Motion detail – Congress motions

Motion

Motion title: Congress standing orders 55 - 59: election of Congress Business Committee

Motion text: Delete standing order 55, replace with:
'A call for nominations for two members of the Congress Business Committee to be elected by each of the Sector Conferences shall be made in the calling notice of Congress. Nominations shall be submitted to the General Secretary no less than 7 days before the start of Congress. '
Standing order 56, delete 'at the commencement of the Final Public Session of the relevant annual meeting'.
Insert new standing order 57: 'In the event of an insufficient number of nominations being received no less than 7 days before the start of Congress, nominations for the remaining places on the committee will be re-opened, to be submitted during the meeting of Congress and the Sector Conferences, by a deadline announced by the Chair of Congress, which will not be earlier than the morning of the second day of Congress and the Sector Conferences. '
Insert new standing order 58: 'In the event that nominations received by the deadline for re-opened nominations announced by the Chair does not exceed the number of remaining vacancies, those duly nominated shall be declared elected by the Chair. '
Re-number existing standing order 57 as 59. After 'nominations', insert 'received not less than seven days before the start of Congress, or, if applicable, nominations made on the re-opening of nominations at Congress, '. Delete 'relevant annual', replace with 'Congress'.