CND Conference 2023

Event Date: 7th October 2023
Location: Internet

Dear CND Groups, Areas, Regions, Nations, Specialist Sections and Affiliates,

We look forward to welcoming you to CND’s AGM and Policy Conference. This year the AGM will be held online on Saturday 7 October and the Policy Conference debates will take place in Manchester for a day of debates and discussions on Saturday 28 October 2023. The Policy Conference will have a hybrid option so those who wish can join remotely.

CND has taken the Covid-19 pandemic and health of our members very seriously, and this is the first year since 2019 we are planning to have some of our conference in person. We will continue with some of the online activity that people are now familiar with, including for elections.

Saturday 7 October – CND’s online AGM

The AGM makes key decisions on CND’s governance, including elections for Officers and directly elected Council members. Our campaigning activities are reviewed at the AGM, but important decisions also made on our finances, such as the consideration of a finance report and the appointment of auditors. This is a relatively short, business-like meeting, appropriate for a virtual setting.

Saturday 28 October – CND’s Policy Conference in Manchester

Having ensured all key matters around elections, finance and annual reports are concluded at our online AGM, we are meeting in Manchester for policy debates centred on motions submitted by groups and members. This is our Policy Conference that provides members with the important opportunity to decide our overall direction for the coming year so please do encourage as many of your groups or members as possible to join and contribute!

Pre-Conference Timetable

ActionDeadlineNominations for Officer and directly elected National Council positions31 JulySubmitting resolutions31 JulyAccepting Nominations for Officer and directly elected National Council positions1 SeptemberDeadline for amendments to ordinary resolutions, deadline for special resolutions (constitutional amendments)8 SeptemberRegistering for AGM and conference29 SeptemberSubmitting emergency resolutions23 October at 12 noon

Registration Fees

This year there will be no registration fee for the AGM.

An in-person Policy Conference is a significant expenditure for CND and we are returning to the delegate fees structure applied to our last in-person conference, at 2019 prices. Organisations are expected to pay the registration fee for their delegates, who can be mandated. If delegates wish to have their own personal voting entitlement, they must separately register as an individual. Fees are £40 for areas, regions and groups or £12 for members and observers.

Information about CND AGM and Policy Conference

Who can participate?

CND Groups, Areas, Regions, Nations, Specialist Sections and Affiliates are all entitled to send delegates to CND conference and AGM. Individual members are also eligible to participate. All those voting at the AGM must be company members of CND (a legal obligation because CND is a company limited by guarantee). Company member forms (where you agree to pay £1 if CND is wound up) for individuals and organisations as well as registration forms can be found on the conference website.

The number of delegates eligible to attend conference and the number of votes to which your group is entitled will be emailed to groups in late September by the Supporter Database Manager. The number of company members in your group determines your voting entitlement at conference. To maximise your votes, make sure as many of your members as possible are company members as well as members of CND by 8 September.

Nominations

Please send nominations for Officers and directly elected Council members to [email protected]. Please provide contact details for your nominees (a current email address is enormously helpful) and your own contact details, including email addresses where possible. We will confirm receipt of your nomination by email; if you don’t hear from us within 3 working days, please send it in again.

Resolutions

Please see the online Conference page for information about submitting resolutions to Conference, which can be done through our website. The detailed rules about resolutions are contained in the Conference Standing Orders, which are also available online. Alternatively, you can email resolutions to [email protected]. We will confirm receipt of your resolution by email; if you don’t hear from us within 3 working days, please send it in again.

Compositing

If you are submitting a resolution, please provide contact details for a representative available to agree compositing during the two weeks from 31 July, but particularly in the first week of August.

Registration deadline

Please help our team by registering as early as possible for Conference. The final deadline for registration is midnight at the end of Friday 29 September.

Further Help

We hope that the information in this mailing will help you play an active role. If these procedures are unclear, please contact us using the details below and we will be happy to clarify them or talk you through any points. As more information becomes available, we will also be updating the website at www.cnduk.org/conference

Contact details

Please send enquiries by email if possible.

Email: [email protected]

Write to: CAWG, Mordechai Vanunu House, 162 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DQ

Telephone: Ask for Rob Wells, or in his absence Kirsty Stewart, on 020 7700 2393

Yours in peace,

Daniel Blaney, Sarah Cartin & Hannah Tweddell
CAWG (Conference Arrangements Working Group)