Divisional Council Meeting Number 19

Wednesday 25th January 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 19 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Willmott - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Minutes from the previous DC meeting

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

Minutes of the recent EC meeting

We received the EC Minutes from Andrea.

Their will be an extension made to the USDAW Legal Plus services.

Members and there children ( under 18 years old ) who have an accident while abroad on holiday will be able to use the USDAW Legal Plus service.

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

No report

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

Membership total 2016  - 434,837 nationally and 55,993 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment total 2016 - 9,924 hours - 189 reps took part.

Membership figures 2017 - 431,628 nationally and 55,751 divisional.

Stand down recruitment 2017 - 627 hours.

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) Divisional Conference Saturday 11th March - Sunday 12th March - The Jury's Inn Hotel, East Midlands Hotel. 

We have guest speakers who will be attending on Saturday 11th March.

Workshops are also planned for both days.

(2) Academy 2 - 2017. 7 reps have been interviewed and 3 have been offered a place.

(3) Academy 1 - 2017. 43 application forms have been requested. All returned applications will attend the Divisional Development center on 14th and 15th March where the final list of successful candidates will be offered a place on Academy 1.

(4) USDAW National Organising Awards 2016. 

The Midlands Division was not successful in winning any of the national awards but all nominees who attended the awards night had a great time . 

Well done to all Nominees across all Divisions.

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

TUC Black Workers Conference

There is one place available and one reserve required.

Nomination - Evelyn Asima
Reserve 1 - Prince Sarkodee

Reserve 2 - Eulyn Brown

Reserve 3 - Parshotam Bharth
Reserve 4 - Nazakat Ali

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 22nd February 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed