| This years
National Venturer Forum is going to be held in
Renmore Scout Hall in Co. Galway.
There might also be a few surprise
activities!
What to bring
-Full Uniform
-Your admittance card if you have a vote.
· Swimming gear for the weekend activities.
· A musical instrument for the ceol on the Fri night. I doesn’t matter if you can’t play it or not! If you don’t have one….make one!!!
· Dancing gear for the Sat night!! The stranger the better!!
The weekend will start
on the Friday night when we have sign-in and ice-breakers.
The names of the ventures who want to run for the
National Venturer Forum Election, to be held on
the Sunday, will also be announced. Saturday
morning and we will split into groups for the
days activities, in and around Lahinch. That
evening there will be a fancy dress disco and
games.
On
Sunday the serious business of the weekend will
commence. The Venturer Forum Committee will start
the meeting, and the forum will discuss and vote
on the different motions brought forward. All
groups and regions now have the opportunity to
submit motions to the forum. It is here that
Ventures from all over the country can have a say
and input into the future of Ventures and the
Association as a whole. The motions you
submit should come from your Regional Venturer
Forum or your group’s AGM.
 Half-way
through the forum there will be a break and then
the candidates for the election get an
opportunity to win over the votes of their region.
Then each region will vote to see who represents
them on the National Venturer Forum Committee
next year.
At
the end of the forum the winners of the election
will be announced and presented with their
neckerchiefs.
Podge
& Derek
What is
the National
Venturer
Forum Committee?
Each
year two ventures are voted onto the National
Venturer Forum Committee (NVFC) from the six
areas; Dublin Metropolitan, Leinster North,
Leinster South, Connaught, Ulster and Munster.
They join the one remaining member from the
previous year who stays on for purposes of
continuity.
The
members of this years forum committee are:
Colum O’Connor,
William Blake, Sinead Boylan, Kevin Kenneally,
Stephen Casey, Brian Twohig, Derek Byrne, Alan
Maxwell, Orla Garrigan, Andrew Johnston, Claire
Guilfoyle, Karyn O’Brien, Podge O’Rourke,
Cathal McMahon & James O’Shaughnessy.
These
members have the position of being the national
representative of the Venturers in Ireland. Part
of the committee’s job spec is to bring the
motions passed to National Council. Also, to seek
solutions and appropriately direct the motions
that do not concern National Council.
They
also take an active part in organising and
running the various national activities
throughout the year.
The
venturer forum committee meet for numerous
weekends throughout the year to discuss upcoming
events. In previous years members of the Forum
Committee have ended up in places such as Paris
and Prague carrying out work for the forum.
If
you feel like you are suited to the NVFC and are
willing to put time and a bit of effort into
helping venturers throughout the country why don’t
you run for election. If you get voted on to the
committee you will represent venturers on a
national level and get to wear the coveted NVFC
necko!
All
you have to do is send in the application form
along with a passport size picture of yourself to
HQ. It is recommended that each region send
forward a representative from their regional
forum.
The
National Forum is an opportunity to voice your
opinions on any issue that concerns you whether
they relate to scouting or not! Do not lose this
opportunity! The national venturer forum weekend
is open to all venturers.
If you raise your voice together, it will
travel further!
MOTIONS
PASSED
Application
The Right to
vote
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