September Agenda 2011

OXFORD & DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL  Established 1887  Registered with the Trades Union Congress

President: Gawain Little. 07967392229 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Vice Presidents: Kate Douglas. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pol O Ceallaigh. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Equalities: Nigel Carter: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Treasurer: Richard Kelsall, PCS MoD Oxfordshire & District Branch, JSC Services, Building E1 Annexe, Room 3, E Site Bicester OX25 2LD. Tel: 01869 257128. Mobile: 0781 173 2289. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Secretary: Sue Tibbles, c/o UNISON Oxford University & Colleges Branch, New Barnett House, 28 Little Clarendon Street, Oxford OX1 2HU. Tel.: 01865 288473 (voicemail). ODTUC email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Assistant Secretary: Bill MacKeith. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: http://www.odtuc.org.uk Trades Councils' website:  http://www.unionsinthecommunity.org.uk/

NB: Please note that there is a photo call of Oxfordshire activists with appropriate branch/organization banners on the Town Hall steps at 6.30 pm on 1 September, before the ODTUC meeting, called jointly with the Oxfordshire Anti-Cuts Alliance. (This is a press photo opportunity to promote the Anti-Cuts demo on 2 October at Tory Party Conference, Manchester.)

 AGENDA: ODTUC meeting, Thursday 1 September 2011, 7 pm–9.15 pm, Oxford Town Hall.

1.         Welcome and introductions      

2.         Apologies

3.         Guest Speakers: Paddy Brennan & Dave Ricketts

4.         Minutes of Last Meeting & Matters Arising (if not covered elsewhere in agenda)

5.         Affiliations and New Delegates

6.         Treasurer's Report

7.         Executive Report (Exec meeting dates or e-discussions to be confirmed.)

8.         Updates on current campaigns/work where ODTUC has a local input/sends delegates

a) ODTUC Newspaper

b) update on any relevant future campaigns/work being organized  by ODTUC or its affiliates :

Oxfordshire Anti-Cuts Alliance/Keep Our NHS Public/Anti-Academies Alliance/Libraries Campaign etc.

Real Oxford Union event

c) Any other local campaigns not already covered by agenda points 9a & 9b

9.         Branch Reports (please send in a branch report especially if you cannot attend the meeting in person)

10.      Motions for consideration

11.       Update on any relevant future events and stalls where ODTUC will have a presence

12.       SERTUC/TUC items of relevance

13.       Correspondence (any items not already covered by agenda points above)

14.       Speakers/Recommendations for Speakers

15.        Any Other Business (Please notify the chair before the start of the meeting)

16.       Date of next meeting: Thursday 6 October 2011, Oxford Town Hall, 7pm-9 .15pm

Sat 10 September: Fleet Meadow Restore event, Fleet Meadow, Didcot (Info needed for ODTUC stall to Carol Stavris)

October: Black History Month

2 October: Anti-Cuts Demonstration/Protest at Tory Party Conference in Manchester

Thursday 6 October: ODTUC meeting, Oxford Town Hall