[ucc-announce] UCC AGM :: TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

[Davyd Madeley]

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| | | | |  | |      Annual General Meeting
| |_| | |__| |___   14th March, Guild Council Meeting Room
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In case anyone missed the formal notice or the agenda for the AGM: this
is just a reminder that the AGM IS TOMORROW.

We hope that after the highly successful Fresher's Welcome, some of the
freshers know who's who and now want to turn up and vote at the AGM.

In brief:
  WHAT:  UCC Annual General Meeting
  WHO:   All financial members, if you're not a financial member, rejoin
         beforehand.
  WHEN:  Tuesday, 14th March, 1PM
  WHERE: Guild Council Meeting Room, 2nd floor of Guildhall
  WHY:   To hear the reports of the outgoing committee and elect a new
         committee for 2006

Notes on voting, nominations, et al
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Voting is conducted using the "N-1" system. That means, if N people are
running for a position, you may vote for up to N-1 candidates.
Understand that the less people you vote for, the more important your
vote is. If you voted for N people your vote counts for nothing, since
you gave all candidates the same advantage. The less candidates you vote
for, the more advantage those candidates have over their rivals. Voting
is by show of hands, everyone but the candidates themselves can see how
you voted. More on the voting method will be explained by the returning
officers at the meeting. Proxy voting and absentee voting are not
permitted in UCC elections.

Anybody may nominate anybody (including themselves) for a committee
position. The returning officer will request nominations for the
position of X. Each nomination requires a second from another member to
be considered. A seconded nomination can then be declined by the nominee
if he/she does not wish to be a considered a candidate for that
position. The only exception to this nomination method is the position
of FRESHER REPRESENTATIVE. All freshers who attend the meeting are
automatically nominated for the position of Fresher Representative, the
position of Fresher Representative is then voted by the rest of the
quorum. The UCC definition of a Fresher is a first time member in their
first year of university, thus by this definition someone who joined the
UCC before coming to uni cannot be Fresher Rep and someone who is in
their second year, but only just joined the UCC can also not be Fresher
Rep. Perhaps it doesn't make sense, but them's the rules.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow,
--Davyd Madeley
UCC Secretary, 2005

-- 
Davyd Madeley

http://www.davyd.id.au/
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