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Category: England
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Published: Sunday, 07 August 2011 15:42
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GREATER MIDLANDS REGION –
2011 DISTRICT CONGRESS
Saturday 13th August 2011 at Carr’s Lane Centre, Birmingham - 10.00am to 5.00pm
AGENDA: Doors open and registration available from 9.30am on the day.
10am to 11.30am
Andy Chaffer in the Chair:
10.00 – 10.30 am
• Obituary: to note the passing of comrades
• Report of DC work including Finance
• DC motions 1 and 2 on District Finances and Membership Dues collected via local branch ; lead-off contributions from Graham Stevenson and Andrew Northall
10.30 Youth and students – Daoud Hamdani
11.00 Unemployment and jobs – Graham Stevenson
11.30 am to 12.30
11.30 Anti-fascism – lead off contribution t.b.a.
Branch resolution: “Anti Racist Work and defeat of the far right” from Coventry & Warwickshire
12.00 Environment – Joe Clark
12.30 – 1.30 Lunchtime
1.30pm – 5.00pm David Grove in the chair
1.30 Fraternal address – TO BE CONFIRMED
1.50 Financial Appeal – Andrew Northall [NB: there is no formal congress fee]
2.00 i) DC elections (approval of DC size and ballot voting)
ii) Branch Resolutions not already covered.
2.30 Women - Joanne Stevenson – plus branch motion:
“International Women's Day” from Birmingham, Worcestershire & Herefordshire
3.00 Party Development – Bill Greenshields
3.45 The fight back, and the People’s Charter – Andy Chaffer.
Branch resolutions:
“Demo outside the Lib Dem Conference” from Birmingham, Worcestershire & Herefordshire
“Elected Mayors” from Birmingham, Worcestershire & Herefordshire
“Inner-Party public sector co-ordination” from Oxfordshire & Northamptonshire Branch
“Campaigns against public spending cuts” from Coventry & Warwickshire
“Democracy and Human Rights” from Coventry & Warwickshire
“March for the Alternative” from Wolverhampton, Black Country, Staffs and Shropshire