Meeting:2013/12/05/EGM

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:45-19:15 on 2013/12/05 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

This AGM was called by the Secretary (Schmendrick). At least 24 hours notification was given by email to the society mailing lists.

Purpose of EGM

Copied verbatim from the official notification:

There are three issues that will be discussed and voted upon:

   Item 1) Amending the society constitution to reflect the updated SUSU structure.

   Item 2) Amending the society constitution to create a formal procedure for the 
           society accepting external sponsorship.

   Item 3) Only to be discussed if Item 2 passes, or a formal process is deemed unnecessary. 
           Discuss and vote on accepting external sponsorship from ConnectUs.

Conduct of the EGM

Copied verbatim from the SUWS Constitution:

Voting: 
   Every full member of the Society present at a general meeting shall be entitled 
   to one vote upon every voting matter. Only full members are entitled to vote and 
   no proxy votes shall be accepted for any purpose.

Quorum: 
   The quorum at all meetings shall be 10% of the full members.
   
Minutes: 
   The Secretary of the Society shall keep minutes of all general meetings, which 
   shall be made available to the Societies Officer and the Societies Department Committee.

and:

At the EGM, no business other than that specified in the written statement shall be discussed.

Chairperson

The Secretary shall serve as Chairperson, unless a full member present feels that a conflict of interest is apparent. (See Point of order 1).

If this occurs, then replacement candidates shall be nominated by the full members present, and then from the nominees, one shall be elected. Any full member shall be eligible for nomination, including the Secretary.

Quorum

• According to the official list on the SUSU admin site there are 34 members of SUWS, including both full and associate members. Consequently if there are more than 3.4 full members present at the meeting, we would be quorate (the actual number required is smaller, as it should not include associate members).
  • Full membership is defined in the constitution as:

Full membership is open to any registered student.

• Number of full members present: ***
• Quorum achieved / not achieved ***

Amendments

Copied verbatim from the SUWS Constitution:

a. The Society committee at a General Meeting shall first approve amendments
to the constitution.

b. The committee shall hold a vote to pass any constitutional changes. This 
shall be done by ballot or a show of hands, at the discretion of the Chairperson.
Should there be a tie, the Chairperson may vote.

Accordingly, the following procedure will be followed for each amendment under consideration:

1. The committee present at the meeting will vote as to whether to approve putting the amendment to a vote.

   If the committee present approves:

2. The proposer (in all of these cases, the Secretary) will describe why he feels the amendment should be passed.
3. An opportunity will be given for a member to present an opposing viewpoint.
4. A vote will be held amongst all the full members present at the meeting.
5. The committee will vote to ratify the vote of the members. (See Point of order 2).