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Programme Action & Council Meetings

The clubs in our region meet together four times a year on designated Saturdays. The meetings take place between 9.00 and 13.00 and are hosted by each club in turn. These meetings consist of two parts: a Regional Council business meeting and a Programme Action meeting.
Each meeting has a separate agenda. The Regional Council meeting agenda includes tabled reports on regional activities from members of the Region’s Executive and discussions on current issues relevant to SIGBI, which may require a vote showing the Region’s preference for action.  The Programme Action agenda includes speakers on issues and from areas related to Programme Action along with discussions on issues relevant to Programme Action locally, nationally and internationally which again may require a vote.
Every member of SI Midland Chase is entitled to attend both of these meetings and each club has a designated voting member who attends and who votes for the club on any issue where a vote is taken.
During the Covid-19 pandemic meetings took place as virtual meetings using Zoom technology which led to an increase in the number of Soroptimists attending. Face to face meetings were the norm prior to this with meetings held around the region. Going forward meetings will be a mixture of face-to-face and virtual meetings to cater for everybody’s accessibility requirements with a permanent meeting place identified every year for the face-to-face meetings.

 

Regional Council & Programme Action Meetings

The 2022-2023 Presidential Year Meeting Dates are:

  • Saturday 26th November 2022 via Zoom
  • Saturday 18th March 2023 via Zoom
  • Saturday 17th June 2023 at Weston Village Hall, Green Road, Weston, Stafford ST18 OJQ
  • Saturday 16th September 2023 AGM at Weston Village Hall, Green Road, Weston, Stafford ST18 OJQ

You can download a PDF of the 2022-23 Regional Council & PAC Meetings Flyer here.

The 2023-2024 Presidential Year Meeting Dates are:

  • Saturday 25th November 2023 via Zoom
  • Saturday 16th March 2024 via Zoom
  • Saturday 22nd June 2024 at Venue TBC
  • Saturday 21st September 2024 AGM at Venue TBC

 

Regional Executive Meetings

These are regular meetings, scheduled throughout the year, where the elected officers of SI Midland Chase meet to discuss the business and strategic development of the Region reflecting the aims and objectives of SIGBI.  In 2022-2023 these meetings will be held online starting at 7pm.

The 2023-2024 Executive Meeting Dates are:

2023 Meetings 2024 Meetings
Monday 9th January 2023 Wednesday 24th January 2024
Monday 13th February 2023 Wednesday 28th February 2024
Monday 13th March 2023 Wednesday 27th March 2024
Monday 17th April 2023 Wednesday 24th April 2024
Monday 8th May 2023 Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Monday 12th June 2023 Wednesday 26th June 2024
Monday 10th July 2023 Wednesday 24th July 2024
No meeting in August No meeting in August
Monday 11th September 2023 Wednesday 25th September 2024
Monday 9th October 2023 Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Wednesday 22nd November 2023 TBC November 2024
No meeting in December 2023 TBC December 2024

 

Three Regions Meetings 2023

These are meetings where the Presidents, Presidents Elect, Programme Action Officers and Federations Councillors of the three Midlands regions (SI Midland Arden, SI Midland Chase and SI Midland East) meet to share, learn, advise, support and collaborate with each other to promote effective working practices across the three regions. Prior to the pandemic meetings were held face-to-face. These meetings are currently held virtually.
  • 4th February 2023 – hosted by Midland East Region
  • TBC June 2023
  • TBC September 2023

 

UKPAC National Meetings 2023

UKPAC is a sub-committee of the Federation Programme Action Team and deals specifically with UK clubs, their Programme Action work and UK issues. It consists of the Programme Action Officer leads from the 17 regions within the UK.

  • 21st January 2023 via Zoom
  • 25th March 2023 via Zoom
  • 3rd June 2023 via Zoom
  • 9th September 2023 in person
  • 18th November 2023 via Zoom

Minutes of UKPAC meetings are shared on the SIGBI website under UKPAC resources.

 

Regional Programme Action (Club Leads) Meetings 2023

  • Monday 16th January 2023
  • Monday 17th July 2023

 

Regional Conferences & Events

These are conferences/events organised by the Regional President & Executive:

Contact us if you would like more information or to participate.