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BISG GOVERNING COUNCIL

Friday, January 13, 2012
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM



BISG's Governing Council is a forum comprised of the BISG Committee Chairs 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.

Governing Council Structure and Function

Composition of the BISG Committee Governing Council

• All Committee Chairs
• The BISG Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director
• A designated member of the BISG Executive Committee

Role of the BISG Committee Governing Council

• Ensure strategic alignment of BISG Committee work to BISG's efforts in Standards and Best Practices, Education and Events and Research
• Review existing Committees and establish measures of success
• Establish priorities for Committee activity
• Review project implementation plans to validate resources, deliverables and timelines
• Identify new initiatives and opportunities for Committees
• Communicate Committee work to BISG membership, Board of Directors, and the industry at large

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 and the
  day before the BISG Board meeting
• Oriented to BISG's fiscal year cycle (July 1 to June 30)

location:
Hachette Book Group
237 Park Avenue (between 45th & 46th Streets; enter on Lexington Avenue side)
Room 16-187 (16th Floor)
NYC 10017

For details email: Karen Forster
Phone: 646-336-7141

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