Council approves corporate governance proposals
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society agreed at the special
Council meeting to recommend to the new Council that it accepts a number of proposals made by the Corporate Governance Steering Committee.
The first proposal is that a lay member of Council should contribute
to the activities of the Society’s Officers. In particular, the
lay member would contribute by seeking to ensure that the Officers’ decisions
are made within the context of the public benefit, by helping to assure
due process (as set out in the Council Governance Handbook) in the Officers’ activities
and by contributing to the Officers’ discussion from his or her
own experience.
The Council noted the steering group’s view that the role should
be filled by election immediately following the election of the Vice-President
and Treasurer at the June meeting of the new Council and that the role
should be reviewed before the next election of Officers in 2006.
The Council also approved a proposal that would allow the Conference
Committee to be chaired by someone other than a Council member. Under
the proposal, the Appointments Panel, if it saw fit, would be able to
seek applications for the post by advertising in The Journal. Applications
would be reviewed by the Officers, the Secretary and Registrar and the
director of public affairs and communications. Selected candidates would
then be interviewed by a group drawn from the panel and a recommendation
made to the panel for its approval.
The Council also approved a revised version of the Council Governance
Handbook to go forward for adoption by the new Council.
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