Community Council Focus Groups

A focus group is very similar to a Task Force in that it deals with jobs that are much more specified than those that Community Council must deal with. While that is true, Task Force's are usually used for recommendations where focus groups are used to complete an important short term job. the job usually requires time, energy, and devotion. Again, similar to a Task Force, a Focus Group is to be comprised of Council Members, Students, Staff, Faculty, etc. Also they are to be opened up to the community at large through the mechanisms in which Task Forces are promoted such as through

The job is an opportunity for people who might not otherwise be involved in Community Council to devote themselves to helping with an event of community governance issues, or to participate in projects for a relatively short duration of time, usually lasting only one to three weeks. The Focus Group has specific goals and objectives which are doable.

A Focus Group is to be created in the same way a Task Force is, through a motion in Community Council and a simple majority vote. Again a temporary chair will be chosen, and they can serve as the de facto arbiter of affairs or a new chair can be elected to serve for the duration of the Focus Group.

The Focus Group will be added to the report-backs section of the agenda in Community Council and will be discussed within the minutes. The Focus Group should make a similar presentation to Community Council after its commencement to that to be made by Task Forces but this will not include recommendations and instead will be a discussion of what has been done.