The most highly attended UMSU General Meeting in years took place today. Unlike the General Meeting earlier this year, quorum (the minimum 300 students needed for the meeting to commence) was reached, and quite spectacularly with over 1,000 students turning up. The meeting was the culmination of a week of intense campaigning around campus by students both for and against the controversial “Peace Through Education” motion. Continue reading ‘General Meeting (14/11/2007) Roundup’
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
This week’s General Meeting is tied in many ways to what happened at a GM last year. Last year, one of the motions up for discussion, Palestine and the Right to Education, generated plenty of controversy and was passed by majority vote. Continue reading ‘What the Plaque?’
Details of the upcoming General Meeting:
- 14th November - 1.30pm
South Campus Students’ Union
Main Debating Hall
The proposed motions are listed below. Due to some controversial topics up for discussion, it’s very likely there will be a high turnout. Have a read of the motions and leave your thoughts below. Continue reading ‘General Meeting: 14th November’
The results from the UMSU by-elections are in. Eight students were elected to positions that were left vacant after last year?s elections, bringing the total number of students on Council to 61. This relatively small blip on our Union?s democratic calendar didn?t pass entirely without incident.
Continue reading ‘A Full House’
Update:
The meeting was inquorate. We did interview some students, though, so it’s not all bad news.
- Rob Pinfold is the Students’ Union NUS Secretary. He has an elected place on the UMSU Council
- Daniel Lee is a concerned student and a member of the Societies Commitee
Video Credits: Tristan Humphreys
