March meeting minutes

Meeting on March 15

Present: Jemima Kiss, Adrian Colley, Adam Juniper, Rowan Dore, Abbe Bates, Sanaz Nazemi, Peter Newman , Dan Savery, Doug Devaney, James Morrison. Meeting included three non-members who came along in response to union's recruitment week publicity.

1 Apologies: Naomi Marks

2 No new member applications

3 Minutes of February meeting - accepted, there were no items raised for further discussion.

4 Correspondencei) Copy of Searchlight circulated. As were copies of Free Press, the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom's publication.

5 Officers' reportsAdrian Colley said we had £1,411.23 in the bank.

6 Chapel reports. Rowan Dore said the chapel had been having talks with Argus managing director and that staff were demanding a 6% pay rise. He said the new Argus editor would be Mike Beard, formerly of the Hastings Observer.

7 i) ADM motions - in response to suggestions that our reps vote for a certain candidate in one of the ADM elections, Adrian Colley pointed out he was unsure if the meeting could instruct reps on who to vote for. On motion 77 - a plea to redesign the union's logo - the branch voted to oppose the motion.

ii) June meeting - discussion was held on whether to have a beach party rather than a meeting, on June 21, which may well be the longest day of the year. Next meeting is on Tuesday 19 April at 7.30pm.

March meeting

Everyone should have had postal or email notification. Just a quick reminder that the meeting on Tuesday at the Nelson in Brighton starts at 7pm. As part of recruitment week efforts we'll buy a drink for every non-member who turns up. If that sounds like a bribe, well yes it is. They need to be journalists though!

Up for discussion

Just a note to say that if anyone wants to suggest items for discussion at monthly meetings you're welcome to get in touch and I can put it on the agenda.

Annual Delegate Meeting agendas

Got five - email me if you want one. 140+ items on the agenda. If you want the branch reps to vote in a certain way on certain issues then next week's meeting will be debating the branch voting stances.