Hotel Directors Meeting March 2020

1 To ensure that the new funding streams, housing and hotel, achieve target – with a portion of my efforts currently focussing on the success of the Hotel; namely contributing to the work of the Leadership Team, HR, Health and Safety, Marketing, management of the Site Team and support for Tim Marshall on operational matters in the Hotel I have reported on these separately below. 2 To achieve more extensive use of win-win services – New products and services are being offered / developed, each of the new GFTU staff have been given a modest target for Win:Win activity to encourage them to focus on support for Affiliates and revenue generation, we now just need more affiliates to “buy into the opportunities”, helping them to be more effective and to make the GFTU more sustainable. 3 To employ a development officer for education funding and develop a new strategy for education funding – I believe that Doug will report on this at an appropriate time. 4 To maintain all current affiliates and attract new ones – our recently recruited affiliates are embracing opportunities and the Office Team are becoming more adept at supporting them. Whenever there are enquiries about affiliation they are passed on to the General Secretary and President. 5 Events: the aspiration to hold a successful Union Building Conference in February, a good new deal for worker’s day at Quorn on May 1 st , our largest young members development weekend took a setback when the recent Union Building Conference was cancelled, however some targeted marketing helped plug the gap in Hotel business through a promotion of a Buy one, get one free (BOGOF) Offer. Planning for the new deal for worker’s day at Quorn on May 1 st and the young member’s development weekend in September is progressing well with marketing planned. 6 To stabilise and consolidate new staffing and office arrangements – although Kona Seisay recently moved to a new job elsewhere, citing limited prospects as the reason, Georgia Wilkinson and Mark Robinson, the Education Administrator are both doing well in their new roles, their posts have now been made permanent. 1 To maintain a high level of servicing and minuting for governing bodies, EC, ET, Pension Trustees and Hotel Directors and meet all deadlines for information and paperwork and management accounts – Doug, Claire and Mark do the majority of this work. 2 To manage end of year audits and pensions valuation successfully – Doug and Heather Bundock do the majority of this work. 3 To maintain a high level of efficiency and diligence – within the office we are trying to establish a culture of doing things once and well alongside trying to use technology more effectively. For example Microsoft Teams is now being used for a weekly team e- meeting and we are encouraging becoming increasingly paperless. 4 To provide full analysis of education course attendance and progress – Mark Robinson, the Education Administrator, will do the majority of this work. 5 To make affiliates and their members aware of all the facilities and services of the GFTU – heavier use of the Hotel and Win:Win opportunities will help the organisation be more sustainable and staff are becoming increasingly aware of the range of opportunities and the benefits and comfortable promoting to others. The elected Leadership and staff of Affiliated Unions are encouraged to visit the GFTU National Office at Quorn Grange whenever they are on-site.

GFTU Office priorities.