EC Meeting March 2017

an essential source of inspiration for the next generation of trade union leaders. Our annual union building conference or summit really does get people thinking and working in new ways together. Our new group of academic supporters, so keen to support our unions, can undertake research, education and support in an important way. 20 The EC agreed a set or priorities for its term of office and genuinely believes that it has been able to make real progress under each priority area as follows, a summary note on progress under each priority is given in italics:  Provide full support where required by affiliates in campaigning and organising and recruitment. Individual requests from affiliates responded to extensive discussions on these items with new training materials at summit and union building conference.

 Organise a successful visit to Greece for younger EC members . Undertaken, report of visit under International Section.

 On achievement of planning permission proceed with a successful new build at Quorn. Planning permission agreed later than anticipated through no fault of GFTU.

 Identify new investment opportunities, maintain value of existing investments. Value of investments increased, new investments organised.

 Hold discussions with all affiliates and potential affiliates concerning the shared and new services proposals from the EC. Extensive discussions held at summit and subsequently.

 Recruit four new affiliates . Five new affiliates recruited!

 Establish new Service Level Agreements for Customised Training. This was achieved.

 Organise a successful Youth Festival. Both Youth festivals were highly regarded.

 Organise a successful Arts and Culture Event. This was considered a very successful event.

 Keep Quorn Grange Hotel on budget. There was some slippage and a difficult year was experienced in 2016. Marketing sales, business planning, organisational management and other issues were subsequently attended to.

 Organise a successful trade union organising event. This was considered to be an extremely successful event.

 Produce a new song CD and fundraising event . This was not achieved.

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