Commissions: What are they and why should you get involved
What are they and why should you get involved
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January 14, 2010 6:16 PM
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Commissions — the lifeblood of the decision-making process at CUP’s annual national conference. Do you want to help shape the policy that moves the organization forward? Then you should be trying to get yourself on a commission. These small meetings take place throughout the duration of Nash.
Tonight, delegates will choose who among their peers they want to shape the future of CUP. Six delegates, two each from the small, medium and large paper groups, will be elected to sit on each commission. Commissioners then meet throughout the week with their respective organizers to hash out policy to bring forward to mid-week and final plenary.
The various commissions break down as follows:
Priorities and Planning Facilitators: Kerri Breen and Camila Juarez (pnp@cup.ca) Priorities and Planning is where the dreamers go to play. Commissioners will get to hammer out where CUP is going and how we’re going to get there. PnP is your chance to do some long-term planning for CUP. Hot topics: Bilingualism
Services and Finance Facilitators: Brendan Kergin and Jacob Serebrin (serfin@cup.ca) Money and services and how they interact are what this commission is all about. This commission is going to look at the budget and services CUP offers to its members, and assess where to trim the fat and where to pack it on. Hot topics: The budget, staff cuts, and solving the recession
Information and Acquisition Facilitator: Meghan Lawson and Jamie Ross (inacom@cup.ca) Do you love CUP and want to talk about it with everyone? InACom commissioners do just that through an annual membership survey on all things CUP. InACom also deals with member recruit and fee deferrals, and also are just a general font of information about CUP and Nash. Hot topics: Fee deferrals, services and policy survey, and all things communication
Hiring Facilitators: Frank Appleyard and Ben Ngai (hiring@cup.ca) Think the way CUP hires people is bogus? Well, this is the place to be if you want to debate changes to CUP’s hiring policy and anything else HR related. This is also your chance to be intimately involved with this year’s election of the new president and national bureau chief. Hot topics: Mid-week plenary forum, electoral reform, and running the election of national staff
Hiring Sub Facilitators: Tara Chislett and Danielle Pope (hiringsub@cup.ca) Unhappy or overjoyed with your board rep or bureau chief? Now’s the time to let them know! These two lovely ladies will be asking you oh, so nicely to fill out job performance surveys for all CUP staff. And, be sure to be honest, as you’ll only get better employees out of it!