12 March 2022 10:30am–2:30pm
Branches are invited to register delegations, nominations, and motions for the upcoming meeting of the SE Regional Local Government AGM.
Meeting Details
WHEN: 10.30am – 12.00pm on Saturday 12th March 2022
WHERE: The meeting will be held online using Microsoft Teams.
The first meeting of the Committee will take place after the AGM from 2pm to elect the Chair/Vice-Chair.
Technical Details
Microsoft Teams can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. You may wish to install the application beforehand.
How to access a meeting using Teams
If you are unable to access Teams, then you can ‘dial in’ to the meeting using a phone number and code.
A link to the meeting will be circulated to delegates and visitors with the AGM paperwork.
AGM Attendance
Your branch is invited to nominate delegates in accordance with the representation scheme below. The deadline for registering your delegates is 5pm Friday 11 February 2022
Each Branch is entitled to be represented at the Regional Local Government AGM on the following basis:
- Two delegates for the first 500 full members or part thereof
- One additional delegate thereafter per 500 full members or part thereof.
Nominations & Elections
Your branch is also invited to nominate to the Committee as well as seats on other internal and external bodies.
Committee seat entitlement is as follows:
- Two from each County Branch in the Region – of the 4 further seats, 3 shall be general seats to which all County Branches can nominate and 1 shall be a low paid woman seat to which all County Branches can nominate. (18 Seats in total – 14 women, 3 general and 1 low paid woman)
- Two from each Unitary (or section of branch covering more than one Unitary authority) in the Region (9 Seats in total – 6 women, 2 general, 1 low paid woman)
- Two from each District (or section of branch covering more than one Unitary authority) branch in the Region (7 Seats in total – 4 women, 2 general, 1 low paid woman)
- 1 x Local Pay Convenor
Successful nominees to the Committee can also be nominated to the following Local Government committee officer roles, regional strategic committees and national bodies:
- Committee Chair
- Committee Vice Chair
- Regional Committee (1 x Woman and 1 x General)
- Education, Training and Development
- Finance
- Publicity and Campaigning
If you would like to nominate to any of these roles, candidates must be nominated by their branch.
Candidates will be asked to submit a 500 word election address by 11 February 2022
The deadline for nominations is 5pm Friday 11 February 2022
All registered delegates will receive voting papers for contested elections in advance of the AGM and to be returned before the AGM. These elections will be ratified at the AGM. Please note that nominations will not be accepted from the floor, if there are any vacancies following the AGM these will be re-circulated.
Nominate to Committee seats and positions
Motions and Rule Changes
Branches are also invited to submit motions for consideration at the AGM or a rule change to the current Regional Local Government Committee Constitution.
Motions for consideration as regional motions to National Local Government Conference can also be submitted, but will be considered by the Local Government Committee prior to the AGM in line with national conference deadlines. As a result only local motions for consideration at a regional level will be put forward for debate at the AGM.
Submit motions and rule changes
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.
Please read UNISON’s guidelines for virtual meetings
If you require any adjustments to be made to facilitate your participation in a virtual meeting, please complete the Access Passport and return to r.bealey@unison.co.uk
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 to as soon as possible because of the differing requirements from a physical meeting compared to one being held online.
