Other Committees

Review & Grants Committee

The Review & Grants Committee, according to the bylaws, "is a standing committee responsible for settling public and inner-committee complaints regarding a decision by the OCC or one of the Communications Commission’s committees within a reasonable time frame. They shall also be responsible to look for grant opportunities and engage with community groups, non-profits, and other entities to examine ways to bring in donations that can go towards the Communication Commission and its committees."

The bylaws also state that the committee "must contain at minimum three (3) members or alternatively, five (5) total members...One of the three members shall be the OCC Chairperson and the other two (2) required minimum members shall be other OCC Commissioners. The two (2) additional members may be chosen by the Commission to serve on the committee, but the members chosen must be a Commissioner, Commission alternate, and/or a Committee Chairperson. Committee members shall be chosen and approved by a majority of the OCC at the reorganization meeting at the start of every year. A Commission member must serve as Chairperson of the Review & Grants Committee."

Any person who resides in Oakland may request a ruling from the Review & Grants Committee regarding appropriateness of content disseminated through the OCC’s channels of communication or to appeal a decision made by another committee or the OCC, if need be. The Review & Grants Committee shall meet at least once per year and then at any other time when there is a matter brought up to the committee to address and a prompt determination must be made.

Five-Year Plan Ad-Hoc Committee

As set in the OCC Bylaws starting at section 1.19:

"Every five (5) years, the OCC shall establish a Five-Year Plan to lay out the Communications Commission’s overall goals, assess the functionality and mission of the various committees, and examine the bylaws to assess if any potential changes are needed. The OCC Chairperson shall establish an Ad-Hoc Committee in the winter or spring of the last year of the previously existing Five-Year Plan. The Ad-Hoc Committee shall be made up of the OCC Chairperson, serving as head of the committee, and the Communications Commission Liaisons to each standing committee serving as the Ad-Hoc Committee members. The Ad-Hoc Committee shall create, discuss, and approve a Five-Year Plan before the end of October, with the OCC reviewing and discussing the plan once completed. If the OCC does not vote to approve the Ad-Hoc Committee’s approved plan before the end of the year, they must work with the Ad-Hoc Committee and approve an amended or different plan by the end of that upcoming March. If that does not occur, the Ad-Hoc Committee’s previously approved plan shall become the official Five-Year Plan."

Since the last Five Year Plan was adopted in 2018 to take effect in 2019 and will run through 2023, the next time this committee will be formed is in Winter-Spring 2023 for the next Five Year Plan which will be in effect from 2024-2029.

Communications Commission 5 Year Plan - 2019-2023