Southwark Green Party AGM (Annual General Meeting)MINUTES |
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Date: |
Saturday 23 January 2021 |
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Time: |
4.00 pm – 5.15 pm |
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Venue: |
Online via zoom |
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Attendees: |
Bartley Shaw (chair) Tracey Beresford (minutes) Peter Baffoe Olivia Baskerville Gerard Bennett Colin Boyle Myrtle Bruce-Mitford Philip Collins |
Catherine Dawkins Andrew Denis Toby Holland Liba Hoskin Susan Hunter David Jennings Olivia Loveridge Ania Manser |
Eleanor Margolies Zoe Miller Ria Patel Dale Rapley Claire Sheppard Emily Underwood Phil Vabulas Karen McBride |
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Welcome and Introductions |
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BS welcomed attendees and confirmed that the AGM was quorate. BS gave a reminder of the agenda, outlined logistics and reminder of Hustings to follow the AGM. |
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Officer Reports |
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Report from Co-Chair: Part One [BS] Since the last AGM in November 2019 we have seen so much upheaval, change and challenge but a lot of achievements. Through all of this, as chairs we have tried to hinge all activity around a shared ambition that we believe defines us as a local party: the ambition of increasing the representation of elected Greens in Southwark. We have seen our responsibility as guiding the local party in a way that supports this ambition:
Not everything goes to plan and we have navigated a wildly unpredictable year. The pandemic changed everything: not least how we meet and communicate – but also the election timeline itself. Within the officer team we saw two resignations in the roles of Election Agent and Treasurer and extend huge thanks for the contributions made by both Preeti Udas and Chris Glenn in these roles and to Phil Vabulas and Andy Denis who were co-opted to fill these roles. Some unintended and unexpected things informing plans for the year ahead:
And of course, manage a massively successful campaign for Southwark council in 2022 and support election success this May for the London Assembly. Reminder to regularly challenge ourselves with the question: ‘how does this take us closer to election success?’ |
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Report from Treasurer [AD] Reminder that Treasurer’s Report and Annual Accounts had been made available ahead of the meeting (here). AD answered these matters arising from these documents:
BS - thanked those who contribute through membership fees and via regular individual donations. |
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Report from Data Officer [TH] TH outlined focus of work involving data:
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Report from Membership Officer [MG] MG – outlined her work as membership officer:
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Report from Co-Chair: Part Two [SH] Hard to believe how many elections we’ve fought in recent years - European elections in 2019, followed by general election, now Mayoral elections this year and Southwark Council elections in 2022. Estimate that SGP members have delivered 120,000 leaflets since the last general election, so huge thanks to members for this, with particular thanks to area co-ordinators MBM, LH, CB, CS & TB. Introducing Target to Win
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Questions: OB: I’m a resident of Nunhead and Queen’s Road - can you tell us why this ward was targeted? BS: A group of experienced campaigners worked through the ‘ward selection’ section of Target to Win which seeks to answer the question: Which is the most winnable ward? Quantitative and qualitative data was looked at and NQR was ultimately chose by from a shortlist of four wards. |
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AM: Why are we only focusing on one ward only? SH: It takes an enormous amount of work to win an election, so it is necessary to start small. Under FPTP there are no prizes for coming second everywhere. |
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GB: Has the number of members gone down since last year? MG: Yes, a reported decrease in past year. Factors may include:
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Officer Elections |
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Elections to these officer roles were held: Nominating Officer After his recent co-option, PV stood and was elected. Chair Current Co-Chairs BS and SH stood for election and were re-elected Treasurer After having been co-opted in 2020, AD provided a short statement outlining his having previously served on Green Party’s national disciplinary committee and his work as current SGP treasurer. AD was elected. Membership officer Current Membership Officer, MG stood for election and was re-elected Data officer Current Data Officer, TH stood for election and was re-elected Secretary Current Secretary TB did not stand for re-election. Vacancy remains. PV invited AGM to thanked TB for her work as secretary and contribution to wider and on-going campaigning and party activity. All expressed their appreciation and thanks. |
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AOB |
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Motion: Create the role of Diversity and Inclusion Officer for SGP. [Details here.] Proposed by: Liba Hoskin Seconded by: Eleanor Margolies
LH spoke for the motion No-one spoke against the motion. The motion was carried unanimously. PV enquired whether any attendees wished to stand for this role. KMc expressed her interest, adding she would welcome job-sharing. OB suggested a wider callout to members. This was agreed and the next members’ meeting (Monday 1st February) would be a useful opportunity to progress this. BS concluded the AGM and handed over to PV to host the Hustings. |
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