Conference Report 2016
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Section 5: Annual Delegate <strong>Conference</strong><br />
Amended Rule 74 reads:<br />
74. Deputy General Secretary<br />
(a) The Central Executive Committee shall employ a<br />
suitably qualified member or non-member to hold<br />
the position as Deputy General Secretary. An<br />
appointment to the office of Deputy General<br />
Secretary and the conditions attaching thereto will<br />
require to be ratified by the next Annual or Special<br />
Delegate <strong>Conference</strong> held following the<br />
appointment. The appointment will after a period of<br />
three consecutive Annual <strong>Conference</strong>s excluding<br />
the <strong>Conference</strong> at which the person was ratified be<br />
subject to re-appointment and remuneration review<br />
and will require to be endorsed by two thirds of the<br />
votes cast by the CEC members, and the reappointment<br />
will require to be further ratified by the<br />
following Annual Delegate <strong>Conference</strong>, without any<br />
limit on the number of such re-appointments.<br />
(b) The Post of Deputy General Secretary will be filled<br />
on a full-time basis under a defined contractual<br />
agreement.<br />
(c) He/she will assist the General Secretary in the<br />
provision of the Secretariat function to the<br />
Association.<br />
(d) The Deputy General Secretary, shall in the absence<br />
of the General Secretary, deputise for him and shall<br />
perform all the functions and duties assigned to the<br />
General Secretary, otherwise the day to day<br />
functions of the Deputy General Secretary shall be<br />
the responsibility of the General Secretary.<br />
(e) The Deputy General Secretary may attend meetings<br />
of the Central Executive Committee by leave of the<br />
Committee, but he/she shall not be a member of the<br />
Central Executive Committee, shall not vote on<br />
matters submitted to a vote of the Central Executive<br />
Committee and shall not propose or second motions<br />
at a meeting of the Central Executive Committee.<br />
(f) Where the person so appointed is a member of the<br />
Central Executive Committee, a Divisional<br />
Committee or District Committee he/she shall cease<br />
to be a member of such Committee or Committees<br />
upon ratification of his appointment by Annual or<br />
Special Delegate <strong>Conference</strong>. Pending such<br />
ratification his/her position on such Committee or<br />
Committees shall be temporarily filled by another<br />
member co-opted to such Committee or Committees<br />
for that purpose.<br />
Rule 5<br />
75. Selection and Appointment of General Secretary,<br />
Deputy General Secretary and Assistant to the<br />
General Secretary.<br />
Where a vacancy arises in the office of General<br />
Secretary or in the office of Deputy General Secretary, or<br />
in the office of Assistant to the General Secretary, the<br />
Central Executive Committee shall cause an interview<br />
board to be established, comprising members of the<br />
Central Executive Committee and a person or persons<br />
nominated by such outside bodies as may be designated<br />
by the Central Executive Committee. The interview board<br />
as so constituted shall interview candidates who may<br />
have been shortlisted for consideration for the vacant<br />
office. The interview board shall then propose one<br />
person and one person only to the Central Executive<br />
Committee. Before being appointed to office the person<br />
proposed shall receive the endorsement of two–thirds of<br />
the votes cast by the members of the Central Executive<br />
Committee and the appointment shall be further ratified<br />
by the Annual Delegate <strong>Conference</strong> or a Special Delegate<br />
<strong>Conference</strong>.<br />
Proposed Amendments – Rule 75<br />
75. In line 9 replace the word “shall” with the words “will<br />
require to” and continue to line 11.<br />
In line 11 replace the word “shall” with the words “will<br />
require to” and continue to end.<br />
Amended Rule 75 reads:<br />
75. Selection and Appointment of General Secretary,<br />
Deputy General Secretary and Assistant to the<br />
General Secretary.<br />
Where a vacancy arises in the office of General<br />
Secretary or in the office of Deputy General Secretary, or<br />
in the office of Assistant to the General Secretary, the<br />
Central Executive Committee shall cause an interview<br />
board to be established, comprising members of the<br />
Central Executive Committee and a person or persons<br />
nominated by such outside bodies as may be designated<br />
by the Central Executive Committee. The interview board<br />
as so constituted shall interview candidates who may<br />
have been shortlisted for consideration for the vacant<br />
office. The interview board shall then propose one<br />
person and one person only to the Central Executive<br />
Committee. Before being appointed to office the person<br />
proposed will require to receive the endorsement of two–<br />
thirds of the votes cast by the members of the Central<br />
Executive Committee and the appointment will require to<br />
be further ratified by the Annual Delegate <strong>Conference</strong> or<br />
a Special Delegate <strong>Conference</strong>.<br />
38th Annual Delegate <strong>Conference</strong>
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