Role of Committees Clause Samples

Role of Committees. Subject to Section 2.1(b) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Parties shall establish: five (5) specialized joint committees consisting of: (A) one to set the goals and strategy and approve the budgets for the Development, Manufacture and Commercialization of Collaboration Products and to oversee the other committees (such committee, the “Joint Steering Committee” or “JSC”); (B) one to focus on Development, Manufacturing (for Development purposes) and Regulatory Approval of Collaboration Products and other regulatory matters (such committee, the “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC”); (C) one to focus on Commercialization of Collaboration Products (such committee, the “Joint Commercialization Committee” or “JCC”); (D) one to focus on financial matters (such committee, the “Joint Finance Committee” or “JFC”); and (E) one to focus on intellectual property matters (such committee, the “Joint Patent Committee” or “JPC”). Each Committee shall have the responsibilities and authority allocated to it in this Article 2 and elsewhere in this Agreement.

Role of Committees. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Participant Processes shall be accomplished through the Principal Committees and other committees, subcommittees, task forces, working groups or other bodies established by the Participants Committee or jointly by ISO and the Participants Committee.

Role of Committees. Subject to Section 4.1(b) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Parties shall establish: (i) a joint executive committee (the “Joint Executive Committee” or “JEC”) that will oversee the Collaboration and facilitate communications between the Parties with respect to the discovery and Development of Products hereunder; and (ii) a specialized joint committee (such committee, the “Joint Research & Development Committee” or “JRDC”) focusing on each of the following areas arising out of the Collaboration: (A) discovery and chemical optimization of Collaboration Compounds up to Development Compound nomination; and (B) Development (including preclinical development) and Regulatory Approval of Products. Each Committee shall have the responsibilities and authority allocated to it in this Article 4 and elsewhere in this Agreement. It is contemplated that: (X) all significant matters relating to the discovery, lead optimization, preclinical and clinical Development of Products under this Agreement will be addressed by the JRDC and, if appropriate, by the JEC, as contemplated by Section 4.4(c); and (Y) the Parties’ respective activities under this Agreement will be reported to the relevant Committees in a reasonable and appropriate level of detail. The JRDC shall provide, on a [ * ] basis (unless otherwise requested by the JEC), updates on its activities and achievements to the JEC for review and comment. The Parties intend that their respective organizations will work together to assure the success of the Collaboration.

Role of Committees. The Project Steering Committee and Working Groups, as described in Section 4, shall be responsible for the exchange of Know-How between Tanox and Novartis.

Role of Committees. Subject to Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(d) and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Parties shall establish: (i) a joint executive committee (the “Joint Executive Committee” or “JEC”) that will oversee Sanofi-Aventis’ and Exelixis’ activities under this Agreement and facilitate communications between the Parties with respect to the Development and Manufacture of Products and any other issues which the Parties wish to debate at the JEC hereunder; and (ii) a specialized joint committee to focus on the Development of Products (such committee, the “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC”). Each Committee shall have the responsibilities and authority allocated to it in this Article 3 and elsewhere in this Agreement. It is contemplated that: (X) all significant matters relating to the pre-clinical and clinical Development of Products under this Agreement will be primarily addressed by the JDC and, if appropriate, by the JEC, as contemplated by Section 3.4(c); and (Y) the Parties’ respective activities under this Agreement will be reported to the relevant Committees in a reasonable and appropriate level of detail. The JDC shall provide, on a [ * ] basis (unless otherwise requested by the JEC), updates on its activities and achievements to the JEC for review and comment.

Role of Committees. Content review committees are convened to validate the content appropriateness of all items, passages, and scenario-based tasks prior to inclusion in the bank. ETS facilitators meet with content review committee (either in person, or in a moderated online review) to discuss each item. Committee members consider the following questions as they review assessment materials: Is the content of the item accurate? Is the item correctly aligned to the standard? Is the item an appropriate measure of student ability? Based on these questions, the committee may decide to accept, revise, or reject an item, passage, or task from the bank. All items must complete this committee review prior to selection for use. Bias/Sensitivity review committees are convened to ensure that the content of assessment materials are free of any information or subject matter that may favor one group of students over another (criteria for group differences include gender, race/ethnicity, urban/rural, and socioeconomic status), or that may be disturbing or provoke an emotional response that could affect student performance. In committee recruitment, ETS recommends seeking teacher representatives reflecting the broad diversity of the state’s population to ensure that many perspectives are represented in committee deliberations. ETS will provide facilitators with special training in facilitating bias and sensitivity reviews. Bias/Sensitivity committees are asked to consider the following questions as they review assessment materials: Does the item, passage, or task contain information that may favor one group over another? Does the item, passage, or task contain information that may be disturbing, controversial, or provoke an emotional response among some test takers? If the answer to either question is yes, the committee will be asked to consider whether the item, passage, or task is an appropriate measure of student ability for the given standard. Based on discussion around this last question, the committee may recommend edits to the item, or may recommend it be rejected. Finally, the bias/sensitivity committee will evaluate the set of items as a whole to determine whether the items, passages, and tasks are representative of the gender, racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and urban/rural makeup of the state. Following the meetings. At the conclusion of each meeting, ETS and CDE representatives will discuss issues or discrepancies in notes or committee recommendations. For performance tasks, see the...

Role of Committees. Committees are intended to reduce the length of regular Board meetings and allow individual Board members to develop specific expertise.