Towards the end of 2017, a survey was distributed to members of Cobourg’s advisory committees asking questions about satisfaction with their contribution.  The results are now in and the only apparent actions are that members will get more training, their role will be more clearly defined and they will get a “user guide/manual”.  Yet a significant number of committee members felt they were not making much difference.  See the link below to download the full questionnaire complete with “long answers” – text responses that give an insight into the thinking of committee members.  It’s likely that some committees work better than others but the survey lumped all responses together. At the risk of highlighting the comments of negative individuals, I… Read complete articleDo Advisory Committees work?