Terms of Reference
1. To appraise the appropriateness of any procedures or measures put in place to counter any potential threats to freedom of speech at events and meetings which are due to take place at the School.
2. To consider any guidelines within which an event is to be prepared.
Standing Orders
1. The Group may conduct its business by phone, fax or email if it is impractical for it to meet in person.
2. If necessary the Group may reach decisions by a majority. If there is no majority, the Chair of the Group shall make the final decision.
3. The Group does not consider detailed day-to-day administrative actions which are undertaken to organise an event or meeting. It will limit its advice to whether an event or meeting should take place and, if it decides it should take place, whether any procedures should be applied to it and within what guidelines the Conference Officer should operate to organise it.
4. The Director or a Pro-Director will substitute for the Group if it is unable to perform the roles set out in its Terms of Reference.