Election of: Vacant Positions

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Letter to Branches





No. LTB588/13
Ref: TK/PM/sn
Date: 3rd September 2013

To: Branches with POSTAL Members

Dear Colleague

Election of:

Vacant Positions

Royal Mail Divisional Representatives (Substitute) - 2013
Royal Mail Divisional Chair – 2013


1. Royal Mail Divisional Representative (Substitute)

Nominations are invited from Branches within the relevant division for the position of Royal Mail Divisional Representative (Substitute - 1 per Division) for the following Division:

South East

The term of office for this position is two years and the successful candidates will take up office at the conclusion of the election process however candidates should be aware that the above positions and divisions have been under review for sometime by the CWU & Royal Mail and therefore the term of office may be subject to change.

Nomination forms are available on request from the Senior Deputy General Secretary Department and completed forms that must be signed by the Branch Secretary and Branch Chair or accredited deputies and the nominee should be returned to Tony Kearns, Senior Deputy General Secretary, by 18 September 2013 (14.00).

The timetable for the election is as follows:

Nominations Open: 4 September 2013
Nominations Close: 18 September 2013 (14.00)
Ballot Papers dispatched 25 September 2013
Ballot Close 2 October 2013 (first post)

If a ballot is required for the above position this will be conducted on an individual member ballot basis and the ballots will be run in accordance with the CWU guidelines for senior Regional/Field official elections, which are attached for your information.

2. Royal Mail Divisional Chair

Nominations are invited from Branches within the relevant divisions for the position of Divisional Chair:

Anglia
Midland


The term of office for these positions is two years and the successful candidates will take up office at the conclusion of the election process however candidates should be aware that the above positions and divisions have been under review for sometime by the CWU & Royal Mail and therefore the term of office may be subject to change.

Nomination forms are available on request from the Senior Deputy General Secretary Department and completed forms that must be signed by the Branch Secretary and Branch Chair or accredited deputies and the nominee should be returned to Tony Kearns, Senior Deputy General Secretary, by 18 September 2013 (14.00).

The timetable for the election is as follows:

Nominations Open: 4 September 2013
Nominations Close: 18 September 2013 (14.00)
Ballot Papers dispatched 25 September 2013
Ballot Close 2 October 2013 (first post)

If Ballots are required for the position of RM Divisional Chair they will be conducted on a branch ballot basis and therefore paragraphs 8,9,10 and 11 of the attached Guidelines are not applicable on this occasion.

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 0208 971 7237 or email address sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Tony Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary

Attachment 1: Election Guidelines

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