1 December 2022 5:30pm–7:00pm
Online meeting
This year’s Regional Women’s AGM will be taking place virtually. Everything you need to know, including details on registering to attend, nominating members for election, and submitting motions for debate, can be found below.
AGM Details
When: 5:30pm – 7:00pm on Thursday 1 December 2022
Where: The meeting will be held online using Microsoft Teams
AGM ATTENDENCE
All delegates and visitors to the Regional Women’s AGM 2022 must themselves be UNISON women 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 Women’s Self-Organised Group, they should be asked to participate in this. All women members in your branch should be given equal opportunity to put themselves forward.
The deadline for registering your delegates is 5pm on Thursday 10 November.
Additionally, any women members who are not delegates are invited to attend the AGM as virtual visitors. The deadline for visitors registering to attend is also Thursday 10 November.
All registered delegates and visitors will receive a link to the meeting and paperwork for the AGM by email on 17 November 2022.
Register your branch delegation now
Notify us of any visitors to the AGM
Find contact details for your branch
ELECTIONS
Branches and individual women members are invited to submit nominations to the Regional Women’s 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 women members from the South East region.
You can find more information about the various elected posts and committees on our regional website or email Bethany Martyn-Jones 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 Thursday 10 November.
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.
Nominate members for the Regional Women’s Committee and other elected positions
MOTIONS AND RULE CHANGES
Branches and individual women members are 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 Thursday 10 November..
Submit a motion or a rule change for debate at the AGM
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. For more on this, please see 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 committee administrator Bethany Martyn-Jones by 5pm on Thursday 10 November.
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.
UNISON’s access guidelines for virtual meetings
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Microsoft Teams can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. It can be accessed through most internet browsers, but you may wish to install the application beforehand.
Please click here for full information on 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. Please advise committee administrator Rosie Sammut as soon as possible if this applies to you.
The Women’s Committee campaign for improvements to women’s rights in the workplace and in the wider community and support campaigns aimed at improving women’s lives – for example, to change the law to protect women experiencing domestic violence, or to raise awareness of health issues which mainly affect women.
The Women’s Committee meet on a regular basis to develop policies, promote equality and encourage wider participation of women members at all levels of the union. The Committee also provide a number of courses for women each year such as, ‘Women’s History’, ‘Assertiveness Skills’, ‘Women, Work and Health’ – for more information please see the Regional Education programme.
UNISON supports networks of self organised groups (SOGs) in
branches and regions across the union. Our SOGs campaign for
equality in the workplace and for improvements to legislation for
workplaces and the wider community. The SOGs are represented
at Regional Council and most other regional committees, but are
accountable to their respective national group.
