Name of member network committee

A meeting of your committee name will be held in venue/ on platform, on date at time

Agenda

Time	Agenda number and title	Paper number
09.00	Welcome and meeting overview To welcome members of the committee and introduce new members of the committee.
Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence.
Terms of office and committee membership To confirm the terms of office of the group and committee working practices. To discuss future recruitment and succession planning, where necessary.
Declaration of interests To note any conflicts of interest that might arise during the meeting. Information about conflicts of interest can be found on the anti-bribery section of the Useful Forms & Documents page.
Inclusion & Diversity To raise any issues relating to equality, inclusion and diversity, e.g., accessibility of a chosen event venue, recruiting an early career representative to the committee, examining a demographics report of the membership, etc. I&D resources for committees can be found here. A demographics report of your members can be requested from the Networks Team.
Health and Safety To raise any issues relating to health and safety, e.g., risk assessments for committee activities, safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults, etc. The RSC safeguarding and risk assessment policies can be found here.
Minutes of the last your committee name meeting To receive and agree the minutes from the meeting held on date.
09.15	Chair’s business To receive an update about ongoing committee business.
Secretary’s report To receive an update about recent correspondence.
Treasurer’s report To receive an update on the committee’s income and expenditure.
Reports of past events To note updates on events and activities since the last meeting.
09.40	Break
09.50	Matters for discussion/decision Matter 1 Matter 2 …
10.20	Matters for information Matter 1 Matter 2 …
10.30	Any other business To receive any additional items of business not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
10.45	Future meetings Date and venue/ platform

Considerations for an effective and inclusive meeting:

Schedule at least one rest break per hour

Include an objective in your agenda item title or description to ensure that everyone knows the goal of the discussion and when the item is completed

Encourage all attendees to participate in the discussion

Do not assign an action to someone not at the meeting