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The newly elected Federal Conference Committee (FCC) met on the evening 8 December, following the most recent round of Federal Elections. 

I would like to begin by offering warm congratulations to all newly elected and re-elected members of the Committee. I look forward to working with you over the coming years. I also extend commiserations to those who were not not successful on this occasion, and a heartfelt thank you to members who were not re-elected or who chose to stand down. Their contribution to delivering our conferences over the last term has been exceptional. 

The new FCC members are: 

Directly elected: Chris Adams, Jess Brown-Fuller, Nick da Costa, Gareth Epps, Alison Jenner, Eleanor Kelly, Chris Maines, Shaffaq Mohammed, Kath Pinnock, Jennie Rigg, Callum Robertson, Sarah Teather.  

The Party President: Mark Pack (Josh Babarinde from 1 Jan)

Wendy Chamberlain (as Chief Whip of the Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons)

English Representative: Darryl Smalley (Dionne Daniel from 1 Jan)

Scottish Representative: Fraser Graham (Scottish Rep elections currently underway)

Welsh Representative: Matthew Palmer (Chloe Hutchinson from 1 Jan)

YL Representative: Leo Dempster

Federal Board Representative: vacant

Federal Policy Committee Representatives: Duncan Brack & Alex Brewer

FCEC Representative: vacant 

FPDC Representative: Charley Hasted

Election of Officers

The Committee confirmed its officers for the new term. I am delighted to have been re-elected as Chair of the Federal Conference Committee. 

We also elected two Vice Chairs: 

• Chris Adams: responsible for the General Purposes Subcommittee (GPSC)
• Eleanor Kelly: responsible for the Conference Communications Group (CCG)

I look forward to working closely with Chris and Eleanor in the team ahead. 

General Purposes Subcommittee (GPSC)

The GPSC is responsible for the initial consideration of many organisational matters before they come to the FCC. Working in collaboration with the Conference Team, the GPSC will consider:

• Future venue options for Federal Conference,
• Conference registration rates, 
• Party body rates, and recognition of bodies eligible for concessionary rates,
• Conference stewards, including reports from the Chief Steward,
• Conference finances and future conference budgets,
• Access-related matters, 

Conference Communications Group (CCG)

The CCG bring recommendations to FCC based on work covering:

• FCC communications with members and conference attendees, 
• Marketing of Conference to members, 
• Encouraging participation, diversity, and outreach
• Accessibility of conference materials. 

Subcommittee membership

 We confirmed the membership of both the GPSC and CCG. These groups will each meet in the new year to review and refine their work plans for the term of office, which will then return to the FCC for further discussion. 

Constitutional & Standing Orders Working Group