UNISON Scotland Conference 2013 Delegates Handbook Who's who

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Scottish Region Delegates, Scottish Secretary, National President, General Secretary and Standing Orders Committee Rep
Briefings and Website Service

	Lilian and Stephen, Scottish Region Delegates Lilian and Stephen are elected as Scotland’s reps to Conference by the union’s Scottish Council of branches. Delegates should use them as a source of information and they fulfil a key organisational role. They will advise on Scottish policy and will speak for the Region in debates Lilian is from Lanarkshire Health Branch and is UNISON Scotland Convener. Stephen, from South Lanarkshire Branch, is Depute Convener.
	Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary Mike Kirby is Scotland’s top full time official. Mike took over as Scottish Secretary in December 2010 after serving as Scottish Convener - Scotland’s lead lay activist - since the merger that created UNISON. Mike was also for many years one of Scotland’s lay Regional reps to National Conference. He was 2011/12 STUC President.
	Chris Tansley , National President Chris Tansley is this year’s National President. This is the highest lay member position. He will chair Conference throughout the week. Chris is a child care social worker, from Nottingham. He became a trade union member 35 years ago and has been a social worker for more than 30 years and is currently a team manager. Chris is a member of the Local Government Service Group Executive, and a member of the General Political Fund, and of the Development and Organisation Committee and sits on the union's Staffing Committee.
	Dave Prentis, General Secretary Dave Prentis was elected in 2000 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. Dave was born and brought up in Leeds and went to the University of London where he took a BA in history. This was followed by an MA in industrial relations at the University of Warwick. He is a member of the TUC General Council, the TUC Executive and the Trade Union Labour Party Liaison Committee. In the Guardian list of the 100 most influential people in public services, Dave was placed fourth.
	Alison Jaconellie, Standing Orders Committee Rep Alison Jaconellie from Strathclyde Police and Fire Branch is Scotland’s rep on the Standing Orders Committee which sets out the business for the week. Alison will be the source of information on what’s going on and whether your motion has any chance!

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Conference briefings and website service

Jane Aitchison

Kate Ramsden

John Stevenson

The Scottish Communications and Campaigns Committee, along with the Regional Delegates, will issue daily briefings during Conference week (new rules mean we are only allowed one briefing a day this year).

It is not a ‘News’ service after the event (after all you were there), it is for briefing delegates before the event.
However, we will issue some special reports as a basis for branch reports back home. We will be tweeting #UNDC13 and updating the website with most of what goes out in print so you can get easy access at www.unison-scotland.org.uk/conf2013.

The service is also there to be used by branches to promote motions within Scottish policy.

In exceptional circumstances we can also help with typing and communications with branches, media etc back home.

Your contacts are Jane Aitchison and Kate Ramsden with SiU editor John Stevenson giving a helpful hand and much welcome advice! Other committee members will be helping out too.

It would be really helpful if speakers could let the team know when they are speaking (so we can get a photo) and provide a copy of their speech for the reports.

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