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Topic听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Election of FE Agreement Ratification Panel Members 鈥 call for nominations
Action听听听听听听听听听听听听 To raise with FESC delegates
Summary 听听听听听听 This circular calls for the nomination of Further Education Agreement Ratification Panel Members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 Ratification Panel Members
Further Education Sector Conference 2016 amended and
adopted motion FE7 which called for the creation of a Further Education
Agreement Ratification Panel with four members elected from FESC delegates each
year.
Further Education Committee adopted recommendations in
relation to the process of election to the panel (FEC607/16):
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That a national
ratification panel be established by the election at FESC of 4 panel members
nominated in advance in line with the procedures to establish employment status
used to elect negotiators.
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That FEC elect a
vice-chair for membership of the panel.
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That at least two
panel members be female and
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That no two members of
the panel be from the same region.
This is a formal request for nominations for members of the FE agreement ratification panel 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 1 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
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樱花动漫/867 听听Appendix
1
FORM FOR THE NOMINATION OF MEMBERS OF THE FURTHER
EDUCATION AGREEMENT RATIFICATION PANEL
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)