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National Executive Meeting – January 2012

National Executive Meeting - January 2012

The National Executive will meet in Ottawa from January 24 to 26. The first session will start at 9:00 a.m. in the Union of National Employees boardroom.

Members who wish to attend as observers must pay all their expenses or have their Local cover their attendance. (Policy CC 8)

If your Local wishes to place an item on the agenda, please contact your Regional Vice-President and provide him or her with clear and concise information. He or she will gladly bring your issue before the executive.

About the National Executive
The National Executive is responsible for the policies, programs and direction of the Union of National Employees. Between conventions, it creates policies that help look after and make decisions about our union. The executive also carries out resolutions adopted by the members during the last convention. The National Executive meets three times per year to review the union’s activities and ensure that they reflect the will of the membership.

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Revised National Component Policies

During the 2008 National Component Convention, the National President identified that our governance documents required a review and rewrite. Some of these documents had not been subject to an examination for 40 years. For the past two years, the Bylaws and Policies Committee have been actively working with an external contractor (Stiff Sentences) to conduct a comprehensive review and rewrite of the English version of all Component governance documents.  The revised policies were adopted by the National Executive in September 2010.

The Revised National Component Policies feature:

  • Clearer language which makes the document more user-friendly
  • Thematic organization which places related topics together for easier reference
  • The amalgamation of all regulations, policies and guidelines into a singular set of directives entitled ‘Policies’ to reduce the complexity of the document
  • Alpha-numeric policy identifiers to allow for easier identification and positioning

Please note that the Bylaws have undergone a similar review and revision.  However, only the Convention has the authority to adopt those proposed changes.  Therefore, they will be tabled, for consideration, at National Component Triennial Convention in 2011.

N.B. Similar to the English process, a French Editorial Committee will be struck to develop a French Manual of Style to be applied to the review and revision of the French version.

Therefore the French version is a to be treated as a draft only at this point  (non-official translation).