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Suggested
Steering Committee Activities for Standard 4.5
The
steering committee plays a role in this measure at two critical stages and
at one optional stage.
First,
members of the steering committee help the facilitator assemble the list of
knowledgeable informants from which the survey respondents are randomly
drawn.
Second,
the steering committee may meet and consider the survey results and
participate in a group discussion with the facilitator to select three
issues for the case studies. (optional)
Third,
in a group augmented by "outsiders" who have served as
knowledgeable informants during the data collection, the steering committee
interprets the case study results in light of the three questions:
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What
lessons can be learned from past responses?
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What
accounts for differences in the court’s view of its performance and the
views of key individuals involved in each issue?
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Are
actions necessary to improve the court’s sensitivity to public policy
issues, its mechanisms for monitoring issues, or its understanding of how
issues affect court operations?
It
is recommended that the steering committee widely circulate its action plan
for improving the court’s ability to respond to emerging issues.
The
work of the committee on this standard should be integrated and considered
with the collection of data for Standard 4.1, Independence and Comity, and
Standard 4.4, Public Education.
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