We want as many people as possible to engage with the work of the Bureau in its role of researching, documenting and promoting partnerships between schools, families and communities. But in a recent post, Yvonne Meyer raised the question of how to go about getting ‘appointed to the Bureau’ – a more formal, structural or governance issue. In short, the size and role of the governance committee has been prescribed and the government, as the funder of the Bureau, has approved the appointment to it of Jenny Branch (ACSSO President), Caz Bosch (APC President), Terry Aulich (Exec Director, ACSSO) and Ian Dalton (Exec Director APC). A small but representative committee in which parents and professional officers shared responsibilities, but with a parent as chair and committee spokesperson, was considered the most effective and efficient way of providing administrative oversight and strategic advice to the Bureau.