8 December 2023 11:00am–3:00pm
Online via MS Teams
Please note, due to industrial action planned by rail unions this meeting will now take place online.
This year’s Disabled Members AGM will be taking place Online via MS Teams. Everything you need to know, including details on registering to attend, nominating members for election, and submitting motions for debate, can be found on this page.
AGM Details
When: 11am – 3:30pm on Friday 8 December 2023
Where: Online Via MS Teams
AGM ATTENDENCE
All delegates and visitors to the Disabled Members AGM 2023 must themselves be disabled UNISON members from the South East region.
Branches are invited to register up to five AGM delegates who will be able to participate in the election for contested positions and vote on key items of business.
If your branch has an established Disabled Members Group, they should be asked to participate in this. All disabled members in your branch should be given equal opportunity to put themselves forward.
The deadline for registering your delegates is 5pm on Friday 17 November 2023.
Additionally, any disabled members who are not delegates are invited to attend the AGM as visitors. The deadline for visitors registering is also 5pm on Friday 17 November 2023.
Find contact details for your branch
ELECTIONS
Branches and individual Disabled SOG members will be invited to submit nominations to the Disabled Members committee as well as various internal and external bodies, which will be elected at the AGM.
If you would like to nominate to any of these roles, candidates must be nominated by their branch or by at least one woman member. All nominees must themselves be disabled members from the South East region.
You can find more information about the various elected posts and committees on our regional website or email Sherron King with any questions you have.
Candidates will be asked to submit an election address of up to 500 words.
The deadline for nominations and for election addresses to be received is 5pm on Friday 17 November 2023.
For any contested posts, all registered delegates will receive voting papers in advance of the AGM. The ballot will close before the meeting.
The results of any ballots and any uncontested posts will then have their elections ratified at the AGM.
MOTIONS AND RULE CHANGES
Branches and individual disabled SOG members will be invited to submit motions and rule changes to the current Regional SOG Committee Constitution.
The deadline for motions and rule changes to be received is 5pm on Friday 17 November 2023.
ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
UNISON recognises that in order for our members to fully participate, it may be necessary to make some adjustments so that we can ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, that everyone has the same opportunity to take part across our structures.
If you require any adjustments to be made to facilitate your participation in a virtual meeting, please complete the Access Passport and return to committee administrator Sherron King by 5pm on Friday 17 November 2023.
If you have previously completed an access passport and require adjustments for this meeting, please complete a new version of the passport and return it as soon as possible because of the differing requirements from a physical meeting compared to one being held online.
