-Proposal textBylaw 10 Openness and Transparency- 10.6 Federal Councillors will receive annual training on the Transparency and Confidentiality
- policy.
-10.7 Federal Council will submit a report on the GPC's compliance to each article of Bylaw 10 at-Annual General Meetings.Type of ProposalA constitutional amendment to change the constitution or-bylawsObjective / BenefitOpenness and transparency are laudable goals and valuable tools for-effective governance, but they often fall down the priority list of any busy organization. Codifying-a requirement for training and reporting should help to ensure that progress in these areas will be-reported and celebrated by the GPC's membership.If your proposal replaces an existing policy or-policies, which one does it replace?N/AList any supporting evidence for your proposal10.6 - The-GPC's Transparency and Confidentiality policy was passed in December of 2021, but a training program-has yet to be developed. This has led to few communications using appropriate confidentiality-marking and handling. This creates risk to Federal Councillors, and to the organization, from-possible mishandling of confidential information.- 10.7 - Not all of Bylaw 10 appears to have been implemented, so it is hopefully helpful to increase
-accountability with the membership.Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts-have been made to consult with the group or groups?N/AJurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal-jurisdiction?Unsure or Not applicable (e.g. directives and constitutional changes)Please indicate-the language the proposal is being submitted in.English
- +Proposal text
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- +Bylaw 10 Openness and Transparency
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- 10.6 Federal Councillors will receive annual training on the Transparency and Confidentiality
- policy.
- +10.7 Federal Council will submit a report on the GPC's compliance to each operative clause of Bylaw
- +10 at Annual General Meetings.
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- +Type of Proposal
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- +A constitutional amendment to change the constitution or bylaws
- +
- +Objective / Benefit
- +
- +Openness and transparency are laudable goals and valuable tools for effective governance, but they
- +often fall down the priority list of any busy organization. Codifying a requirement for training and
- +reporting should help to ensure that progress in these areas will be reported and celebrated by the
- +GPC's membership.
- +
- +If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
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- +N/A
- +
- +List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- +
- +10.6 - The GPC's Transparency and Confidentiality policy was passed in December of 2021, but a
- +training program has yet to be developed. This has led to few communications using appropriate
- +confidentiality marking and handling. This creates risk to Federal Councillors, and to the
- +organization, from possible mishandling of confidential information.
- 10.7 - Not all of Bylaw 10 appears to have been implemented, so it is hopefully helpful to increase
- +accountability with the membership.
- +
- +Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- +group or groups?
- +
- +N/A
- +
- +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- +
- +Unsure or Not applicable (e.g. directives and constitutional changes)
- +
- +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- +
- +English