Chairing Arrangements i) The Forum shall elect its Chair and Vice Chair who will then both take up a place on the Partnership Committee with one place between them on the Executive.
Chairing Arrangements. Members of the Regional Partnership Board will elect a Chair from within its membership whether this member is required or co-opted. Members of the Regional Partnership Board will elect a Vice Chair from within its membership whether this member is required or co-opted. The Chair and Vice Chair cannot represent the same organisation. The Chair and Vice Chair will rotate across the sectors. The Chair’s term will be 1 year and the Vice Chair will then become the Chair; the members will then elect a new Vice Chair. Business Support for the Board The Business support and secretariat for the Regional Partnership Board will be provided by the Regional Collaboration Team. The Head of Regional Collaboration will have a seat on the Regional Partnership Board.
Chairing Arrangements. The Partnership Board will have two Chairs, one Co-Chair being a person with autism, the other a representative from a statutory or third sector organisation. In year one of the Board, people with autism known to the Local Authority will be asked to nominate themselves as Co-Chair, prior to the first Board meeting. From these nominations a Co-Chair will be appointed by the Specialist Service Manager. In subsequent years nominations, will be asked for and a co-Chair voted for by the Board. The first Board will be co-Chaired by the Head of Community Care with nominations of future co-Chairs to be made at the end of the first meeting and a vote taken by Board members. The Co-Chairs will be elected annually.
Chairing Arrangements. The Partnership will be chaired by a person who is able to be independent of the organisations represented on the Group. A role description and terms for the Chair, together with recruitment arrangements, is set out in Annex 2. A Chair will be confirmed by the Partnership by a vote. The term of office for the Chair shall be two years and any individual should normally serve for no more than the maximum of two terms. The Partnership may appoint up to three vice-chairs. Should the Chair not be available or step down from their position without a replacement ready, one of the Vice Chairs, through agreement amongst themselves, will become the interim Chair.
