Extraordinary General Meeting 16th November

This year we have moved a couple of meetings around from the dates originally planned, partly due to large campaigns such as the pay campaign, and partly to encourage Derby members to take an active role in union democracy.

On 16th November we will hold a second extraordinary general meeting. This will be focused on:

• Building and winning the pay and funding campaign
• Encouraging members to write and submit motions to Annual Conference

We will also have updates on anti-racism and LGBT+ activities locally.

As with our last EGM, we aim to keep the main meeting short - 45 minutes, but offer a casework clinic following the meeting so that you can get advice on the issues affecting your school!

The meeting will be on Friday 16th November from 4.30 - 5.15 pm with refreshments at our office:

Southgate Business Centre
Normanton Road
Derby
DE23 6UQ

A full agenda and guidance on writing conference motions can be downloaded here and is also below:

AGENDA

Extraordinary General Meeting

Friday 16^th November 2018 4.30 pm – 5.15 pm

NUT Office, Room 2.10, Southgate Business Centre, Normanton Road, Derby DE23 6UQ

1. Introductions & apologies
2. Confirmation of interim committee 1st January 2019 - 31st August 2019
3. Conference motions – we encourage members to write and submit motions for submission to Annual Conference. Motions must be no more than 350 words in length. Guidance on writing motions is on page 2 of this agenda below.MOTIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO kieran.picken@neu.org.uk BY 6^TH NOVEMBER!
4. Pay campaign update
5. Anti-racism work update
6. LGBT+ work update
7. AOB

Following the meeting we will have a casework clinic. Got a problem, an issue or a question? Bring it along and get some advice!

FOR INFORMATION

UPCOMING EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

1.    Joint ATL / NUT Section Meeting date and venue TBC

2.    National Unity Demonstration Against Racism and Fascism – 17^th November London

3.    Black Teachers Conference Friday 16^th – Sunday 18^th November

UPCOMING TRAINING:

Training for Members:

1.     Equal Access to Promotion - 9 - 10 November 2018 - Residential

2.     Making and Using Film (FOCUS: Literacy) 12 November 2018

3.     Come Rain Come Shine - Outdoor Play in the Foundation Stage - 22 - 23 November 2018

4.     Adding Values and Enhancing Practice - Friday 23 - Saturday 24th November - Residential

5.     Aspiring to Leadership - 30 November - 1 December 2018- Residential

6.     Getting Behaviour Right - Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 December 2018- Residential - TBC

7.     Introductory Certificate in Transactional Analysis - Thursday 6 – Friday 7 December 2018

8.     International Solidarity Learning and Development - Friday 7 – Sunday 9 December 2018 Residential

Training for Reps:

1.     Reps Advanced – Yorkshire Midland Region – 14-16 November 2018

2.     NUT Reps Negotiating Course 30^th November, Hull

3.     Reps Foundation – Yorkshire Midland Region – 4-6 February 2019

4.     Introduction to Employment Law – Yorkshire Midland Region – 28 March 2018

Thinking of writing a motion? Take our advice!

ATL Districts and NUT Associations are invited to submit up to 6 original motions each.  The agreed word limit for original motions is 350 words. Motions will be considered by the Conference Committee whose remit includes editing motions to achieve factual accuracy, eliminate ambiguity, or to meet the maximum word limit, they may also reject motions that exceed the word limit. Please adhere to the word limit.

Please make sure motions discussed at association and district meetings are within the law and aims and objects of the Union.  Anything outside this definition should not be discussed or submitted as it will not be circulated for priority voting, or appear on the Conference agenda.

The following guidance is offered to assist Associations & Districts prepare motions for Conference:

It’s helpful if action points are printed in bold to draw them to the attention of delegates and laid out under headings with numbered points for each part, the following order is suggested:

·                     “Conference notes:”

·                     “Conference believes:”

·                     “Conference instructs the Executive to:

Motions should not instruct the Joint General Secretary, other Union officials or individual members of the Executive. Also, please refer to politicians by their title rather than their name.

Each motion should deal with one subject and be clear in its objective, avoiding ambiguity and the possibility of more than one interpretation or intention.  It is suggested that argumentation is not included in the motion, as it may be developed during the debate and will impact on the word limit.

Please pay attention to the following:

·                     always use the phrase  “the Executive of the National Education Union”

·                     don’t use abbreviations for organisations without spelling out

their name at the first mention;

·                     don’t use full stops in initial abbreviations, e.g., TUC, DfE;

If you would like the Union to affiliate to a campaign or body, please attach the constitution of the organisation for ease of reference.

For the purpose of calculating the word limits, the following criteria will apply:

-           acronyms in common usage count as one word (i.e. TUC = one word)

-           hyphenated words count as two words (i.e. anti-democratic = two words)

            -           hyphenated dates count as one word (i.e. 2009-2010 = one word).