Attendance at Co-op meetings

All Co-op members are required to:

a) belong to a subgroup and attend subgroup meetings

b) attend General Meetings. This was made compulsory by the General Meeting Attendance Policy December 2006

c) participate in the running of the Co-op unless they gave a valid reason for not doing so.

Advance notice of subgroup meetings

The SUBGROUP CONVENOR is responsible for publicising the monthly meetings by sending a written notice to all members of the subgroup at least one week before the meeting is due to take place. Members may not belong to more than one subgroup at a time. However, members may attend specific meetings of other sub-groups as visitors, with permission from the Convenor of the group visited. Visitors will not have the right to vote at visited meetings. New members might like to attend several subgroup meetings before choosing which group to join. 

Advance notice of General Meetings

The CHAIR OF THE GENERAL MEETING is responsible for publicising the General Meetings by sending a written agenda to all members of the co-op at least one week before the meeting is due to take place.

Advance notice of Management Committee meetings

The CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE is responsible for publicising Management Committee Meetings by sending a written agenda to all members of the Co-op at least one week before the meeting is due to take place.

Apologies for non-attendance at Co-op meetings

An apology is a written note stating a valid reason for missing a meeting. Apologies should be sent before the meeting takes place. Verbal apologies are not accepted. Co-op members will be marked absent if they do not send an apology for missing a Co-op meeting unless they have a valid reason.

Apologies for subgroup meetings

Apologies should be sent to the SUBGROUP CONVENOR.

Apologies for General Meetings

Apologies should be sent to the Co-op Secretary.

Apologies for Management Committee meetings

Apologies should be sent to the CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE