About Committee

Learn more about committee

Find out more about the 2024 Edinburgh Green Party branch committee elections and how to submit your nomination.

About the committee

The purpose of the branch committee is to:

1. Execute decisions of the branch

2. Develop the branch and local policy

3. Ensure the branch is represented on Scottish Green Party national council.

Committee responsibilities

The responsibilities of the branch committee include:

• Organising branch meetings and other events

• Formulating branch electoral and operational strategy for approval at branch meetings

• Formulating branch budget and expenses policy (for approval at branch meetings)

• Financial management of the branch, including the branch bank account

• Organising the branch candidate selection process

• Running election campaigns with sub-branches and local teams

• Keeping members informed about decisions made by the Scottish Green Party national council that are relevant to the branch

• Fundraising for branch activities

• Supporting sub-branches and local teams

• Day-to-day running of the branch

• Implementing the branch disciplinary procedure

General requirements and expectations

• Participation in committee meetings which take place on the first Thursday of every month - usually from 7.30 to 9.00pm. In the wake of COVID-19, all committee meetings take place online. This may change throughout the course of the year, but options for remote participation will be available, even if in-person committee meetings resume.

• Attendance at branch meetings where office holders can meet, and be accountable to, local members.

• Between meetings, committee members are expected to read messages, express opinions and contribute to decisions on Slack.

• All roles can, to a certain extent, be tweaked by the position-holder

The following Committee positions are available:

• Co-Convener (x2) *
• Secretary (a)
• Treasurer * (a)
• Welfare and Conduct Officer * (a)
• Access and Incusion Officer (a)
• Elections Agent (x2)
• Sub-branches and Member Support Officer* (x2)
• Campaigns Officer (x2)
• Communications Officer (x2)
• Events and Engagement Officer (x2)
• Ordinary Member - Sub-branches and Member Support Group (x4)
• Ordinary Member - Campaigns Group (x4)
• Ordinary Member - Communications Group (x4)
• Ordinary Member - Events and Fundraising Group (x4)

*to run for these roles, you need to have been a member of the party for one year. If you do not meet this criteria, please contact convenors.edin@scottishgreens.org.uk and we can discuss options to resolve this.

We are electing a gender-balanced committee. This requires:

• At least one of the co-convenors elected to be a woman

• At least half of the office bearers elected to be women

• At least one of the officers in each working group to be a woman

• At least half of the ordinary members in each working group to be a woman

If you are non-binary, we will contact you to ask how you want to be treated in regard to gender balancing.

We encourage people to stand for election who are under-represented in Green politics or politics as a whole. This may include, though is not restricted to, any women, young greens, LGBTQ+ greens, greens of colour or disabled greens. Please contact the Access & Inclusion Officer on access.edin@scottishgreens.org.uk, if you have questions or concerns about standing for election to the committee or join our drop in event on 22 May.

Find out more about the 2024 elections and how to submit your nomination.

A list of role descriptions, including rough, monthly time commitments is found in this document. Please contact the current Co-Convenors on convenors.edin@scottishgreens.org.uk, if you have questions about the roles.