[ucc-announce] General Meeting on the 13th February for Constitution Changes

[Mitchell Pomery]

Hi all,

A reminder that the Ordinary General Meeting for the proposed constitution
changes is on this Friday at 5.30PM. There will be pizza after the meeting
for those that come. Afterwards, there is the Spooky Vigil in Cameron 
Hall.

Ordinary General Meeting Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1532025017084882/

Spooky Vigil Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/703925333051535/

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:
   - Voting on the following adopting the proposed document as the
     constitution in place of the current constitution

The following resolution will be proposed as a special resolution: 
'Resolved, That the constitution hereby be amended according to the 
proposed changes put forward and the amended constitution be thereafter 
adopted.'

Proposed Constitution:
https://www.ucc.asn.au/files/constitutionchanges2015clean.pdf
Proposed Constitution (Highlighting Major Changes):
https://www.ucc.asn.au/files/constitutionchanges2015.pdf
Current Constitution

The differences to our current constitution are:
   - Removal of Vice President
     - Addition of Education VP and Social VP
   - Removal of one Ordinary Committee Member
     - Addition of Education Officer and Social Officer
   - Increasing the amount the club may borrow or incur in overdrafts from
     $100 to $200
   - Rewording what information we must collect from members in the
     Secretary's duties
   - Better defining the First Year Representatives duties
   - Formally stating that the committee may elect a member of the
     committee into an unfilled executive role until a General Meeting can
     be held to fill it.
   - The meeting can now elects the Chair if the president is absent or
     does not wish to exercise their right.
   - Changes to several numbers to account for a the change in size of the
     committee
   - Several minor changes to grammar and formatting

Thanks,
Mitchell Pomery
UCC President 2014

On Mon, 2 Feb 2015, Mitchell Pomery wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> An Ordinary General Meeting will be held at 5.30PM on Friday the 13th of
> February to vote on proposed changes to the UCC Constitution. It will be held
> in the Guild Council Meeting Room on the second floor of the Student Guild. If
> you need help finding it, you can go to UCC before hand and we all head over as
> a group.
>
> The Proposed Changes Are:
>   - Removal of Vice President
>     - Addition of Education VP and Social VP
>   - Removal of one Ordinary Committee Member
>     - Addition of Education Officer and Social Officer
>   - Increasing the amount the club may borrow or incur in overdrafts from $100
> to $200.
>   - Rewording what information we must collect from members in the Secretary's
> duties
>   - Better defining the First Year Representatives duties
>   - Formally stating that the committee may elect a member of the committee
> into an unfilled executive role until a General Meeting can be held to fill it.
>   - The meeting can now elects the Chair if the president is absent or does not
> wish to exercise their right.
>
> There are also several changes in the constitution to account for the change in
> the size of the committee.
>
> You can find a copy of the constitution with the draft changes at the following
> link. Removed parts are in red, additions are in green, and notes are in blue.
>
> https://www.ucc.asn.au/files/constitutionchanges2015.pdf
>
> If you have any questions about the changes, please ask them now so that we can
> answer them ahead of time.
>
> Discussion will take place on the UCC General Discussion mailing list. You can
> subscribe below.
> http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/ucc
>
> There is also a facebook event
> https://www.facebook.com/events/1532025017084882/
>
> Thanks,
> Mitchell Pomery
> UCC President 2014
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