The National Federation of 18 Plus Groups - Enquiries about 18 Plus
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Well the ANC is over for another year... and for those of you who couldn't make it, here is a brief synopsis of the decisions made.
Discussion on the Working Parties restructuring proposal - no decision made on how or whether to take things forward, more discussion at Area meetings/conferences called for. To say the poll on the 18 Plus E-mail Discussion List gave a 72% decision that the 'most important aspect of the ANC' was to 'raise important matters and confront problems', although important matters were raised at the weekend - like the financing, the organisation, structure and the public identity of the Federation - I don't see that any problems were confronted, I think the conference managed to do little more than preserve the status quo for a bit longer. To look at the decisions made in order - the name stays the same, even though a majority of delegates wanted a chance to vote on a change, The financing of the Federation through membership fees went up by the minimum amount people thought they could get away with - and nearly went up by nothing at all. The Upper tier may work well - but is only likely to be set up by the largest groups as it needs a strong 18 plus group with a fair number of associates to get an upper tier group up and running. Linking the Membership fee to the RPI does give a Membership fee increase every year, but as we are still £15 down on the membership fee the NEC calculated was needed for the financial well being of the Federation, it's going to be a lot of years before this annual increase stops the Federations running costs eating into the reserve capital. And the Working Parties retructuring proposal, which could have been the basis of streamlining the way the Federation is organised and run and thereby trimming the Federations running costs seemed to come as a big suprise to some of the delegates, even though the outline was published in the gazette, on the website, on this list, Area Chairmen were supposed to have it discussed at their Area Forums and the formal document went out with the agenda, there still seemed to be many blank faces.... though part of that may have had something to do with lack of sleep following the dinner dance the night before ! Fil I completely forgot one very important decision that was made, Adrian Barnard was elected as National Chairman to serve for the next year Congratulations Adrian - and my apologies for this slipping my mind.
The Britannia Hotel is situated in the middle of Coventry, next to the Cathedral. The hotel has excellent conference facilities and is well used to hosting events such as our ANC. The hotel has 190 en-suite rooms. There's plenty to do in Coventry to occupy your time before the Conference starts. Both the Cathedral and the National Motor Museum are within easy reach, as are the shops! For the more energetic, the sports centre is next door, offering swimming, badminton, squash and a gym. Within easy travelling distance are Cadbury World and Warwick Castle.
FACILITY FOR NATIONAL DEBATE The National Facility for Debate allows for a wide range of topics to be discussed. A minimum of one hour will be set aside during the Conference to discuss topics of National importance which have not been submitted as motions. Full and associate members (including the N.E.C.) may introduce topics, which must be notified to the Honorary General Secretary in advance of the debate. No single topic will last longer than thirty minutes and no single speaker will address the Conference for longer than five minutes. Each speaker may only raise a maximum of two topics. The topics can be an 18 Plus issue or idea that your Group has. You may feel that you would like to get the Federation's opinion, which could lead to a motion the following year.
Entertainment
The theme for 2001 was James Bond 'Diamonds Are Forever'. Everyone dressed up as their favourite Bond character and there will be prizes for the best dressed man and woman.
Trophies & Awards The winners of the trophies awarded this year were:
Other ANC Reports59th Annual National Conference 2000 (Coventry) 58th Annual National Conference 1999 (Buxton) Adopt a Jelly Baby update 1999 Annual National Conference 1998 57th Annual National Conference 1998 (Hastings) 56th Annual National Conference 1997 (Derby) 55th Annual National Conference 1996 (Weston Super Mare) |
Created by John A Smith on Friday May 4th 2001
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