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GTAC policy committee weighs co-chair succession; bylaws would need amendment
Summary
Policy committee members discussed a leadership model in which a co-chair serves one term then succeeds to chair to preserve institutional knowledge; committee and commission leads noted the change would require a bylaws amendment because current bylaws give the commission chair authority to select committee chairs.
Speaker 4, a policy committee member, summarized a recent committee meeting and framed a proposed leadership model: "one of them being that we would have a cochair and a chair... the co chair would serve as a co chair for 1 term and then transition to be the chair," intended to maintain continuity and institutional knowledge.
Speaker 3 (commission member) responded that under existing bylaws "the commission chair select[s] the chairs of the committees," so adopting a formal co-chair succession plan would require a change to the bylaws. The group discussed the practical steps for indicating interest in rolling off and lining up successors; Speaker 5 noted anticipated transitions among current committee leaders.
No bylaw amendment was proposed or voted on during the informal meeting; members agreed to continue the discussion and follow regular bylaw amendment procedures if they choose to pursue the succession model.
