香港中文大學員工總會通訊 2009年3月19日
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Employee's General Union
E-Newsletter 19 Mar 2009
 

     
  呼籲同工參與3月23日校董會重組諮詢會
 

各位會員、同事：

呼籲同工參與3月23日校董會重組諮詢會

相信大家早前已收到由大學秘書長梁少光先生發出有關校董會重組諮詢之電郵。大學校董會改組一事已蘊釀經年。是次校董會成立專責委員會，在沒有既定建議前公開邀請各大學成員，包括學生、職員、校友發表意見，而且諮詢文件亦頗充實（），儘管諮詢時間稍為倉促，亦令人鼓舞。

諮詢渠道
校董會既持開放態度作廣泛諮詢，員工總會呼籲同工積極參與是次諮詢，盡一己責任，表達對校董會組成及權責範圍的意見。為職員而設的諮詢會詳情如下：

日期：2009年3月23日（星期一）
時間：下午4時30分開始
地點：大學潤昌堂G04室

同事亦可以書面形式向專責委員會表達意見（專責委員會要求意見具名提出，並列明屬同事、同學、校友或其他大學成員身份，以及附聯絡地址），儘量於二零零九年三月二十四日（星期二）前電郵至或寄香港中文大學大學行政樓秘書處轉。員工總會亦歡迎同事電郵意見至，由本會轉交專責委員會。

改組建議
如上述，是次專責委員會並未提出任何具體方案，校董會唯一已通過議決為：第一、校董會成員人數由56人縮小至約25人；第二、校董會的成員組成須由校外（非教職員）成員佔多數，與校內成員的比例應為2：1或3：1。

員工總會認為縮小校董會人數有利管治效率及效力。為了提高管治效率、效力、透明度及問責性，員工總會初步認為：

  • 新的校董會必須增加民選成份及各同大學持份者的參與。觀乎諮詢文件附件4所載現時各教資會資助院校的校董會組成，職員及學生代表已經是標準組成部份。這說明社會對公帑資助院校的管治架構，已有這種對校政民主、持份者參與的期望及共識，中大應當效法。
  • 為了延續及發揚中大書院制的傳統，改組後的校董會即使無法容納所有書院的代表，亦必須在校董會下設位機制，確保各書院的聲音得以在校董會發揮作用。
  • 考慮新校董會的組成及權責的同時，必須考慮權力制衡及監察的機制，例如是否成立Court、Court與校董會的關係，以及現時其他二級管治架構，如行政與計劃委員會及教務會等，是否能有效及有意義地採納不同持份者的意見。

員工總會歡迎各位同工向本會提供意見，集思廣益，同時積極透過上述諮詢渠道表達意見。

會長　吳曉真
二零零九年三月十九日

　
     
  Call for Participation at Mar 23 Consultation Session on Council Reorganization
 

Dear members and colleagues:

Call for Participation at Mar 23 Consultation Session on Council Reorganization

The Ad Hoc Committee on Council Reorganization, sent last week a mass mail to all staff, students and alumni regarding the consultation on Council reorganization. The plan to reorganize the Council has been deliberated for some years. Despite the consultation arrangements being slightly hasty, it is indeed encouraging that the Ad Hoc committee has now invited all the University constituents to provide views on the issue without a fixed proposal and with a consultation document that is rather fair and substantial
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Consultation Channels
As the Council is conducting the consultation with a relatively liberal attitude, CUEGU would like to urge our CU colleagues to take up the responsibility and make use of the opportunity, to take part in the consultation and express views on the composition and jurisdiction of the reorganized Council. Details of the consultation session for staff members are as follow:

Date: Monday, March 23, 2009
Starting time: 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Room G04, Y.C. Liang Hall, CUHK

Colleges may also give their views to the Ad Hoc Committee in writing via or by post c/o Secretary's Office, University Administration Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong preferably before Tuesday, March 24, 2009. The Committee requests that names, capacities as staff, student, alumnus or other members of the University and correspondence address of be indicated on the submissions. The Union also welcomes colleagues to send us their views (). We can help channel your views should you find it.

Recommendations thus Far
As mentioned above, the Ad Hoc Committee has not made any proposals yet. The only decisions that have been made are: 1) the number of Council members is to be reduced from 56 to around 25; and 2) the Council should comprise a majority of external (non-staff) members at a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 against the number of internal members.

CUEGU is of the view that a Council in a reduced size facilitates greater effectiveness and efficiency. In order to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and accountability of CU’s governance, CUEGU’s preliminary views are that:

  • The reorganized Council should comprise more elected members and be more inclusive to different university stakeholders. Appendix 4 of the consultation document shows that staff and student representatives are now standard components of the Councils of different UGE-funded institutes. The trend suggests that there is a consensus for democratic governance and stakeholder participations for publically funded institutes. It is only reasonable that our University should follow suit.
  • To continue and exalt CU’s unique tradition of college system, the reorganized Council should guarantee that the voices of the Colleges are given their due importance in the Council. Even though it may not be possible for the new Council to accommodate representatives of all the Colleges, the Council should consider establishing some of mechanism to channel their views.
  • The check-and-balance of the reorganized Council should be considered at the same time when its composition and terms of reference are being reviewed. For example, issues like whether or not a Court should be establish, the Court’s relation to the Council, whether or not the current secondary governance structures, like the Adminstrative and Planning Committee and Senate, can sufficiently and meaningfully address stakeholder’s views, should also be considered.

CUEGU welcome any views on the above; again, we urge you to express your views through the above mentioned channels.

Emily Ng
President, CUEGU
Mar 19, 2009

　
     
 

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