F22: Membership Subscriptions and Federal Levy

Federal Board

Mover: Anthony Harris (Chair, Federal Finance and Resources Committee).

Summation: Mark Pack.

Conference agrees to the following for 2020:

1. To encourage further membership growth by freezing the current membership rates of £72 (recommended), £12 (standard minimum), £6 (minimum for those in receipt of or entitled to state benefits), £6 (minimum for members paying via Liberal Youth), and £1 (minimum for members paying via Liberal Youth in their first two years).

2. That nothing in this motion shall prevent a State Party from setting via their internal procedures higher recommended or minimum subscription rates or from introducing additional concessionary rates.

3. That the Federal Levy remain at 55 per cent for 2020.

Applicability: Federal.

Mover: 5 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see page 4.

The deadline for amendments to this motion is 13.00 Monday 2 September; see page 6. Amendments selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Sunday's Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00 Saturday 15 September; see page 3.