Congress motions

Motion

Motion title

Rule change motion re subsector conferences

Session

2018-2019

Meeting link

Annual Congress

Meeting date

27 May 2019

Status

Remitted

Motion

87

Motion text

Rule 12.6.2 (rights and responsibilities of branches), point ii, replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences and observers to the appropriate Subsector Conference’

Rule 12.7 (determination of sectors by Congress) Add after first sentence:

In addition, it will determine the Subsectors of Pre92 and Post92 Higher Education solely for the purposes of Subsector Conference organisation.

Rule 16.3 (annual report to Congress), second sentence, after ‘. . . motions passed by any’ special replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences’.

Rule 16.7.2 (bodies able to submit Congress and sector conference motions), first sentence, replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector or Subsector Conferences’. After ‘. . . and Higher Education Committees for the appropriate’, replace ‘Sector Conference’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences’. End of second sentence, replace ‘Sector Conference’ with ‘Sector or Subsector Conference’.

Rule 16.7.4 (submission of motions and amendments by equality standing committees), replace ‘Sector Conference’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conference’

Rule 16.10 (Congress business committee), replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences’.

Rule 16.11 (calling special conferences):

First clause, after ‘National Congress’, delete ‘or’, replace with comma; after ‘Sector Conferences’, add ‘or subsector conferences’.

After ‘. . . by the National Executive Committee or in the case of the Sector’, add ‘or Subsector’.

After ‘or for Sector Conferences, in the sector’, add ‘or for Subsector Conferences of a requisition from quorate meetings in 15 branches/Local Associations from separate institutions in the Subsector’

At end of first sentence, after ‘. . . not less than one tenth of the members of the Union’, add ‘, Sector or Subsector as appropriate’.

Rule 17. 2 (entitlement to delegates), final sentence, replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector or Subsector Conferences’. Add at end:

The number of observers from Pre92 branches/local associations for Post92 Subsector Conferences or Post92 branches/local associations for Pre92 Subsector Conferences shall be 1.

Rule 17. 3 (composition of sector conferences), second sentence, replace ‘Sector Conferences’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences’; after ‘. . . who are in that Sector’, add ‘or Subsector respectively’.

Amendments to Congress standing orders:

Standing order 3. 1 (submission of motions), final sentence, replace ‘Sector conferences’ with ‘Sector or sub-sector conferences’.

Standing order 3. 2 (submission of motions), first sentence, replace ‘Sector conference’ with ‘Sector or sub-sector conference’.

Standing order 17 (chairing), in both instances, replace ‘Sector Conference’ with ‘Sector or Subsector Conference’.

Standing order 18 (quorum), replace ‘Sector Conference’ with ‘Sector and Subsector Conferences’. After ‘. . . proportionate to the membership of each sector’, add ‘or subsector’.

Standing order 22 (advice on consequentials), replace ‘sector conference’ with ‘sector or subsector conference’

Standing orders 43 and 44 (notices of special meeting), in each standing order, replace ‘sector conference’ with ‘sector or subsector conference’

Proposing body

National executive committee (NEC)

Amended

No

Allocated to

Other

Notes