[committee] [ucc] UCC OGM Item 2

[Melissa Star]

Hi Grace,

Just to make clear I don’t believe this is happening in good faith.

Otherwise you would have raised this with me rather than calling for a vote to expel me on two days notice. 

As it happens, I have a Torts seminar that cannot be moved, and which finishes at 6PM. I ask that you do not discuss me behind my back but wait until 6.10PM when I can be present.

I know that banning transgender people behind their back based on rumours and lies is standard practice in some social groups, but UCC you want to argue that the club is honest and not anti-LGBT you should wait and grant me the dignity of having whoever raised this issue confront me face to face.

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> On 31 Jul 2019, at 1:52 pm, Grace Rosario <20483992 at student.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alfred,
> 
> It came up at an OGM as apposed to a committee meeting because no-one on the committee requested it or motioned for it.
> 
> A member of the club felt that this matter which impacts the club should be brought up, and they requested that it be put on the agenda.
> As this is a general meeting, club members have a right to add items that they wish to be discussed to the agenda, and that's why it is there.
> 
> Item 2 comes up under the constitution in section 21.1:  21. Cancellation of Membership 1. The Club may cancel the membership of any member of the Club, should that member have acted in a manner contrary to the best interests of the Club.
> 
> As a member of the committee, I know that the committee has been dealing with ongoing fallout from the events earlier in the year, as I'm sure you know if you are keeping up with at least some of the minutes of the committee meetings.
> Personally, I believe that discussing this at a general meeting rather than a committee one would be better for ensuring that the discussion would be more inclusive of the diverse opinions of the club members and enable the club to make a decision without the committee being accused of acting with impropriety.
> 
> We have also, I believe, not had a committee meeting since the items were requested to be added to the agenda due to the university holidays and committee's availability.
> 
> I hope that all makes sense,
> 
> Cheers, 
> Grace
> 
>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 13:35, alfred burgess <alfred.burgess95 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Grace, 
>> 
>> Just inquiring as to why item 2 is being brought up in the OGM as opposed to being done through a committee meeting, unless I have missed the minutes for said meeting which is plausible.
>> 
>> Not trying to come across as accusatory or such, just an inquiry.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> [TBB] Alfred
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