Standing Committee Duties

[Guest Beverly]

Can the duties of one Standing Committee be carried out by another Standing Committee.  For example a Standing Committee duties are to raises funds for scholarships, community projects, and operations. Can another Standing Committee whose duties are to use specific criteria to award scholarships also raise funds?  

[Rob Elsman]

Yes; for example, the Finance Committee might have the care over the funding of awards, but the Awards Committee might have the care over the awarding of scholarships.  However, each says in its lane, so to speak; and, the areas of care must not overlap.

[Tapestry]

On 8/7/2022 at 9:58 PM, Rob Elsman said:

However, each says in its lane, so to speak; and, the areas of care must not overlap.

So, in your example, the Finance Committee and the Awards Committee would not overlap and each raise funds for the planned awards.  They would leave this, fundraising, up to the fundraising committee, correct?

Edited August 8, 2022 at 01:23 PM by Tapestry

[Rob Elsman]

I intended to give a common sense, general example.  In your particular case, it will be necessary to examine the rules that govern the activities of your organization's committees to see which committee has the care over which activity.  In some organizations, this division and assignment of care is called committee "jurisdiction".  "Jurisdiction" seems a little bit awkward of a term to me, so I prefer to speak of the areas of care assigned to each committee.  When a standing committee is first established, the areas of care that are assigned to the committee should be explicitly and carefully set out in the founding resolution in order to minimize the kinds of questions that are being raised in this post.  Not infrequently, the assignments of areas of care are incorporated into the bylaws of the organization.

[Guest Beverly]

Thank you for the clarification. Committee jurisdiction (areas of care) are assigned in the bylaws of this organization.