organizing committee

Group planning events

An organizing committee is a group appointed to plan and coordinate an event, conference, or initiative.

The term appears most often in contexts involving large-scale undertakings: The Olympic organizing committee announced the opening ceremony schedule.

Members typically handle logistics, scheduling, and administrative decisions that bring the event to fruition.

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task force · chairperson · call to order · meetings · ground rules · agenda · action items · coordination · members · logistics · budget allocation · event · conference · summit · opening ceremony · elections · nominations · bylaws

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role in events

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Those actively involved

attendees · competitors · audience · spectators · delegates

organizational function

organizing committeedisorganization

Absence of systematic arrangement

chaos

order vs. disorder

organizing committeedisruptors

Those who destabilize systems

saboteurs · obstructionists

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