CWU Women's Conference

LTB 558/12 - CWU Women's Conference 2012 - Saturday 15th September 2012

No. 558/12

Ref:  womconf/12/an

Date:  24th July 2012

TO:      ALL BRANCHES
Dear Colleagues,
CWU Women’s Conference 2012 - Saturday 15^th September 2012
Further to LTB 309/12 you will be aware that the CWU Womens Conference will be held on Saturday 15^th September 2012 at The Bull Hotel, Westgate, Peterborough, PE1 1RB.
Delegates
Branches are entitled to send two delegates to the Conference.  A new on-line registration system for registering delegates and observers to the conference will be trialled.   Information on how this works and how to register will be sent directly to Branch Secretaries in a separate email.  Any queries regarding the registration process should be directed to toneil@cwu.org
Motions
Each Branch is entitled to submit 1 motion for consideration to be included on the agenda of the Conference. Motions should be submitted electronically to conferences@cwu.org using the template attached. Branches who do not have this facility may request paper motion forms by contacting Angela Niven on 020 8971 7256.
Motion forms must be returned by Wednesday 22^nd August 2012.  Anything received after this date will not be accepted.  All sections of the form must be completed. If submitted electronically only motions emailed to the above email address will be accepted.
As with previous Equality Conferences, the agenda will be structured in such a way as to maximise debate and participation by delegates. There will be 2 sections to the agenda, one for motions which are eligible for consideration for submission to General Conference, and one for motions that in the view of the Standing Orders Committee would not be admissible to the General Conference agenda.
Branches will be aware that the Women’s Conference has the entitlement under the rules of the union to submit 2 motions to stand in the name of the conference to General Conference. It is therefore important that if branches wish their motions to be in this category, they must contain policy that is capable of being discharged by the NEC, as opposed to either of the Industrial Executives.
As with previous Equality Conferences, the 2 motions for submission to the General Conference agenda will be decided from amongst those motions adopted at the Conference. A ballot to select the 2 motions will be held at the Conference.
Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to Angela Niven either by post to head office or by email to conferences@cwu.org
Yours sincerely,
A P Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary