P&C Board Terms of Reference

Responsibilities

1. Provide a forum for facilitation, co-operation, co-ordination, and innovation amongst the several specialist groups and committees which are concerned with or involved in publication and communication activities and conferences.
2. Define and co-ordinate policy with particular responsibility for maintaining a unitary corporate image for the Society.
3. Determine policy and the mode of presentation of psychology and the Society to the external world through the media and by other means.
4. Support the dissemination of psychological knowledge and Society policies.

Terms of Reference

1. To promote the advancement and diffusion of a knowledge of psychology pure and applied through the printing, publishing and circulating of appropriate publications.
   
2. To advise The Board of Trustees on:
   
   • the Society’s publishing, communication and conference functions
   • the management of the media
   • best practice in the publications and communications area, which would give encouragement to other parts of the Society
     
3. To act on behalf of The Board of Trustees within the areas of conferences, publications and internal and external communications in:
   
   • reviewing and proposing the development and implementation of policy with respect to conferences and the publishing of Journals, other periodicals, the Psychologist, newsletters and other publications in whatever form
   • ientifying ways in which such activities can advance the achievement of the objects of the charter
   • developing guidance to members and to staff engaged in these areas of activity
   • co-ordinating the work of specialist committees and groups working in these areas
   • assisting all parts of the Society with the promotion and production of published documents
   • acting as the coordinator of proactive and reactive activity in relation to the UK and European parliamentary systems
     
4. To work with all parts of the Society to stimulate the recruitment of members.

Membership

Position on Board	Term of Office
Chair	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Deputy Chair	To be appointed annually
Chairs of other Boards or their Deputies (4): Psychology Education Board (PEB) Professional Practice Board (PPB) Research Board (RB) Membership & Professional Training Board (MPTB)	All to be appointed annually
Honorary Press Officer/Chair Media & Press Committee	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Chair of Journals Committee	5 years
Chair of PPC	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Chair of SCC	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Parliamentary Rep	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Newsletter Editors (2)	3 years, renewable for one further 3-year term
Elected Ordinary Members (2)	2 years, renewable
PsyPAG (1)	To be appointed annually
SMG (1)	To be appointed annually
Co-opted (2)	To be appointed annually
Ex-officio Members: President Honorary General Secretary Other Board Chairs (4): PEB PPB RB MPTB
Advisors: Director of Communications Policy Advisor to Publications & Communications Board Journals Manager Parliamentary Officer Consultation & Policy Executives (2) Conferences Manager Managing Editor, The Psychologist Public Relations & Marketing Manager P4P Manager