1279 CIVILIAN COMMITTEE

The Civilian Committee has four key responsibilities:

• To find suitable accommodation for the Squadron
• To recommend a suitable person to be the Commanding Officer
• To establish squadron finances
• To assist the squadron CO to find suitable squadron Staff

Their principal functions are:

1. The Chairman is the focal point of the committee, chairs the meetings and forms the principal link with the Commanding Officer of the squadron.
2. The Treasurer administers the squadron finances whether they are ATC annual Administration and Training grant monies or cadet subscriptions.
3. The role of the Secretary is to organise meetings, take and promulgate minutes and deal with any correspondence.
4. The Committee is authorised to administer public funds through the squadron Admin and Training Grant.
5. They look after the welfare and recreational side of the squadrons activities as distinct from the training and parade activities which are the responsibility of the CO. Normally a civilian committee will not interfere in the day to day running of a squadron but can notify Wing Staff if they feel that the cadets welfare is in danger because of bad administration.
6. Establishes and maintains a good relationship between the squadron and the local community with the object of obtaining support from local authorities.
7. Organises fund raising activities such as car boot sales, etc to supplement squadron funds.

The civilian committee comprises people who kindly give up their time to assist the squadron. They are all unpaid volunteers. A civilian committee consists of a Chairperson, Hon Secretary, Hon Treasurer and other members who ideally will have some prominent local citizens amongst its number. The CO and the Padre are ‘ex officio’ members of the committee, i.e. automatically members because of their appointment. He/she will normally present a report to each meeting on the state of the squadron and squadron activities.

Meetings are held on a regular basis, normally monthly although this does vary slightly according to events coming up and availability of the committee members. They are open to all to attend who wish to support the squadron.

To find out when the next meeting is, or to add your email to the distribution list, please email the secretary

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