Divisional Council Meeting number 11.

Wednesday 20th April I attended Divisional Council meeting number 11 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

No apologies were received, as all Divisional Councillors were present.

Minutes from the previous DC meeting

We then read the minutes from the previous DC meeting. These were accepted. 

Minutes of the ebruary EC meeting

We received the EC Minutes from Andrea and Maureen.

Minutes from other Divisional Councils

We took a look at the minutes from other Divisional Councils. These were accepted. 

Central office circulars and press releases

We looked through a selection of circulars from central office and a selection of press releases. These were accepted. 

Federation reports

East Midlands

Held at the Southview Hotel. Covered the History of USDAW, Europe and the Trade Union Bill.

All had a great time with several new members attending. 

West Midlands

No report

Divisional officers report
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gareth.

Membership total ( presently ) - 434,762 nationally and 56,639 divisional. 

New Members 2016 - 2,380 divisional. 

Academy 2 started Monday 29th February 2016.

121 new members signed up so far.

Academy 1 update.

8 candidates invited onto the 2016 Midlands Academy - in the process of sorting release for these.

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) USDAW 125th Anniversary year. A bus will be at ADM decked out in the USDAW logo and this will travel around the regions over the year.

(2) USDAW Membership Week - 20th - 26th June.

The Divisional officers report was read and all points noted/endorsed.

We then needed to vote on who would attend the LGBT get together in Manchester in June.

Nominated 1 - M.Whitehead

Nominated 2 - M.Wright

Nominated 3 - A.Rushton

Reserve 1 - M.Allen

Reserve 2 - S.Eggleton

Reserve 3- J.Carn

Reserve 4- N.Carter-Williams

Reserve 5- M.Grey

Reserve 6- C.Hogg

Reserve 7- R.Ingleby

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council meeting will be on Wednesday 25th May 2016.

Any other Business

we then moved on to any other business.

J.Mcewan - E-mail received from the office of Jeremy Corbyn MP. I had asked Jeremy if he would like to attend the November Midlands Divisional Conference. Jeremy is not able to attend but sends his regards and will send a signed item to us nearer the time. This will be raffled off for MENCAP.

S.Willmott - Simon has held a raffle and has raised £180 so far for MENCAP.

The vacancy on the Midlands Divisional Council will be advertised after the ADM.

The meeting was then closed