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Communication Matters

Trustees are responsible for the organisation and the management of Communication Matters, which is also the UK branch of an international organisation, ISAAC. Trustees are therefore responsible for making sure that Communication Matters as an organisation meets both its own aims and objectives and those set by ISAAC.

Registered Charity

As Communication Matters is also a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the organisation complies with current charity and company laws.

Being a Trustee of Communication Matters does not (and cannot by law) bring with it any financial reward, but Trustees may claim out-of-pocket expenses for activities directly related to the work of being a Trustee, e.g. travel expenses. 

Jobs

The Board of Trustees appoints a Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary.

The Treasurer and Secretary are the 'official jobs'. However, all Trustees have jobs to do to keep Communication Matters running and to enable it to carry out all its activities, e.g. administering and vetting grant applications, organising the annual National Symposium, reviewing and selecting the papers to be presented at the conference.

Communication Matters has a part-time paid administrator and assistant administrator who handle the day-to-day running of the organisation, such as membership renewals, conference registration, organising Road Shows and book-keeping.

Meetings

The Board of Trustees usually meets four times a year, including one meeting just before the National Conference. We try to hold the meetings at venues which are easy for the majority of Trustees to get to. Recently the meetings have been in London.

As well as these face-to-face meetings, we communicate with each other frequently by email, letter and phone. There's a lot to do to keep Communication Matters running smoothly! 

 More About Being a Trustee

Trustees follow 'Best Practice' guidelines in all their activities for the charity. Here are some of the main guidelines:

Members can log-in to read the full set of guidelines in the Members' Area.

Board of Trustees (2011-2012)

The following were elected by the members of Communication Matters to serve as Trustees from September 2010:

  • Sally Chan
  • Michael Clarke
  • Dithe Fisher
  • Neil Hansen (Treasurer)
  • Sandra Hartley (Joint Deputy Chair)
  • Gillian Hazell (Joint Deputy Chair)
  • Simon Judge
  • Victoria Lundie
  • Ruth McMorran
  • Janice Murray (Chair & ISAAC Council Member)
  • Kathleen Paintin
  • Scott Stack

Staff and Officers

  • Patrick Poon (Administrator & Company Secretary)
  • Peter Head (Assistant Administrator)
  • Katie Holmes (Research Manager)
  • David Morgan (Research Lead)
  • Sally Millar (Communication Matters Journal Editor)
  • Liz Moulam (ISAAC Council member)


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