7 Lowlights from the latest CEC report
From an ELECTED CEC REPRESENTATIVE:
1.Treasurer questioned membership paying concession rates and raised the need to boost member income, despite having £600k+ banked, and YP refusing a further £500k from MOU, with no financial plan or clear value for members’ money (i.e. zero going back to branches).
2. Regional issues submitted by CEC reps left off the agenda again and only Officers’ Group and The Many’s papers heard. Democratic amendments and motions suggested from regions described as “time wasting”.
3. Accessibility – refused basic accessibility requests like sharing all amendments before the meeting and sharing their screen. No reasonable adjustments offered or made.
4. Together March – claimed there are no resources to send an email with bloc info or fund banners or leaflets, despite someone on CEC offering to write the email.
5. Conduct – constantly shouting over people and demeaning conduct, serious legal matters sneered and laughed at. Personal issues a rep had shared with Chair in confidence were broadcast in the meeting. Any mild scrutiny of staff met with defence.
6. Claimed over 100 people had been paid from conference hardship fund. Referred to “genuine hardship”. Criteria and comms very unclear.
7. Voted against collating campaign resources on the website to support local election candidates, especially those new to it.
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