The meeting was started by all of the DC introducing themselves with a brief resume of there involvement with USDAW.
We then moved into the agenda and we all read the minutes from the previous DC meeting in April. These were accepted.
We then read through the minutes of the recent EC meeting. Maureen Bowen read through a few of the main points and gave feedback from the meeting. These were accepted.
We took a look at the minutes from other Divisional Councils. These were accepted.
We looked through a large selection of circulars from central office and a selection of press releases. These were accepted.
We received a list of dates for all the 2015 Midlands Divisional Council meetings.
We discussed an upcoming spotlight day. This will be held at Tesco Redditch on Wednesday 24th June the same day as the next DC meeting. I will nip and support the event for a few hours after the DC meeting.
We also discussed the Women's chain makers festival. Being held in Cradley Heath high street, Cradley Heath on Sunday 12th July. The Midlands Division is aiming to raise £1,000 to donate to the event.
We received the report from the Divisional officer and discussed a few items.
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report. This included a discussion on the positions available within the Midlands Divisional Council. The positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman, East Midlands federation observer and West Midlands observer will all be discussed and voted on at the next meeting on Wednesday 24th June.
Membership total as of May 23rd - 429,434 nationally and 56,554 divisionally.
Stand down - 113 reps since 1/1/2015
Who have signed up 1,133 new members.
Membership week - over the 4 week period 862 new members were signed up.
Academy 2 - 3 organising officers who have so far signed up 186 new members and 19 new reps.
Academy 1 - 30 reps applied. 14 were invited to take part in the interview / test sessions. 6 organising officers have been selected.
We discussed the applications for summer school series one and two.
We voted on the nominees who would go forward to the EC for concideration.
Eight people were nominated for summer school series one and six people were nominated for summer school series two.
A reserve list was created for both summer school series.
We moved on to any other business.
The referendum on EUROPE was mentioned and what USDAW will be doing to campaign on this issue.
The leadership of the Labour Party was mentioned and that a strong leader is needed.
The meeting was then closed.
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