Committee

Committee roles and responsibilities

Constitution

All associations need a constitution. This is a document which establishes the fundamental rules by which the association is governed and describes:
• the aims of the association and its powers 
• its membership
• the size of the committee and how members are elected 
• the need for an annual audit and general meeting

Members

The Atwood School is a Parents Association and therefore members are limited to parents, carers and guardians of pupils currently at the school

Committee 

A committee is a team of volunteers who are elected at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to manage the association on behalf of the members. There are two types of committee member, Officer and Ordinary (or Other) member.  Officers have specific roles such as Chair, Treasureror Secretary.  Ordinary Committee Members play a vital role working alongside and supporting the Officers.
All committee members have equal voting rights, with the exception of the Chair, who has an additional casting vote, should this be needed.  
 
Our Parents Association Committee consists of 4 Officers (Chair, Deputy Chair, Treasurer and Secretary).  We also have another 10 parent members and 2 ex officio members of staff who make up the full Committee.
 

Current Officers (20010/2011)

 
Ordinary Committee Members (2010/2011)

Karen Cowell

Claire Burr

Catherine Sell

Sarah Middlemiss

Steve Middlemiss  

Samantha Larcombe

Sandra O’Sullivan

Karen Mayhew

Amanda McLean

Lorraine Lenaghan

Kanchan Kamdar

Claire Lamb

Donna Latter

 
The Committee meet on official business 3 times a year, with smaller working groups meeting monthly, as necessary to organise our bigger events.

Ex Offico    

Alex Clark and Rob Veale

Trustees     (2010/2011)

Julie Machugh, Phil Garrard, Alex Clark, Karen Brett