Task Committee on
Committee Restructuring
(TCCR)
Board Presentation
July 19, 2012
TCCR Report
 TCCR
7-12
was created because:
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Too large a “span of control” with 26 standing committees reporting to the
Board AND multiple task committees each year
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Board not engaging with / guiding its committees
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Too much compartmentalization – no group looking at big picture issues as
responsibility is spread too widely
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Need for effective collaboration on big picture issues
 TCCR
created a Function Driven structure
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staff driven function = committee sunset, administrative oversight assigned
elsewhere (ExCom, Program and Finance)
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Society program and product development and delivery by members
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grouping like activities within a revised Society committee structure for
synergy, increased collaboration
Key:
Board of
Direction
Board
Committee
Audit
Committee
Committee
on
Education
Executive
Committee
Member
Communities
Committee
Program
and Finance
Committee
Committee on
Advancing the
Profession
Nominating
Committee
Public
Policy
Committee
Committee on
Technical
Advancement
Society
Committee
Executive
Committee
Governing
Documents
Committee
Society
Awards
Committee
Presidents
Emeriti
Council
Executive
Director
Compensation
Review Panel
Membership
Application
Review
Committee
Committee on
Professional
Conduct
Committee on
Education
Committee on
Pre-college
outreach
Committee on
Accreditation
Committee on
Faculty
Development
Department
Heads
Coordinating
Council
Member
Communities
Committee
Committee
on Younger
Members
Committee
on Student
Members
Leader
Training
Committee
(Formerly Committee on
Geographic Units)
Committee on
Advancing the
Profession
History
Committee
Committee on
Licensure
Public Agency
Peer Review
Committee
Committee on
Leadership and
Management
Strategic
initiatives
COMMITTEE
Raise the Bar
Committee
Committee on
Sustainability
Committee on
Ethical
Practice
Committee on
Diversity and
Inclusion
Strategic
initiatives
COMMITTEE
Public Policy
Committee
Energy,
Environment
and Water
Policy
Committee
Committee For
America’s
Infrastructure
Engineering
Practice
Policy
Committee
Key Contact
Committee
Infrastructure
and Research
Policy
Committee
State
Government
Relations
Committee
Transportation
Policy
Committee
Committee on
Technical
Advancement
Aerospace
Division
ExCom
TC-FE
TC-CRE
Geomatics
Division
ExCom
TC-CIT
TCLEE
Codes and
Standards
Committee
CDRM
Pipeline
Division
ExCom
Committee on
Critical
Infrastructure
Energy
Division
ExCom
TCWE
TCCR Report
7-12
Require Committee Reports
- Society Committees to report to Board annually
Require Review of Committee Structure
- Implement ongoing review of the structure beginning in 2016
Require prior Board service for Program and Finance
Committee chair/vice-chair
- Codify existing practice to appoint experienced members to these positions
Appointment Process
- Revise to require President-elect to appoint SI committees and ExCom
constituent committees
Implement Term Limits
- Implement limits on the number of consecutive three-year terms one may
serve on constituent committees
TCCR Report
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7-12
October Board meeting:
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second reading on Bylaws to create SI committees
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Bylaws and/or Rules amendments to implement actions 5.5.4 through 5.5.9
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Rules amendments to capture the specific charges and compositions for
constituent committees
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“clean-up” amendments for items like changing references to the Finance
Committee
TCCR still working on:
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collaborating with current committees on constituent committees
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a “Committee Service Opportunity System”
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Operational Direction Document
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details for joint committee meetings (of the Society committees, of the Society
committee and its constituent committees)