Promotions and Education Sub-committee

Terms of reference

Sub-committee purpose

Sub-committees should operate in the best interests of all members of the Highland Cattle Society wherever they are situated, in the UK and beyond.

• Planning, organisation and funding of Open Days

• Youth development, including national promotion of Junior membership of the HCS

• Bull measurement and weighing and proposing best use of the data gathered

• Education, including promotional material

Membership

The initial members of this sub-committee are Matt Auld, Graeme Easton and Stuart Campbell. It will be chaired by Trustee Matt Auld.

The sub-committee must always have at least one member who is a Trustee of the Highland Cattle Society and will not normally have more than four members in total. The sub-committee, with approval from the Trustee Board, may co-opt members from outwith the Highland Cattle Society who bring specialist skills or experience that the sub-committee does not otherwise have available.

Accountability

All sub-committees under the Highland Cattle Society SCIO may be set up and disbanded by the Trustee Board. This sub-committee must regularly and promptly circulate the minutes of its meetings to all Trustees and refer its recommendations, with supporting facts and analysis, promptly to the Trustee Board for decisions. No decision of any sub-committee shall bind the Board.

Meetings

Meetings will be called as and when the Chair decides but the sub-committee must convene at least four times a year, physically or virtually, with due regard to Society costs. The Breed Secretary will act as Secretary for this sub-committee.

The sub-committee will use the Highland Cattle Society Outlook email only for its business to ensure confidentiality.

April 2024