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Topic听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Election of FE Negotiators for England 鈥� call for nominations
Action听听听听听听听听听听听听 To raise with FE Sector Conference delegates
Summary 听听听听听听 This circular calls for the nomination of Further Education Negotiators for England听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听
Contact听听听听听听听听听听 Andrew Harden, Head of Further Education
(aharden@ucu.org.uk)
Dear Colleague
Call for nominations: FE negotiators
Under rule 16.4, FE national sector conference elects
national negotiators for England according to a formula approved by the sector
conference. The formula is attached as Appendix 1.
Under the formula there are eight negotiators in total. Three of the negotiators are ex officio, the Vice-President for FE, and the two vice-chairs of the FE Committee. The other five are elected from the delegates to conference each year, and serve for one year.
This is a formal request for nominations for members of the FE negotiating team for England who are elected from sector conference.
All delegates
to Further Education Sector Conference who are in current employment are
eligible to be nominated 鈥� including members of the Further Education Committee.
At the time of submission of nomination candidates must be in qualifying employment under rule 3.1.1 or have been in qualifying employment within the preceding 12 months. 听Candidates must provide, as part of their nomination, evidence of their qualifying employment, normally in the form of a copy of a payslip for work carried out within the preceding 12 months, or, in the case of a member who is self-employed, evidence of payment for work carried out within the preceding 12 months to be received by the deadline for nominations.听 Any dispute in regards to a candidate鈥檚 eligibility will be referred for decision to the chair of FEC who shall be advised by the National Head of Democratic Services.
The process is by self-nomination. If your congress delegate wishes to stand as one of the 5 elected negotiators they should complete the form attached at Appendix 2 and email the completed form to dbussell@ucu.org.uk together with proof of employment by 5:00pm on Wednesday 23 May 2018.
Yours sincerely
Sally Hunt
General Secretary
Appendix 1
FORMULA FOR THE
ELECTION OF NEGOTIATORS
A.听听听听听听 The total number of representatives shall be eight.
B.听听听听听听 All non-ex officio elected negotiators must be in current employment in the FE sector when elected.
C.听听听听听听 Three negotiators shall be ex officio; namely:
1.听听听听听听 Chair of FEC
2.听听听听听听 Vice-chairs (2) of FEC
D.听听听听听听 Five negotiators shall be elected by a meeting of FESC
E.听听听听听听 Elections to these five positions shall be subject to the following proviso at the time of election: that of the eight negotiators at least three shall be women.
F.听听听听听听 Should circumstances arise in which a reserve is required to fill a temporarily vacant place, the Chair and Vice-Chairs of FEC collectively are authorized to determine a suitable replacement for that purpose only.
G.听听听听听听 The first set of elections will be held in conjunction with the conference which approves these rules. Subject to (B), all delegates to the relevant FE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the current FEC. Nominations will be by self-nomination from those who are official voting delegates to the relevant sector conference.
H.听听听听听听 After the first election, subsequent elections of negotiators will held at the sector conference during congress. Subject to (B), all delegates to congress within the FE Sector conference shall be eligible for nomination, and all members of the FEC which takes office immediately after congress.
樱花动漫/864 听听Appendix
2
FORM FOR THE NOMINATION OF NATIONAL FURTHER
EDUCATION NEGOTIATORS FOR ENGLAND
Please
complete this form and either:
Email the completed form to David Bussell (dbussell@ucu.org.uk) by 5:00pm on Wednesday 23 May 2018.
Name:
Gender:
Branch / LA:
Employment status (please indicate whether
full-time, part-time, hourly-paid etc):
Place(s) of employment
Experience of Negotiation (a statement of no
more than 150 words)