Timeline
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Recommendations from the working group will be considered next by a drafting team appointed by working group Chair Bob Godfrey over the winter of 2011-12 with a final draft governance document ready for review by CSG’s members at the 2012 National Leadership Conference in La Quinta, Calif., May 18-19.
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Following the release of proposed governance changes in May, CSG’s leadership plans to convene town hall-style forums at each of CSG’s regional meetings in 2012 to ensure broad information sharing, consensus and transparency.
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Final approval for these changes will be sought from CSG’s Governing Board during the 2012 National Conference in Austin, Texas, next December.
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If adopted, revisions to CSG’s governance model would go into effect Jan. 1, 2013.
Next Steps
Over the next several months, three distinct and complementary activities will be underway to better inform and round out the activities of the National Governance Working Group:
Judicial Participation: CSG will seek to engage various judicial officials, stakeholder groups, organizations and associations to better define the needs of judicial officials as related to CSG and to clearly define parameters for their increased participation. These exploratory steps will include:
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Creation of a judicial working subgroup composed of five to six judges to examine the role judicial officials can on CSG’s leadership team
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Direct engagement with the National Center for State Courts to define key ways the judiciary can be more active with CSG
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A national survey of judicial branch leaders (informed by the judicial working subgroup and the National Center for State Courts) on the role they would like to play with CSG, where their engagement makes sense and the outcomes the judiciary desires from greater engagement with CSG
Regional Leadership Rotation: CSG’s national leadership has asked CSG’s regional directors to convene and submit recommendations defining the process of regional leadership rotation that will both preserve the autonomy of regional leaders to select their national slates and establish a clear process and timeline for doing so, including how regions will handle mid-term appointments to unexpired terms when vacated by members.
Drafting Team: Following initial work by the National Governance Working Group, a drafting team has been appointed that will work over the winter of 2011-12 to develop draft governance documents for review by CSG’s membership and approval by CSG’s Governing Board.