BISG Coordinating Council

BISG's Coordinating Council is a forum comprised of the BISG Committee Chairs, Working Group Chairs and BISG staff, convened to set and measure the activities of BISG's Committees, while balancing them with BISG's wider efforts in standards and best practices, education and events and research.

Coordinating Council Structure and Function

Composition of the BISG Coordinating Council

• Coordinating Council Chair
• Committee Chairs
• Working Group Chairs
• The BISG Staff
• A designated member of the BISG Executive Committee

Role of the BISG Coordinating Council

• Coordinate Committee activities to maximize operating efficiency and avoid duplication of effort
• Establish priorities for Committee activity and review project implementation plans to validate resources, deliverables and timelines
• Establish measures of success for Committee activities
• Identify new initiatives and opportunities for Committees
• Communicate Committee work to the BISG Board of Directors, BISG membership and the industry at large
• Ensure strategic alignment of BISG Committee work to BISG's efforts in Standards and Best Practices, Education and Events and Research

Method of decision making

• Primary: consensus
• Secondary: by majority vote

Criteria for prioritizing Committee activities

• Business value to BISG membership
• Business value to the book industry
• Time horizon for solution
• Costs: financial and opportunity
• Impact

Schedule of meetings

• Five times per year in conjunction with the BISG General Membership meeting, with an optional sixth meeting.
• Oriented to BISG's fiscal year cycle (July 1 to June 30)

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