Yorkshire Ridings General Branch

Equity has a vital network of branches throughout the UK which give members a voice in the union and much more. Branches hold regular meetings in their local area and all members and student members are invited to attend these to share views and experiences, discuss issues that are of importance to them and put proposals to Equity's ruling body - the Equity Council. Branches also organise a programme of social events and raise money for local charities.

If you are an Equity member or student member based in the area you are able to join the branch (no charge) so please get in touch with the Branch Secretary. If you are a member or student member visiting the area you are very welcome to drop into the next branch meeting and get to know some of your fellow members.

Thank you to Morrish Solicitors LLP for sponsorship

Equity Yorkshire Ridings General Branch wishes to thank Morrish Solicitors LLP http://morrishsolicitors.com/ for sponsorship towards the cost of sending one of our Committee members as an Observer to the Equity Annual Representative Conference 2013.

Yorkshire Ridings General Branch Annual Representative Conference 2013 Motion

At its February meeting Yorkshire Ridings General Branch agreed  to submit the following motion to the 2013 ARC:

"This ARC is concerned that the new structure of the Union, with the elimination of the English Area Committees and Specialist Committees including Walk-Ons, disadvantages the many members who relied on these committees to represent their specialist area of work.

This ARC calls upon Council to ensure that these members are not denied a voice in the Union in this way and urges Council to put structures in place to monitor the representation of these groups."

The Branch agreed to submit two further motions on Induction and Training for Branch Officers and Committee members and Election procedure for General Branch Officers to Equity's Council. The Induction and Training motion has been approved by Council, but unfortunately the motion on Election procedure for General Branch Officers was rejected by the Council. The full text of these motions can be viewed here or downloaded here.

ARC 2013 Final Agenda

The Final Agenda for the 2013 Annual Representative Conference, including all motions and amendments can now be downloaded here

Branch Meeting Minutes Now available from the Web Site

Minutes of Branch Meetings are now being published on the Web site to give members more information about what we discuss when the Branch meets. The following Minutes can now be downloaded:

March 2013 meeting was inquorate, but these notes include an extensive Committee Report and a record of the discussion "What Do You Want From Your Branch".

February 2013 meeting include notes of West Yorkshire Playhouse Artistic Director James Brining's talk as well as motions for the ARC 2013 and for the Council

November 2012 meeting include notes of Jean Rogers’ talk on ‘How the Media Controls our Image’ as well as details of important issues that our Regional Organiser Nigel Jones reported to the meeting.

You will need to log into the Web site with your Equity membership number and your password before you can download the Minutes.

Standard Agenda for Branch Meetings

Your Branch Committee has decided to publish a Standard Agenda for Branch Meetings to give members who haven’t been to a meeting before an idea of what we discuss when we meet. The length of time spent discussing different agenda items will vary from meeting to meeting.

 The Standard Agenda can be read at here. A copy of the Standard Agenda can be downloaded at here

We always welcome members who haven’t come to a Branch Meetings before.

May Branch Newsletter (print versions)

To read the May 2013 Newsletter   click here

To download the May Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To read the April 2013 Newsletter   click here

To download the April Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To read the March 2013 Newsletter   click here

To download the March Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To read the February 2013 Newsletter   click here

To download the February Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To read the December 2012 Newsletter   click here

To download the December Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To read the November 2012 Newsletter   click here

To download the November Newsletter as a PDF document   click here

To download Large Print Versions of Branch Newsletters as PDF documents, click on the links below:

May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013

December 2012 November 2012 

Contributions from members  towards the next Newsletter are welcome. Contact: equity.yrgb@gmail.com

Web Page Updated 17 May 2013