ORGANIZATION
The Board of Directors: The Board of Directors is chiefly responsible for the administration of the organization and its affairs. It meets four times a year at various locations around the state. It delegates certain responsbilities to its officers and Executive Committee for the day-to-day operations of the organization. The CDRC Board of Directors is a large Board with up to 27 positions, but no less than 15. A board member's term is 3 years. 1/3 of the Board is, thus, up for election every year. Any empty positions may also be filled via election at the Annual Meeting. The Board also reserves the right to appoint members to the Board. Possible members for the Board are nominated by a Nominations Committee or members may be self nominated. It is the charge of the Nominations Committee to consider all relevant diversity factors including geographic, cultural, gender, organization, practice area and membership classification in selecting nominees.
The Committees: CDRC as an organization is heavily reliant on its Committees. It has a series of standing committees which sort through all the legislation, policy issues and trends which affect the practice of ADR and make recommendations for action to the Board of Directors. It also has an Executive Committee which oversees the day-to-day operations of CDRC. Committee membership is limited to members of the organization overall. While the Committees are usually chaired by a members of the Board of Directors, this is not a requirement. In fact the best way to become familiar with the organization and to provide input is to JOIN A COMMITTEE.
Bylaws: CDRC has a set of Bylaws which govern the operation of the organization.
History: It has taken the effort of many individuals over much of the 1990's to create and mold CDRC into the dynamic organization that exists today. There is still much to do, but since we need to understand where the organization came from in order to better understand where we are going, we present a brief History of CDRC. Message Summer 2001: Supreme Court decisions about arbitration...