

boundary and redistricting commissions

Standards and regulation

Standing orders of parliaments and councils

Open meetings and freedom of information laws

Organisational governance codes

Failure modes and hazards

Unclear remit

Outdated membership information

Conflicts of interest

Also called

community board of New York Citycommunity board of Queenscommunity board of Staten Islandredistricting commissionadvisory groupgovernment advisory boardadvisory non-departmental public bodyDutch advisory boardmunicipal advisory councilgovernment committeepolitical party committeeSea Fisheries CommitteeSenedd Committeecommittee of the UK Parliamentenvironmental boarddata access committeeEquity, Diversity and Inclusion Committeepolice and crime panelresearch committeestanding committeeDiet Affairs CommitteeCommonwealth Games Organising Committeenational committeeIspolkomministerial committeecultural committeeStanding Committeescash auditorIndustry Advisory CommitteeAustralian School of Business Advisory CouncilB20 Leadership GroupPublic CommitteeNameExoWorlds National CommitteeDistrict Executive CommitteeCPC District Committeecommittee established within the CCPsteering committeecommittee of the Council of the European Unionlegislative committeeConsistory

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.committee-group

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Body Which committee.

Remit defines role.

Identity

Name and parent.

Identity

Identity.

  1. Which committee is meant, and which body does it belong to? provenance
  2. What is its remit? provenance

Members

Membership.

Members

Membership.

  1. Who are its members and chair, as of which date? provenance
  2. How were they appointed? provenance
Proceedings Meetings.

Records are public in many cases.

Meetings

Agendas and minutes.

Meetings

Meetings.

  1. When does the committee meet, and where are papers published? provenance
  2. Are meetings public? provenance

Evidence

Submissions.

Evidence

Submitting evidence.

  1. How can the public submit evidence or comments to this committee? action
  2. What are the deadlines? provenance
Running Effective committees.

Good practice helps.

Chairing

Chairing meetings.

Chairing

Chairing.

  1. How should a committee meeting be chaired and minuted? action
  2. Which procedural rules apply? provenance

Terms

Terms of reference.

Terms

Terms of reference.

  1. What should terms of reference include? definition
  2. How often should they be reviewed? provenance
Integrity Conflicts.

Integrity matters.

Interests

Declarations.

Interests

Declarations of interest.

  1. Have members declared relevant interests? boundary
  2. Where is the register of interests? provenance

Outcomes

Reports and follow-up.

Outcomes

Outcomes.

  1. What did the committee recommend, and how did the parent body respond? provenance
  2. Where is the report published? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should committee types be separate entries?
  • How should parliamentary committees be linked?
  • How should terms of reference be stored?
Draft as JSON