The Annual Council Meeting will celebrate what we have achieved and help to shape our work for the future – through discussion, debate and voting on the policies you and your fellow member organisations put forward, and through the elections to vacant posts on BYC’s Board of Trustees. 

The date: Saturday 4th September 2010

The time: 10.30am to 4.30pm (first time delegates training from 9.45)

The place: This year we’re in Manchester. Attendance at the Annual Meeting is FREE to all BYC members, and lunch and refreshments will be provided. You are allowed a maximum number of delegates with voting rights, which is governed by the size of your organisation (please refer to our website for information about this). In addition to this we will have extra spaces for support workers, please contact us if you require more information on this.

For all the key documents you need to get the most out of ACM 2010 please go here

Register your delegation online now - http://bycacm2010.eventbrite.com

We ask that you ensure that your delegates are representative of your organisation’s membership, and that they consult within your organisation on the key issues and policy proposals to be discussed, in advance, to best represent you at the event. At this stage you can register ‘A.N.Other’ if don’t don’t know you delegations names 
 

What will we discuss

The Annual Council Meeting the agenda will include:

• What your British Youth Council believes

Every other year we alternate the way in which we review and take forward our external policy positions and campaigns. This year we will be doing this by deciding and debating our overall youth manifesto, we outlines what we believe in on a range of different topics. What we believe in is decided by you and what you want us to discuss. Find out more here

• BYC’s Honorary Presidents

BYC’s Honorary Presidents are elected (or re-elected) annually and drawn from representatives of the three main political parties in the House of Commons. If you wish to put forward a Member of Parliament to be considered for one of these positions please fill the nomination form which can be found here

• BYC Board of Trustee report

The board will present their annual report to you, including our accounts for 2009/10, and outlining plans for the coming year and give you a chance to ask questions about the work of BYC.
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You can register your delegates quickly and easily online at http://bycacm2010.eventbrite.com At this stage you can register ‘A.N.Other’ if don’t know you delegations names