USDAW Divisional Council Meeting number 12

Wednesday 25th May I attended Divisional Council meeting number 12 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from

Simon Eggleton - Union duties

Jenny Chilton - Working

Andrea Watts - Holiday

Selection of new USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Paul White was voted as Chairman.

Kate Macloed was voted as Vice-Chairman.

Minutes from the previous DC meeting

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

Minutes of the February EC meeting

We received the EC Minutes from 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

No report

West Midlands

To be held on 2nd - 3rd July

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

Membership total ( presently ) - 432,844 nationally and 56,500 divisional. 

New Members 2016 - 3,126 divisional. 

Academy 2 started Monday 29th February 2016 with 4 organising officers.

225 new members signed up so far.

Academy 1 update.

8 candidates started the 2016 Midlands Academy om 09/05/2016.

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) Thanks received from the USDAW General Secretary John Hannett to everyone who helped out at the 2016 ADM.

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

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

USDAW Summer School 1 and 2.

We then needed to vote on who would attend the USDAW first series Summer School.

8 nominations needed.

Nominated 1 Julie Haycraft

Nominated 2 Claire Poole

Nominated 3 Mohammed Yasin

Nominated 4 Andrew Mosson

Nominated 5 Darren Prudence

Nominated 6 Sharon Grainger

Nominated 7 Charmaine Finch

Nominated 8 Pam Hall
Reserve 1 Tammy Caven

We then needed to vote on who would attend the USDAW Second series Summer School.

6 nominations needed.

Nominated 1 Matthew Wright

Nominated 2 Andrew Humphries

Nominated 3 Jayne Brailsford

Nominated 4 Jackie Stevens

Nominated 5 Carol Taylor

Nominated 6 Kevin Lowe
Reserve 1 Andrew longden

USDAW Pensions Conference.

We then needed to vote on who would attend the USDAW Pensions Conference.

6 nominations needed and 2 reserves.

Nominated 1 Ann Lloyd

Nominated 2 Graham Parkin

Nominated 3 Julie Smith

Nominated 4 James Young

Nominated 5 Dawn Johnson

Nominated 6 Tommy Mould

Reserve 1 Sarah Groom

Reserve 2 Kyle Perkins

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council meeting will be on Wednesday 29th June 2016.

Any other Business

we then moved on to any other business.

J.Mcewan - Can it be clarified when Divisional Council members can speak at ADM?

Divisional Councillors can not move or secon a proposition but they can then take part in debates on propositions and the Executive Council statements.

S.Willmott - Simon has held a raffle and has raised £180 so far for MENCAP. A cheque was presented at the meeting which will be sent to MENCAP.

The meeting was then closed