Powers of the Commission
This many Stated powers are given to the commission in the commission bylaws
What are 7 powers?
The minimum number of Commission members allowed
What is 27?
The length of an appointment for a Chair or Vice Chair
What is one year?
How often Commission Wide meetings are
What is quarterly, or every three months
The maximum number of "at large" members allowed to be appointed by Executive Chair
What is three? (but can be changed/increased)
This amount of time passes before another policy recommendation from the Commission
What is a (fiscal) year?
The Maximum amount of commission members allowed
what is 50?
How many consecutive terms are chairs and vice chairs allowed to hold?
What is three
How often Committees meet
What is monthly
The minimum required number of youth on Executive Committee
What is one?
Name one of the two main Goals of the commission, as stated in the bylaws
(1) work in partnership with state agencies and the state legislature to create school-based and
community-based programs focusing on suicide prevention, violence intervention, and the
promotion of effective policies regarding harassment, bullying and discrimination against lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth; and
(2) make recommendations about policies and programs supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, queer and questioning youth on an ongoing basis to the department of education,
the department of public health, the executive office of health and human services, and other
Massachusetts entities.
How many organizations do we appoint members from
We appoint 27 members from 12 different organizations
The amount of priors days notice before a meeting required to propose a vote to remove a Chair
What is ten business days
The suggested number of committees for each commission member to be a part of
What is 1-2 committees
The number of named tasks that Executive Committee has in the bylaws
What is five?
This was the year the Commission legally recognized as such in the state of Massachusetts
What is July 2006?
A Commission Term is this long
What is two years?
The amount of votes needed to vote out a
Chair during a meeting
What is 2/3rds?
This many commission members is needed for Quorum
What is simple majority (more than half present)
Three of the five stated responsibilities of Executive Committee
A) Be responsible with the Commission staff for ensuring the orderly and integrated
progression of work of the Commission and its Committees and teams;
B) Oversee the operations of the Commission and recommend amendments to the bylaws as
appropriate;
C) Provide a structure that ensures the active and meaningful participation of all Commission
members, create a supportive environment where input is valued, and ensure that
Commission work and decisions are representative and effective of the full Commission;
D) Approve a budget as drafted by the Director for the presentation to the full Commission;
E) Assign tasks to other committees or to working groups, as needed.
Name four of the seven powers of the commission
(1) to recommend policies and make recommendations to agencies and officers of the
Commonwealth and local subdivisions of government to effectuate its mission and goals, outlined
below in Article 3;
(2)to use voluntary and uncompensated services of private individuals, agencies and organizations
that may from time to time be offered and needed;
(3) to acquire adequate staff to perform its duties, subject to appropriation;
(4) to establish and maintain offices that it considers necessary, subject to appropriation;
(5) to enact bylaws for its own governance;
(6) to appoint members to regional chapters of the commission; and
(7) to hold regular, public meetings and to hold fact-finding hearings and other public forums as it
may consider necessary.
How many Meetings (commission wide and committee meetings) does one have to miss to be eligible to be removed from the commission?
2 full commission wide meetings or more than 1/3rd of committee meetings
The maximum amount of co-chairs allowed to be elected each year
What is three?
This much notice is required to be given for meeting announcements (time, place, date, etc)
What is five business days?
How much many can be spent of non-budgeted money before requiring Chair approval
What is 500$?