Governance Committee Regular Meeting Agenda

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Governance Committee
Revised Agenda
 
Date:Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Time:10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location:Electronic Zoom Meeting
Pages
1.  CALL TO ORDER
2.  AGENDA
2.1  New Items and Re-Ordering of the Agenda
3 - 6
a document from Trustee Middleton titled “The Governance Professional: Governance
Director” – to be added to agenda item 7.1, to be discussed with Recommendation #8.
2.2  Approval of Agenda
3.  PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
4.  DELEGATIONS
None.
5.  CORRESPONDENCE
None.
6.  ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION
6.1  Draft Minutes of Previous Meetings
6.1.1  Governance Committee draft minutes of November 5, 2024
7 - 11
For review and approval
6.2  Resolutions Without Meeting
None.
6.3  Follow up Action List
12 - 13
For review
7.  BUSINESS - WORK PROGRAM ITEMS

7.1  2022 Governance Report Recommendations - Request For Decision
14 - 31
That Governance Committee forward the attached Request for Decision dated January
29, 2025 to Committee of the Whole for discussion and endorsement of
recommendations to Trust Council.
7.2  Secretariat Business Case - Request For Decision
32 - 37
Agenda item postponed from the November 5, 2024 meeting.
That Governance Committee approve the Secretariat Business Case and forward to
Financial Planning Committee for inclusion in the 2025/26 fiscal year budget.
8.  BUSINESS - OTHER
8.1  Review of Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget Requests - Briefing
38 - 39
8.2  Review of Governance Committee Mandate - Discussion
40 - 40
Agenda item postponed from the November 5, 2024 meeting.
The Governance Committee Terms of Reference from Trust Council Policy 2.3.1
(Council Committee System) is attached for reference.
9.  BUSINESS - NEW
10.  WORK PROGRAM
41 - 44
For review and referral to Trust Council before each quarterly TC meeting
That Governance Committee approve its work program and forward it to Trust Council.
11.  NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, April 9, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
12.  CLOSED MEETING
If desired:
That the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 4,
Division 3, s.90, (quote the pertinent section here, for example, (1)(a) personal information
about...) and that the recorder and staff [attend/not attend] the meeting.
13.  RISE AND REPORT
If requested
14.  ADJOURNMENT
*Approximate time is provided for the convenience of the public only and is subject to change
without notice.
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The Governance Professional: Governance Director 
January 26th.  2025 
A brief for the Islands Trust Governance Committee Meeting of January 29th. 
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The Office of Corporate Secretary and alternate titles. 
In UK and European legislation the Corporate Secretary is required by law for any public or 
publicly reporting organization, The role can also be called Governance Director, Governance 
O
fficer or Director of the Corporate Secretariat. I will use Governance Director here - but the 
terms are all synonymous.

What does a Governance D

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