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Old 19-01-2006, 12:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Accirding to the Constitution there is a Party Rule Book:
I don't think that the rule book actually exists.
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Old 19-01-2006, 12:49 PM   #22 (permalink)
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As branch secretary I have some officialy paper with the constitution and how things officaily work and should be done administration wise but I do not know if that is what they mean by rule book.
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Old 19-01-2006, 02:08 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Accirding to the Constitution there is a Party Rule Book:
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Oh it does. We in Gloucester only realised recently, but we held an EGM to ratify it in Gloucester.
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OLD: 8.4 If there is only one valid nomination for the post of leader, the candidate nominated shall be elected without the need for a ballot, but ratification by a simple majority of members voting at the next Party Business Meeting is required in this case. If there are only two candidates, the one receiving more than 50% of the valid votes cast shall be elected. If there are three or more candidates, the election shall be by the single transferable vote system, as defined by the Electoral Reform Society. Those eligible to vote shall be paid up members 14 days before the last date for the receipt of ballot papers.
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NEW: 8.6 If there is only one valid nomination for the post of Party Leader the candidate nominated shall be declared Party Leader without the need for a ballot. Any contested election for the leadership shall be decided by a simple majority of the votes cast. Those eligible to vote shall be paid-up members of the Party 14 days before the last date for the receipt of ballot papers.
8.4/8.6 Seems to be one of the most important changes in the constitution. It appears to change the method of leadership elections from Single transferable vote to first past the post.


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OLD: 6.7 Motions carried by a two thirds majority of those voting become Party policy. Those carried only by a simple majority have only advisory force.
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NEW: 6.5 Motions carried shall have advisory force and will be listed for discussion by the NEC within 3 months of the motion having been carried

I will be voting against both amendments.
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Old 19-01-2006, 02:19 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Oh it does. We in Gloucester only realised recently, but we held an EGM to ratify it in Gloucester.
Is that a disciplinary rule book?
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I will be voting against both amendments.
That's a good spot - conference motions will no longer form party policy.

I actually agree with this change. The policy motions are a complete shambles at the conferences, and I don't know why we have them at all. Conference should be about the party management, not policy, because at most we cover just three or four policy topics in a very amateurish and superficial way.

For instance, there were 9 motions or so related to party management at the last conference I believe, all of which were ignored in favour of a missile defence policy! :shock:
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Is that a disciplinary rule book?
No a constituency assosciation (branch) rulebook.
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I'll start with SECTION 4, Membership

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I like this, now we need to know the list of incompatable organisations and parties!
Quite right! So where and how do we obtain this list,ASAP?
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carefull commrades we might find ourselves in trouble with such rebelious talk
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According to the Constitution, there is a Party Rule Book:
I don't think that the rule book actually exists.
Oh it does. We in Gloucester only realised recently, but we held an EGM to ratify it in Gloucester.
When we had our inaugural meeting, our RO gave us a ring bound set of documents as below:

Branch Registration Form
UK Independence Party Constitution
Constituency Association Rule Book
Constituency Association Model Rules
Treasurer’s Pack
Declaration by Party Officer
Receipt of Policy Document
Branch E-Mail Registration Form
Declaration by Persons in receipt of Branch Database

There was NO copy of the "Party Rule Book" as the RO didn't even have one himself......this is NOT the Constituency Association Rule Book, it is a separate document. In fact, the Constituency Association Rule Book Paragraph 2.9 states "The Constituency association shall adopt standing orders for the management of the associations business at a General meeting. These may be in the form of model rules set out in Appendix A or such other rules that may be adopted. Any such rules must comply with the Party Constitution and Rule Book".

So, somewhere there is a PARTY RULE BOOK, has anyone got a copy....?
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