Islands Trust Governance Report PowerPoint Presentation

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ISLANDS TRUST
GOVERNANCE REPORT
MARCH 8, 2022

Introduction
The cooperation, participation,and candourofTrusteesand senior staff was 
essential.
Theinterviews with each of the 26 Trustees -lasting 90 minutes or more -together 
with the review of documentation, and truly usefuldiscussions with many Islands 
Trust staffmembers, was well worth the time-consuming, labour-intensive effort.
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Overview
There are fundamental governance issues thatneed to be addressed for Trust Council to 
effectively set direction and provide oversight. 
The complexitiesinherent in the Trust’s federated system, the challenges in fulfilling it’s 
Preserve and Protect mandate, and the need to adaptand respondto dramatic changes in 
environmental, social, andeconomic circumstances, alldemand a high-performing governance
structure.
Governance issues are systemic, and they need to be considered in a holisticway.
While the report identifiesareas to be addressed, and suggestsremedies, the 
recommendations are based on the important principlethat thespecific solutions to the 
governance challenges can only be devisedandimplementedby the Trustees themselves with 
staff support and outside expertise.
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Overview (cont’d)
Moreover, the reportstrongly recommends tackling the fundamental 
issues ofgovernanceBEFORE addressing other issues which, 
whilecertainly needing attention, can only beproperly tackled once 
there is an effectivegovernance system in place to ensure appropriate 
engagement of Trustees, sound decision making andevaluation of 
outcomes.
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Leadership
Leadershipof Trust Council is collective, and requires the activeinvolvement 
of allTrustees –overall engagement of all Trustees is key.
Still, key positions onCouncil are very important, and reform of the process
by which individuals are selectedfor these positions should be an early 
priority. The need for the thoughtful and informed engagement of all Trustees 
in the selection process has been clearly signalled by Trustees themselves. 
This is crucial to ensure legitimacy and trust; it can prevent the development 
of“in” and“out” factions on Council.
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Trust Council
Trust Council must become a deliberative bodyfocussed on the exchange of 
ideas and the development of consensus, rather than atransactional body 
endorsing proposals put before it. 
Council is also undulyencumbered by procedure, not focussed on outcomes. 
Changes are needed in the agenda-setting for meetings of Council, the 
organization of the meetings themselves, and the briefing material provided.
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Committees of Council
Given the large size of Trust Council and its relatively infrequent meetings, 
committeesmust be the realworkhorses of Council.
Committee mandatesshould be more focussed, the number ofcommittees should 
increase, the use of sub-committeesshould be more common, and outside experts 
should be enlisted to sit on Committees.
Trust Council should approve all committee appointments, and allTrustees should 
participate incom

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