The branch’s annual general meeting is coming up fairly soon, Thursday 1 May 12.45pm – 2pm (on Zoom).

Nominations are now open for the branch committee for the academic year 2025-2026.

(Not to be confused with the current by-elections for department reps and current committee vacancies).

All committee roles are elected each year (except the ‘immediate past president’). Get your nominations in!

The deadline for nominations to the committee is the day before the AGM (Wednesday 30 April) but don’t leave it late because there’s the Easter holidays between now and then (which is why I’m asking for nominations this far in advance).

The roles for election are:

• President
• Vice-president
• Treasurer
• Honorary secretary
• Membership officer
• Equality officer
• Anti-casualisation officer
• Health and safety officer
• Campaigns officer
• Casework officer
• 14 ordinary committee members

Find out more about nominating colleagues for the committee at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/standing-for-election-to-the-ucu-committee/

You might want to consider: who do you and other colleagues have trust in? Whose judgement do you trust? Who has good ideas? Who is a good listener?

I’m sure any of the current committee members would be willing to answer any questions you have about being on the committee.

The deadline for nominations is the day before the AGM, but it’s better not to leave it to the last minute.

If you wish to submit a motion to the AGM, the deadline is 12pm Tuesday 15 April. There’s informal advice on submitting motions at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/making-ucu-branch-general-meetings-work-better/

This post is from an email sent to branch members by the branch administrator/organiser 20 March 2025

This page was last updated on 20 March 2025