legislative assistantThe members of a committee attend the committee meetings.
If it is a meeting that is comprised of (made of, made up of) committee members, then it is a meeting of the food committee. The individuals at the meeting will all be members of the food committee, and when they meet and there are sufficient of them present, they are entitled/authorised/required to discuss and conduct business and make decisions or recommendations etc.If such a meeting is being arranged, perhaps by the secretary of the organisation, then he/she will be arranging a meeting for (on behalf of, for the benefit of) the food committee; suitable arrangements are being made for the committee so that they can properly conduct the business of the committee.
There are various people who may elect the committee chairman. He can be elected by board members or all stakeholders at an annual general meeting.
A meeting that party members attend to decide policies and choose candidates to run for office.NovaNet: a closed meeting of a party's House or Senate members
No it shouldn't be capitalized.
party caucus. party caucus.
There are no specific collective noun for members; an appropriate collective for people would do fine. For example:a group of membersa meeting of membersa council of membersa committee of membersa party of membersa mob of members (for some union members)
regular jobs/normal duties
A committee meeting is a meeting that is held mostly for administrative purposes. This is commonly referred to as a board meeting.
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. Meeting would be another word for caucus.
This is a very unusual case. The best thing to do is call an emergency general meeting, from her you can have a small delegation of well respected members and call for a vote of confidence, if there is a vote of no confidence, the committee has no opportunity but to go.
All the available buses were necessary to transport all the members who planned to attend the meeting.