Club committee, open or closed ?

If you are that bothered about how your club committee is conducting itself join it.

   Club committee, behind closed doors or open forum ?My club holds its meetings behind closed doors.
I do not think it should. 
Treasurery meetings, semi confidential, due to banking details etc.
Why does this years training schedule need to be discussed in private?
What does your club do?

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423zero Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420	Post Options Post Reply Quote 423zero Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Club committee, open or closed ? Posted: 21 Jan 16 at 9:40pm
	Club committee, behind closed doors or open forum ? My club holds its meetings behind closed doors. I do not think it should. Treasurery meetings, semi confidential, due to banking details etc. Why does this years training schedule need to be discussed in private? What does your club do?

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6661	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jan 16 at 10:41pm
	I think the inevitable result of making the formal meetings public would be that all the real discussion and decision making would take place outside them. Edited by JimC - 22 Jan 16 at 12:20pm

transient Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Aug 12 Online Status: Offline Posts: 715	Post Options Post Reply Quote transient Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Jan 16 at 11:05pm
	There certainly needs to be transperency but public com meetings would turn into a shambles IMO. Accurate minutes published would be fine for me. The com members are elected as your representatives, let them represent. Edited by transient - 21 Jan 16 at 11:09pm

PeterG Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 822	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterG Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 9:45am
	Most club committees are too big to start with, so they struggle to get work done and decisions made. Open them up and the only way to get anything done will be quiet words amongst ad hoc groups of officers in the bar, or perhaps more likely these days emails. No minutes, no official record, less democracy.
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PaulPoshW Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 25 Jun 15 Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Post Options Post Reply Quote PaulPoshW Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 10:12am
	Agree with the above, holding a meeting somewhere too public can invite too many opinions which would slow down what can already be a lengthy process. The best way to view the meetings live is to volunteer to be a member of the committee. At our club although the meetings aren't closed we do hold them in a separately to other things happening in the club house. Of course minutes are available to any member of the club who wants them.

iGRF Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 11 Location: Hythe Online Status: Offline Posts: 6499	Post Options Post Reply Quote iGRF Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 10:39am
	It's difficult enough to get all the members of our committee together on a given night, it's also difficult to get folk to serve on the bloody things, we hold our meetings either in a pub or in a corner of the club if anyone shows the remotest interest in helping we rope them in anyway and most of what is under discussion is common knowledge, so we have no 'closed door' policy actual or virtual.
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jeffers Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048	Post Options Post Reply Quote jeffers Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 12:17pm
	Committee meetings should be behind closed doors but with minutes of each meeting available to the membership promptly after each meeting. This means there is transparency. If you are that bothered about how your club committee is conducting itself join it.
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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 1:41pm
	Things need to be discussed by the committee, decisions made and then the rest of the club informed. I can't see that all the individual views set out to come to that decision being aired in all their glory will help come to a correct decision. Joining the committee would be a good way to start, then maybe influence it towards more openness if they really are hiding stuff.
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Do Different Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312	Post Options Post Reply Quote Do Different Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 2:05pm
	Two separate questions. I can see few reasons that Committee meetings should be behind closed doors. I can however see lots of reason for members not being allowed to contribute to meetings. Observe, absolutely, why not. Speak and take part, certainly not, nothing would get done.

PeterG Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 12 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 822	Post Options Post Reply Quote PeterG Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jan 16 at 3:01pm
	If you are that bothered about how your club committee is conducting itself join it. That seems the key point to me. I've never experienced an election at a club AGM that I've been at for a position on the committee. I've been told by old lags that they remember them happening, a bit like seeing Halley's comet. Maybe there are places where competition for spaces happens, but I suspect they are few and far between - those lucky clubs. Most committees I suspect are only too happy to have something near a full complement. So if you are really interested in what's happening it's very unlikely that you couldn't find a position on a committee and be involved in the decisions - and also of course the work!
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