Does a committee need sub committees?
What is a sub committee remit?
1. Name of sub committee,
2. Its purpose
3. If delegated any specific authority and if so define it (i.e. can the newsletter sub committee authorise spending on printing to a predefined level (such as up to £300)
4. Who the chair is/ how it is chaired,
5. Who the members are
6. How often/when it will meet,
7. How it will report (i.e. verbal report to each full committee meeting),
8. How long it will be in existence,(standing for ongoing sub committees, or ad hoc or defined time limit for sub committees with a time limited purpose such as organising an event) click for sample remit.
What are the common sub committees?
Finance
Fundraising
Personnel
Project (i.e. to run a defined area of work such as the Newsletter, or running the crèche for example)
Premises
Publicity/Marketing
Executive/Officers (i.e. the Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and possibly chairs of other sub committee). Useful for planning meetings, for example, but take care that this group does not take over and marginalise the rest of the committee)