Personnel Committee [Cumberland College of Health Sciences Council]

After the establishment of the New South Wales College of Paramedical Studies as a Corporate College on 1 October 1974, the new Corporate Council of the held its first meeting on 8 October 1974. At this meeting Council resolved to adopt the proposals of the College administration and the proposed terms of reference for the various Council Committees as set out in the document prepared for that meeting. These proposals were to be covered in by-laws, the drafting of which were to be deferred until the College had been in operation for 6 month. The constitution of the Committees was also defined at that meeting. Some of the Committees had already been running or work and membership continued on from Interim Council's sub-committees.The College Personnel Committee held its inaugural meeting on 19 July 1973, its meetings were unrelated to the meetings and business of the Personnel Committee of Interim Council of the New South Wales College of Paramedical Studies in existence at that time. The Committee liaised with the Executive Board; a reporting line within the College structure for this Committee prior to October 1974 is not evident from the minutes.The terms of reference for the Personnel Committee as defined by Council were:(1) to approve matters related to study leave and overseas visits,(2) in consultation with the Chairman of Council to determine the composition of selection committees for appointment to positions equivalent or higher than Head of School.(3) to consider and determine applications for accelerated progression within a lecturing grade and accelerated promotion between lecturing grades.(4) to consider such other personnel matters as may be referred to it by Council and to make recommendations to Council thereon.In a memo to members of the Personnel Committee of 24 February 1975 the Chairman advised members that the specific function of the Committee would be to consider all matters of staff welfare and make recommendations accordingly. The Personnel Committee would also be able to refer matters of staff welfare to the Academic Board.