Regional Meetings

February 2012

At our meeting in February Development officer Cherry gave an overview of development planning (furtehr details will follow soon.

During a  lunchtime meeting Cherry gave regional reps an overview of their role and also outlined the new regional buddy scheme.

1. Requirements for Regional Reps (with particular reference to forthcoming AGMs

 

  • Each club can have up to 2 Reps (just 1 if you wish). Only 1 vote per club.Open to clubs to appoint Regional Proxies to exercise club vote if both Reps absent on the day.
  • Elected for 1 year but can stand for re-election each year to a maximum of 4 years
  • Appointment runs from start of Federation year at the end of October.
  • (At present) You are expected to be working in a business/profession or something similar or be within 2 years of retiring from same BUT as with other roles in Soroptimism,  it is expected that this requirement will shortly be removed.
  • Reps are expected to attend Regional meetings and to report back on them to their club
  • Federation regards it as desirable that Reps  attend the yearly Federation Conference

 

2. Future Leaders of Soroptimism

 

Federation regards Regional Reps as a vital stepping stone for leadership. No-one can stand as Regional VP, PE or President without having first served as a Regional Rep for 2 years, ditto for the position of Federation Councillor, and you can’t stand for most of the positions on the Federation Management Board without having first been a Federation Councillor.

 

3. Regional Buddy Scheme

 

Please look out for your designated Regional Buddies at Regional Meetings and help them to get to know the dynamics of your club. The more they know, the more they should be able to support you and also pass your good practices on to other clubs.

 

4. Club Development Plans

 

A report on the workshop will be circulated shortly.

 

December 2011


                                                                                                                       President Rhian receives her chain of office from Immediate Past President Carys

 

Rhian than passes on the President Elect Chain to Pam and the Vice-Presidents Badge to Rayner