This was my first EC, and the first of the newly elected EC. It only lasted 2 hours and the agenda was restricted to 1) to hear the report of the Returning Officer; 2) to elect the EC Chair; to ratfy the EF standing orders; to elect two Vice Chairs; to agree a new process for appointing stand downs; to elect the F&GP, to elect to the EC sub-committees, to agree the timetable for the General Secretary election; and to agree a statement “The ongoing work of the EC in line with the GS manifesto” (see picture below).
Please note these are just my notes, not the official minutes. Discussed:
Report of the Returning Officer for the election. No questions but I did note that Health has 88,000 members, the next biggest sector is Passenger on 71,000. Some of the sectors are much smaller than this, at around 16,000.
Andy Green was elected Chair unopposed. The Vice Chairs were elected, one unopposed, the other by 40 votes to 11. All officers elected were aligned to the GS. The sub committees of the EC followed a similar pattern.
A document setting out a fair national process for appointing stand down Officers was approved. I spoke in favour as the present process is so non-transparent.
Then the timetable for the GS election was set out and approved:
2nd June nominations open.
30 June last day for nominations
14 July voting papers go out
11 August poll closes
14 August RESULTS
This report has already been given to the Health NISC. The next EC will be June 1st-5th.
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