Party Constitution Debate to Begin!
The following has just been circulated to Party Members by the Party Secretary:-
To: Veritas Members
From: Michael Harvey, Party Secretary
Dear Veritas Member,
Now that the dust is settling on the general election, we must press ahead to ensure that Veritas develops into a powerful political force.
In order to do this, we must build a firm foundation in the form of a robust Party Constitution. This document will formally set out the party's aims and define its structure: how the Leader and other national officers are elected or appointed, what powers they have and how they
are accountable to the branches and members.
The aim is to produce a straight-forward and effective structure, balancing the need for accountability with firm and decisive leadership. Some initial work has already been done and a draft constitution has been lodged with the Electoral Commission.
If you would like to be involved in developing the constitution, please reply to this email. You will then receive copies of the discussion documents already produced. Your views on these documents - improvements, brickbats or alternatives - will be gratefully received and amendments made in the light of these comments. To keep costs down, we aim to use email as much as possible during this consultation exercise.
The next stage will be to produce an agreed draft Constitution to circulate to the entire membership and to seek ratification at our first Annual General Meeting, which will be held in September or October.
This is an ambitious timetable, but I'm sure you will agree that we must aim to deal with this important technical matter as quickly as possible so that we can concentrate on our main purpose - campaigning.
I'm sure that, with goodwill on all sides, and unity of purpose in achieving our aims, we can conduct this process quickly and smoothly.
Many thanks for your support.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Harvey
Party Secretary
To: Veritas Members
From: Michael Harvey, Party Secretary
Dear Veritas Member,
Now that the dust is settling on the general election, we must press ahead to ensure that Veritas develops into a powerful political force.
In order to do this, we must build a firm foundation in the form of a robust Party Constitution. This document will formally set out the party's aims and define its structure: how the Leader and other national officers are elected or appointed, what powers they have and how they
are accountable to the branches and members.
The aim is to produce a straight-forward and effective structure, balancing the need for accountability with firm and decisive leadership. Some initial work has already been done and a draft constitution has been lodged with the Electoral Commission.
If you would like to be involved in developing the constitution, please reply to this email. You will then receive copies of the discussion documents already produced. Your views on these documents - improvements, brickbats or alternatives - will be gratefully received and amendments made in the light of these comments. To keep costs down, we aim to use email as much as possible during this consultation exercise.
The next stage will be to produce an agreed draft Constitution to circulate to the entire membership and to seek ratification at our first Annual General Meeting, which will be held in September or October.
This is an ambitious timetable, but I'm sure you will agree that we must aim to deal with this important technical matter as quickly as possible so that we can concentrate on our main purpose - campaigning.
I'm sure that, with goodwill on all sides, and unity of purpose in achieving our aims, we can conduct this process quickly and smoothly.
Many thanks for your support.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Harvey
Party Secretary
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