NORWICH CITY UNISON

The Annual General Meeting of the Norwich City Unison branch was held on Wednesday 17 March 2010, with around 50 members in attendance. Please see a brief summary of the meeting below.

Item 1 & 2: The chairperson made opening remarks and the minutes of the 2009 AGM were agreed.

Item 3: The revised and updated branch rules were agreed – these can be seen at the bottom of this page.

Item 4, 5 & 6: Branch officers and stewards were elected – new lists of officers and stewards are available here.

Item 7: The annual report was presented – copy available at the bottom of this page.

Item 8: The branch’s financial statements were presented.

Item 9 & 10: Reports were given on the HR transformation process and the 2010 pay claim – copies are included within the agenda and minutes document at the bottom of this page.

Item 11: Following a vote, the branch agreed to nominate Dave Prentis for re-election as Unison General Secretary. Problems were experienced during the voting process and the branch committee would like to offer apologies to members for any confusion caused.

Item 12: A motion on improving branch effectiveness was agreed. The branch meeting therefore agreed to: 

• Engage with all its members via a “listening campaign” 
• Note lessons learned about what worked and what didn’t work for members involved in redundancy and redeployment from the current round of budget cuts, in order to prepare more effectively for the next round 
• Create a subcommittee that has a mandate to develop and oversee delivery of an improvement plan.

More on this item is available on a separate webpage created for the listening campaign at http://www.norwichcityunison.org.uk/category/main/listening-campaign.

Many thanks to all members that attended the meeting – attendance is crucial to ensure the branch can conduct its official annual business, and also provide you with an opportunity to find out about the branch’s activities in the past year, obtain information on current issues, as well as ask questions and submit motions.