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7. About a board
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Legal aspects
- A board should be established by law,
act, etc.
- A board should have terms of reference,
mandate, responsibilities, members, Chair, Secretariat
- Keep the documentation up to date
- Is board advisory or has it ultimate
decision-making role?
- Are names legally binding?
Who should sit on the board?
- Representatives of leading government
department involved in names
- Other government departments - users
- Regional representation
- Non-government ... from interest group,
qualified individuals
- Individual experts (local history,
archives, linguistics, cartography)
- How long should they sit there?
- How many members? Financial factors?
Frequency of meetings?
Secretariat support
- Technical/professional support
- Focal point for national toponymic
activity
- Leadership; organization; communication
- How many people?
- It depends on whether other
staff is available for creating the data base, for establishing
media contacts, and for preparing committee meetings
More...
- Other principles?
- Board looked to for unbiased judgement
- Decisions are important to future
generations
- Integrity and effectiveness of board
at stake
- Slow and sure!
- Try to refrain from political interference
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