Risk Management Committee

Risk Management Committee was created during McKenzie Term, Fall 2009. It was written into a series of updates to the bylaws by Derek Ng. The committee was meant to investigate all risk management infractions and offer recommendations to the chapter as to what would be the best course of action. The Risk Management Committee is chaired by the Sergeants-At-Arms. It is composed of the Sergeants-At-Arms, three brothers who have active status (one chosen each by the President, the Service Vice Presidents, and the Membership Vice Presidents), and three advisors. In practice, the first ever Risk Management Committee drafted a Chapter Risk Management Policy to extend national policy to include other things that the chapter feels would be a matter of risk management.

An understanding of Robert's Rules and fraternity documents should be emphasized for members of Risk Management Committee. After the first active RMComm, Ashish Bhatt and Jhonatan Paredes recommended that it would be wise to have at least one of the appointed members of the committee be a newer active so that they could become better-versed in the rules and policies and be able to pass the knowledge along.

Duties

• Enforce all risk management rules
• Investigate all potential infractions of risk management rules
• Advise the chapter as to all matters pertaining to risk management and abiding by SPAC policy

In Practice

Risk Management Committee should:

• Seek methods of effectively educating the chapter about what is and is not against risk management.
• Take preventative measures to avoid risk management violations
  • e.g. Talking to officers before certain events, recommending amendments to chapter documents, taking in questions in person or using the online forum
• Address risk management infractions by finding out the full story from all involved parties and seeing if an actual violation has occurred by reviewing documents.

Recommended Reading

To assess issues of Risk Management, members should study the following to see if something has truly been violated:

• Iota Phi's Chapter By-Laws
• Iota Phi's Chapter Constitution
• Iota Phi's Chapter Risk Management Policy
• National Articles of Incorporation
• National Risk Management Policy
• National Membership Policy
• National Pledging Standards
• Active Requirements with any attachments
• Pledge Requirements with any attachments
• Service Guidelines with any attachments
• UC Davis Center for Student Involvement Policy

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