Planning and management of business

Business Planning

The Standards Council’s business planning is underpinned by its vision, mission and strategic objectives. The Executive Committee sets out its longerterm growth and development strategy in a five-year strategic plan which is published on the website. 

Standing Committees are required to produce and submit to the Executive Committee a three-year action plan that is linked to the objectives and ambitions of the business plan.  

The Standing Committee Chair or Vice-Chair will be required to provide a quarterly update to the Executive Committee. 

An annual report shall be collated and published in August of each year 
providing an overview of the progress and development of the organisation. 

Meetings

Annual cycle of meetings

The Executive Committee agrees and sets out an annual cycle of meetings to 
oversee its operational and developmental work; and that the three standing 
committees can carry out their business effectively.  

The cycle includes arrangements for the executive and the three Standing Committees to meet together for review and planning sessions as required. 

The annual cycle also includes regular meetings of the Director, Assistant Director, CLD Standards Council Chair, Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Standing Committees and when appropriate any short-term working groups or practitioners’ networks.  

Short-life working groups to progress particular issues or projects can be established when required. Membership of working groups will be formed from volunteers from the Executive and Standing Committees. In addition, co options, agreed by the Executive Committee, can be made to these groups to include representatives of the wider membership body and/or individuals with specialist or technical skills/knowledge. 

Availability of papers

Papers for meetings are made available at least five working days in advance by means of an e-mail notification to all committee members. Papers will be accessed via a secure central digital platform managed by the organisation.  

Any papers that it is not possible to make available five working days in advance are communicated to committee members, timeously by the best means possible.

Expectations/attendance

The CLD Standards Council recognises and values the contributions of all its 
committee members.

Having committed to becoming a member of the Executive or one of the Standing Committees, members should bear in mind that this represents a significant responsibility for the standards, reputation and future development of the CLD profession.

Members are expected to make every effort to attend meetings on a regular basis and to participate actively and constructively in these. If this becomes difficult for reasons such as workload pressures in a committee member’s own workplace, change in job or remit, the member should discuss this with their committee chair and/or the staff team member linked with their committee. 

The Executive and Standing Committees will collate an attendance record for all committee members and report on this annually through the executive committee meeting structure. 

Failure by a committee member to attend, or actively participate in, three or more consecutive meetings of their respective committee, with no apologies given, or no advance notification to any of the Committee Chair/Vice-Chair, may result in the committee member being removed from the committee membership and the position considered vacant for recruitment purposes