This Committee is responsible for all matters related to Society Governance, including but not limited to: reviewing any proposed amendment to Society Governance documents (Constitution, Bylaws, Policies and Procedures) prior to its discussion in the BoG; crafting amendments to Society Governance documents that result from actions of the BoG; establishing Society-wide Governance best practices and overseeing their application across all Councils, Boards, and Committees; upon request or when needed proposing changes to existing Society Governance documents with the goal of keeping them current and consistent; and serving as an interpretive committee on Governance issues.
Committee Roster
Chair | Roberto de Marca (2022-2024)
Vice Chair | Sirin Tekinay (2023-2025)
Voting Members
Sergio Benedetto (2021-2023), Past President
Nury Ramirez (2022-2023), BoG Member at Large
Urbashi (Ubli) Mitra (2021-2023)
Nim Cheung (2022-2024), Past President
Zhi Ding (2022-2023), Parliamentarian
Halim Yanikomeroglu (2023-2024)
Staff | Harold Tepper, Vinoo Mathew
Governance Resources for ComSoc Members
BoG/OpCom Motion Template
This template is to be used for all motions amending ComSoc governing documents according to P&P 4.1.4. In addition, this template is strongly recommended to be used for all other motions.
(approved by GovCom 9/20/18)
Minutes Outline
This is a tool to assist ComSoc assemblies in the preparation of meeting minutes.
(approved by GovCom 10/25/18)