GOVERNANCE

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GOVERNANCE

• A PERSONAL RESPONSE FROM A CEH BOARD MEMBER

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WHY? History failures of proper governance

• The Gods of Olympus werent very democratic and
  had no stakeholder manner of consultation about
  fire
• The Punishment of Prometheus

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More Recently..

• Pyramid Victoria
• Onetel
• HIH
• Bristol Hospital
• Bundaberg Hospital
• Canberra Hospital

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Its Everywhere

• Road Rules
• School attendance
• Building regulations
• Family governance!!

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My Personal Challenge

• Jaz

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What is Governance?

• How a company is run.
• How authority within a company is maintained,
  exercised, delegated and limited.
• The way in which decisions important for the
  future of organisations are taken, communicated,
  monitored and assessed.
• Includes the processes an organisation has for
  holding managers accountable and measuring
  performance

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And furthermore

• how the organisation ensure it has the structures
  and processes that maximise performance?
• how will the organisation, including CERCS,
  determine their rights, obligations and powers of
  the stakeholders?
• how are members to be assured of a voice?

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All Very Reasonable!

• Note 2nd Principle of the International
  Co-operative Principles-
• Co-operative are democratic organisations
  controlled by their members, who actively
  participate in setting their policies and making
  decisions.
• Women and Men serving as elected representatives
  are accountable to the membership..

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And Another..

• 4th Principle Autonomy and Independence
• Co-operatives are autonomous, self-help
  organisations controlled by their members. If
  they enter into agreements with other
  organisations, including government, or raise
  capital from external sources, they do so on
  terms that ensure democratic control by their
  members and maintain their Co-operative autonomy.

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The Tension
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Consider a Board Meeting

• A complaint comes to Chair about a vexatious
  tenant-member.
• Setting the budget
• Employing a new staff member
• A CERC complains about a CEH staff member.

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Governance Democracy

• Can the co-operative principles co-exist with
  governance requirements?
• Is co-operation the same as democracy?
• Can everyone be responsible for all actions?