Dear Reading UCU Member,
I am writing to you in my capacity as Returning Officer for the Reading UCU Branch AGM and elections.
Nominations for roles in the Reading UCU Branch for 2023/24 academic year closed at noon on Thursday 18 May. The following posts were uncontested and will be formally announced at the AGM.
President: Deepa Driver
Treasurer: Ellen Owens
Membership Secretary: Hattie Robinson
Anti-casualisation officer: Rita Balestrini
We continue to have several roles still available, and therefore I have decided to re-open nominations to the Reading UCU Branch Committee 2023/2024.
The new deadline for submitting a nomination is midday on Tuesday 13 June 2023. A nomination form and can be found here, once completed should be sent to cmaxfield@ucu.org.uk for the attention of Moray McAulay.
The following roles are available, and we encourage members to submit nominations for these roles for the next academic year:
UCU Branch Officers:
- Vice-President
- Secretary
- Equality Officer
- Ordinary Committee member (9 posts)
For a more detailed description of each of these roles, please see the Local rules of our website at www.reading.web.ucu.org.uk in section 8.
How to get involved in the Reading UCU Branch Committee
This is a great opportunity to get involved in the running of our branch by nominating yourself for a role. If you already have a role and wish to continue, please do not forget to fill in the attached form to nominate yourself.
If you wish to nominate yourself, you will need to include a proposer and seconder for each post (details about this are on the nomination form).
If you wish to share one of the posts, you will need to complete the nomination form to include both members’ details and indicate that you are sharing the role (i.e. one form, two names, one proposer, one seconder).
Should any post(s) be contested, UCU will organise an online ballot of members. Further details on this will follow if applicable, and this will take place after the Reading UCU Branch AGM.
Reading UCU Branch AGM
The Reading UCU branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 1pm on Thursday 15 June 2023. Papers for the meeting will be sent out by 1 June. Please ensure any agenda items, including motions, are received by the branch (cmaxfield@ucu.org.uk) by 5pm on 30 May.
Reading UCU would like to encourage members to get involved in their trade union, so please do put the Branch AGM in your diaries and consider standing for one of the Branch Committee positions.
We hope to see you at the AGM on Thursday 15 June 2023.
In solidarity
Moray McAulay
Regional Official, UCU Southern Region