【続報】TICA Annual Board Meeting(4)

「Board Governance」の第2章「Ethics」と第7章「Minutes」についてお伝えします。（※Board Governanceの全文は一般のTICAメンバーには情報開示されていません）

今回、「取り消し線」を引いてある部分を削除し、赤文字の部分を追加するという改正案が提出されました。

それに対し、以下にある第2章については、「変更しない（take no action）」という動議が出されましたが、賛成2票、反対12票で否決されました。

続いて「改正案を受け入れる」という動議が提出され、賛成12票、反対2票で可決しました。（※要は提案通りに改正されることになりました）

Board Governance – ARTICLE TWO – Ethics Confidentiality. Members of the Board of Directors shall use information belonging to or obtained through their affiliation with TICA solely for the purpose of performing services as a Board member for TICA.

All such information is confidential. Members of the Board may not disclose, divulge, or make accessible confidential information to any person, including relatives, friends and business and professional associates, other than to persons who have a legitimate need for such information and to whom TICA has authorized disclosure.
Members of the Board of Directors are reminded that Standing Rule 109.2.8 specifically prohibits the dissemination of information related to any matter discussed in Executive Sessions of the Board. Members of the Board must exercise good judgment and care at all times to avoid unauthorized or improper disclosures of confidential information.

さらに以下にある第7章の改正案については、「改正案を受け入れる」という動議が提出され、賛成10票、反対4票で、可決しました。

Board Governance –ARTICLE SEVEN Reporting Executive Sessions：It is expected that the published minutes of the General Board Meeting record that the Board went into Executive Session, the purpose of the session and the outcome of the discussion. For example, the general minutes of the meeting may record that, “the Board went into Executivse Session to consider advancement and re-licensing of judges.”

The general minutes would then record the outcome of that consideration, including the name of the maker and second of the motion. The outcome of voting on motions will either be noted as “carried” or  “denied”. The use of “carried unanimously” shall be used only if requested by the Chair and agreed to by the Board. The general minutes will include the individual vote of each board member by name.

Exempt from reporting in the general minutes would be the outcome of charges, complaints or protests which were found to be groundless. In accordance with Standing Rules 109.2.7, the Board will maintain separate minutes of the Executive Session Meeting, in the form of a confidential addendum if discussions and actions are taken on matters prohibited from dissemination to Members under By-Law 19.2.7.

いろいろ削除や追加があって、何がなにやらさっぱり分からないと言われるかもしれませんが、要はこれらの改正案が可決されたことにより、基本的に議事録において、誰が賛成票を投じ、誰が反対票を投じたかが分かるようになります。

それは、ひいてはボード決議の透明性を高まることにつながるというわけです。

しかし、個人的にはまだまだ不十分だと思っています。

私がディレクターになった際は、「Board Governance」の全文を一般のTICAメンバーも読めるように情報開示を進めたいと考えています。

※本日は2本をアップする予定にしています。2本目は18:00の予定です。