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Motions15 September 2011
The Motions process for 2011 has now finished. Six local group Motions were prioritised for debate at Conference 2011. Find out the results of the debate below.
You can read the detail of the prioritised Motions and the staff response to each one in the Motions Paper.
The results of the six Motions debated at Conference were:
- PASSED: Better planning protection for agricultural land - proposed by West Cornwall Friends of the Earth
- FAILED: Environmental improvement of 23 million homes - proposed by West Cornwall Friends of the Earth
- FAILED: Campaign for short public information films about climate change on television - proposed by Brent Friends of the Earth
- PASSED: Campaigning on polar climatic changes as a driver for attitudinal change - proposed by Mon a Gwynedd Friends of the Earth
- FAILED: Climate change international boycott campaign - proposed by Muswell Hill & Hornsey Friends of the Earth
- FAILED: Personal allowances and fair shares - proposed by Barnet & Enfield Friends of the Earth
The Board of Friends of the Earth will now consider the two passed Motions (known as Resolutions). Board members will update local groups on progress via the Motions Resolutions Paper 2011 (in Spring 2012).
You can read the Board's progress with the Resolutions passed in 2010 via the Motions Implementations Paper 2010.
Background to the Motions process
The annual Motions process is one of the important opportunities for local groups to put forward their suggestions for the future work and direction of Friends of the Earth. Any licensed local group can propose a Motion (provided they have been in existence for more than one year by Conference).
In 2010 a Board Motion proposing various changes to the Motions process was approved by Conference. Please read the Motions Guidance Notes for more information on the new process.
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