OAR 250-016-0090: Guide Advisory Committee; Charter Representation

(1) The Guide Advisory Committee (GAC) shall be composed of eight members from seven active organizations that represent or include licensed outfitters and guides. (2) Two GAC members shall be from the organization of outfitters and guides with the most documented members active at the time of appointment. (3) An active organization is one that: (a) Convened and recorded at least one meeting of the general membership in the previous 12 month period; (b) Has a verifiable roster of members that includes currently registered outfitters and guides; and (c) Has a charter or bylaws by which it conducts its regular business. (4) Members shall represent outfitters and guides but do not need to be a currently licensed outfitter and guide. (5) GAC members shall serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms. (6) Vacancies shall be filled through a process described by a GAC charter agreement and will include a process to limit annual turnover to less than half the GAC. (7) One of the three public members selected by the Board for the GAC may represent charter boats as defined in ORS 830.430. (8) The GAC will be chaired by a non-voting employee of the Oregon State Marine Board. (9) The GAC will have no fewer than two meetings annually; timing will be determined through GAC charter agreement.