Remit Information sessions

Written By Emma Lubberink

As part of the Governance Review all members of CCS Disability Action are invited to vote on the remit put forward by the CCS Disability Action National Board. You can read the remit here.

What is a remit?

The way CCS Disability Action branches and the National entity works is set out in our constitutions. These detail our rules, our purpose, the work we do and how we do it.

All CCS Disability Action branches have their own constitutions. These constitutions are the same. The National Entity, which is called CCS Disability Action Incorporated, has a separate constitution.

The rules, our purpose, what we do and how we operate as CCS Disability Action branches and the National Entity are set out in our constitutions. All branches have their own constitutions (which are the same for each branch), and the National Entity has a separate constitution.

To make a change to either of the constitutions, a remit must be provided to all members which is then voted on firstly at a branch Special General Meeting or AGM and then at the national Special General Meeting or AGM. The remit provides the wording for any change/s to the constitutions and an explanation about why the change/s is being suggested.

The process for suggesting a change to either of the constitutions is:

  1. Branches can submit a remit to their Local Advisory Committee or Local Committee for taking to and voting on at the branch Special General Meeting or AGM.

    1. The Local Advisory Committee or Local Committee chairs then submit the remit to the National Board for including in the national Special General Meeting or AGM where the final vote takes place.

  2. The National Board can submit a remit to branches for voting on at the branch Special General Meeting or AGM. The branch vote is then brought to the national Special General Meeting or AGM, where the remit is either approved or not.

If the remit is approved at the national Special General Meeting or AGM, this gives legal authority for the constitutions to be updated with the changes.  

Information sessions on the Remit

To support our members to understand the remit and provide the opportunity for you to ask questions, the CCS Disability Action National Board will run a series of online Information Sessions (via Zoom) on the remit.

Accessibility information

You are welcome to attend a Zoom session at your local branch, if internet access is a barrier for you. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch. You can find the contact details for your nearest branch here.

Please note, Live Captioning will be turned on for all meetings to resource our Deaf and hard of hearing members, and the meetings identified below will have NZSL interpreters present.

Session times and dates

Emma Lubberink
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