小蓝视频 Community Advisory Council Charter

Approved by the President/Director on July 1, 2020

  • I. Purpose
  • The role of the 小蓝视频 Community Advisory Council (鈥淐ommunity Council鈥) is to advise the 小蓝视频 President/Director and Chief Operating Officer (鈥淐OO鈥) upon their request on general aspects of 小蓝视频 community life connected to and essential for the 小蓝视频 research and education missions, but not the research or education missions themselves. This includes, for example, housing, childcare, facilities, campus life, and Woods Hole/Falmouth community relations.
  • The 小蓝视频 President/Director and COO will communicate with the Community Council regularly on matters for which they seek the advice of the Community Council.
  • II. Composition of Community Council
  • The Community Council will be comprised of no more than thirteen (13) members, consisting of up to four (4) Resident scientists, three (3) Whitman Center scientists, three (3) Education faculty, one (1) Emeritus 小蓝视频 Society member, one (1) postdoc/graduate student, and one (1) at-large member.
  • The 小蓝视频 President/Director and/or his or her designee and the Speaker of the 小蓝视频 Society will serve as ex officio members.
  • All 小蓝视频 Society Members in good standing shall be eligible for nomination to the Community Council.
  • III. Council Selection and Appointment
  • 小蓝视频 Society members shall nominate members of the Community Council annually in the spring.聽 小蓝视频 Society members may be nominated for consideration as Community Council members by other 小蓝视频 Society members or by self-nomination.聽 A Nomination Committee will be composed of six (6) members appointed by the Community Council Chair in consultation with the Community Council. The Nomination Committee will prepare a slate from the nominations for vote of 小蓝视频 Society members.聽 The 小蓝视频 President/Director will select and appoint Community Council members from among the nominees presented by vote of the 小蓝视频 Society.
  • IV. Community Council Terms
  • Community Council member terms will begin on July 1, continue for three years, and end on June 30.聽 Community Council members may serve two (2) consecutive three-year terms, and then must stand down for at least two (2) years before being eligible again. Chair and Vice Chair positions will be elected from and by members of the Community Council at the first Community Council meeting following the election.
  • V. Community Council Meetings
  • The Community Council shall meet twice per year or as otherwise requested by the 小蓝视频 President/Director.聽 The 小蓝视频 President/Director and the 小蓝视频 Society Speaker will be invited (as ex officio members) to the Community Council meetings.
  • VI. Communication
  • The Speaker of the 小蓝视频 Society will regularly receive advice and input from 小蓝视频 Society members and representatives of the broader 小蓝视频 community on matters to be addressed at the meetings of the Community Council. The Chair of the Community Council will prepare a written report addressing the issues raised by the Speaker and other matters following each Community Council meeting. The Speaker will share these reports with the 小蓝视频 Society and the 小蓝视频 President/Director and COO.聽 The 小蓝视频 President/Director will report to the Board of Trustees on the activities of the Community Council.