Join NUJ councils

If you want to play a role in union policy, now's your chance.

Next month's branch annual meeting is your chance to stand for the union's most powerful body the National Executive Council. And you can also stand for various councils the union runs.

For the NEC, you can be nominated for the geographical area of the South East, or for one of the following seven industrial sectors - books, broadcasting, freelance, magazines, newemedia, newspapers and agencies, PR and information. Or you can be nominated for the disabled members or black members spot. You need to be fully paid-up and nominated at the October meeting. Contact nujbrighton@gmail.com if you want to stand or come to the meeting and be nominated.

For the bodies elected at next year's Annual Delegate Meeting in Southport, you can stand for one of 11 councils - disabled members council, equality, Journalist editorial advisory board, professional training committee, standing orders committee, TUC delegation, Women's TUC delegation, European Federation of Journalists steering committee, International Federation of Journalists triennial congress 2007, British national pensioners' convention, appeals tribunal.