I will post further when I have more time but a few initial thoughts on current areas that are being discussed:
Chairperson
I agree we need to clarify and have some direction for the position of chair. My view is that Garindan was doing a really good job, with detailed, balanced and thoughtful posts before his unfortunate absence for family reasons. Therefore I think the first thing we should do if it is possible is to try and ascertain from Garindan, if or when he will return. If he is planning to return in the next couple of months I would propose an interim arrangement to cover for this period. If not then yes we need to carry out a proper process to select a new official in this position. He could obviously always resume the role again in the future.
Stop/Loss
This has been mentioned by various people, including me before, but having a stop/loss in place on all shares to minimise any losses seems a sensible.
Understanding the plan for each share
Again I have mentioned this before, but I will flag it up again. I feel we need a clear plan for each share that we purchase (e.g. is it for short, medium or long term capital growth, is it a long-term hold for its dividends etc etc). We are also lacking a clear way of seeing an easy summary of this - one solution would be that we add this to the table of investments so we have a quick/easy reference with more details held in a dedicated thread(s). Also that way we might end up with a better balanced portfolio made up on short/long term/dividend payers etc. Also something like that will hopefully help us better review how they are performing - at the moment we tend to be judging all shares against their current share price but this might not necessarily as important if it a long-term dividend hold as one which is bought for short term gains (e.g. you wouldn't worry too much about Mo Farah's marathon position after the first 95m but for Usain Bolt's position in a sprint race would be more crucial).
Dedicated Threads
I would find it useful to have dedicated threads for each share, key CIC strategy debate that include important discussion that do not go off topic and have fairly strict scope for posting along side some more chatty style ones. I think both have their place.
Periodic Reviews
It would perhaps make sense to have a CIC AGM (or at least some other kind of regular review) to review all the Officer posts, review strategic priorities etc.
Ok that's a few thoughts for now.