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30 East Ham branch Nominates John Leach for London Transport region C of E member Ashford No1 branch Supports Jim Stevenson for South East Regional Organiser and Brian Whitehead for Relief Regional Organiser (South) The men to do the job. Election of Regional Organisers Croydon No1 have nominated Jim Stevenson for South East & Brian Whitehead for southern relief South East Essex branch has nominated Brian Whitehead for the new post of Relief Regional Organiser (southern) and urges ALL members to support & vote for this experienced, capable and Long serving RMT activist. Nominate your delegate to AGM 2005 The Annual General Meeting is the “supreme government of the union”, deciding union policy and scrutinising the decisions taken by the Council of Executives. Next year’s meeting will be bigger than this year’s, by five delegates. The number of delegates will increase from 56 to 61, thanks to the increase in the union’s membership. The AGM is to be held in Exeter, at the Thistle Hotel, from Sunday June 26 to Friday July 1. Branches have been asked to make their nominations for delegates by December 8 2004. So, if you are interested in attending the AGM as a delegate, get along to a branch meeting and find out more. You need to have been a member of the union for at least five years by the end of next year; be employed; and be under 65 years of age. Last year’s AGM had only one woman delegate. The meeting decided to commission a study to find out why women do not participate fully in the union in this way. So, if you are a woman considering standing for election to the AGM, you may get extra support and encouragement from your branch. Once nominations have been made, if there is more than one nomination for a delegate place, elections will be held. The ballot will open on December 16. Ballot papers are sent out to branches, votes are taken at branch meetings and the papers returned to Electoral Reform Services, the independent scrutineer that oversees the union’s elections. The ballot will close on Wednesday January 26, so you will know whether or not you have been elected by the beginning of February – giving you plenty of time to arrange your time off work to attend. For further information about the role and function of the Annual General Meeting, see Rule 3 in your RMT Rule Book or on the RMT website, under ‘Constitution’.