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and St. Ives Direct as the Independent Person for the distribution of the ballot
papers for the purposes of Section 51 of the Trade Union and Labour
Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
5. GMB CONGRESS 2012
(a) Draft CEC Rule Amendments
Allan Wylie, Finance Director reported there were fifteen suggested CEC Rule
Amendments to Congress 2012 in respect of Rules 1, 5, 6, 18, 26, 34, 35, 54,
55, 58, 60, and 61. It was noted that if suggested CECRA7 to delete rule 34
from the rulebook is adopted by Congress, rules 35 to 68 would require renumbering.
The CEC AGREED to submit these Rule Amendments to
Congress 2012.
(b) Congress 2012 Preliminary Agenda and Draft CEC Position on
Congress Motions
The CEC AGREED its stance on Motions to Congress 2012, save those
deferred to the April 2012 CEC meeting.
The General Secretary stated that the CEC Special Political report should be
available for the April CEC meeting, so the CEC could take a stance on
deferred motions where the suggested stance was to seek withdrawal in
favour of the Report.
(c) Appointment of CEC Observers to the Standing Orders Committee
It was AGREED that Andy McGivern, Manufacturing Section; Lena Sharp,
Commercial Services Section and Liz Blackman, Public Services Section
would act as CEC observers to the Standing Orders Committee at Congress
2012.
(d) List of Exhibitors
The CEC AGREED the list of exhibitors and sponsors to Congress 2012,
noting an additional exhibitor – National Pensioners Convention. It was
agreed that more details were required before it was decided if
AbleandWilling, a Brighton based company helping disabled people find work,
could be invited to exhibit. Concerns were raised as to whether they ran a
Work Fair programme.
6. SECTION REPORTS
(a) Manufacturing Section
(i) Section National Committee Meeting – 15 March 2011
Minutes
NOTED that Mary Hutchinson was a member of Northern Region. The Minutes
would be amended accordingly.
RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Meeting of the Manufacturing Section
National Committee held on 15 March 2011, be received.
Matters dealt with
Manufacturing Section Conference Report
National Officers’ Reports
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