This year’s AGM was held on the 3rd July and was conducted on-line. Due to a mixture of factors (leave, workload etc.) the AGM was held in July contrary to our local rules which require the AGM to be held ‘before the end of June’. Committee believes that changes to the university leave year will lead to a persistent difficulty as staff endeavour to use up leave over the summer and proposes a change to local rules to accommodate the change (see Motion 1).

Committee would like to express thanks to Steve Rimmer who has stepped down from committee for personal reasons, and welcome Tom Pettinger who was elected to committee at the AGM.

Due to sickness and other unavoidable last minute absences the AGM was presented by Zak Hughes in his capacity as Acting Vice President. The Branch apologises to members for the enforced truncating of business that followed; business not covered during this shortened AGM will be covered at an upcoming EGM.

The PowerPoint presentation slides and minutes of the meeting can be found below..