Please refer to and utilize the following definitions and classifications when updating existing or forming future committees:
Standing—permanently in existence in order to deal with a particular, ongoing function or issue and has no specified end‐date. Types of standing committees include but are not limited to:
- Advisory—having the function of giving advice or making recommendations.
- Steering— having the function of deciding agendas and topics for discussion and prioritizing action or urgent business.
- Sub—having the function of dealing with a specific issue assigned from a parent, standing committee and primarily consisting of members from the parent, standing committee. NOTE: Sub Committees must be linked and report to a parent committee rather than stand alone.
- Ad hoc—temporarily in existence in order to respond to a specific need or requirement and has a specified end‐date. Types of ad hoc committees include but are not limited to:
- Task Forces—a group of people and resources temporarily brought together with a predetermined agenda and deliverables to work on a strategically impactful issue in order to achieve a specific purpose in a short amount of time.
Work Groups—a group of people and resources temporarily brought together with a predetermined agenda and deliverables to work on an operationally impactful issue in order to achieve a specific purpose in a medium amount of time.
Review Committees—having the function of looking at something critically, considering something again, giving an opinion, or surveying the past within a specific timeline.
Award Committees—having the function of evaluating nominations against established criteria and recommending recipients within a specific timeline.
Investigatory/Disciplinary Committees—having the function of investigating and concluding business expeditiously regarding allegations of wrong doing and/or conflict of interest and recommending corrective action.
