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Union Council Dates 2021-2022

 

We ususally have 7 meetings a year to give you as many opportunities to make change, however due to COVID19 we are havign to scale back. This year, there will be a total of 4 Union Council meetings which will all be held online via Microsoft Teams. Each meeting will be a calendar invite with an attached Microsoft Teams link. You will also revieve the meeting agenda in plenty of time. 

 

  • OCT – 14th

    NOV – 18th

    Jan – 27th

    April – 28th

upcoming elections in Union Council 

 

At the first Union Council of the year we will elect a Chair and Deputy Chair of Council. 

 

The Council Chair is a vital role within uea(su) - ensuring that Union Council is an effective and representative body that speaks up for UEA students on the pressing matters of the day. The chair has the responsibility of runnign the meeting from the introduction, to overseeing the agenda throughout the meeting. 

Bye-laws regarding the Chair of Union Council are:

1.11.1 the Chair, who shall only have a tie breaking vote, and whose sole duties and powers shall be to chair the Meetings of Council and General Meetings and prepare, in conjunction with the Chief of Staff, the agenda for such meetings;

2.2 A speaker shall always address the Chair, who shall remain impartial. No-one may speak whilst the Chair is speaking.

2.3 A Chair and Deputy Chair for the meeting shall be elected by the voting representatives in attendance at the first meeting of the academic year, subject to clauses 81 to 82 of the Articles of Association. In their absence the meeting can elect its own Chair, who must be an Ordinary member of the Union, subject to Clauses 81 and 82 of the Articles of Association.

2.4 Subject only to a challenge, as provided in this Bye Law, the Chair's ruling on any question shall be final. 2.5 The Chair shall ensure that the meeting is in order and that remarks are relevant to the question under debate. 2.6 If any member causes a disturbance the Chair may record the offender's name in the minutes. If that member persists they shall be expelled from that meeting, and may not return until an apology satisfactory to the meeting has been given in writing.

Democratic Procedure Committee (8 places)

 The Democratic Procedures Committee shall consist of the Campaigns and Democracy Officer, the Chair of Union Council and eight individual Members (at least three of which must self-define as women or non-binary) who shall be elected for a one-year term by Union Council. All current members of the Union will be able to stand at the close of nominations save for Full Time Officers and Trustees.

NOTE: this will be an online committee, with its own Microsof Teams group

The Democratic Procedures Committee shall: 

  • meet after every Union Council
  • be responsible for development of and promotion of the Union’s democratic procedures, with particular reference to elections and Union Council
  • advise on and develop the union’s Articles of Association and Bye-Laws
  •  structure and run Union Council in such a way as to guarantee the accessibility of proceedings for members
  • support the Chair and Deputy Chair of Union Council in a voluntary operational capacity during meetings
  • hold open meetings whenever possible
  •  produce a report on its action to; comment on the organisation, rules and procedure of; and recommend improvements to the running of Council and other bodies as appropriate
  • Support the Chair of Union Council, by advising on matters of process and constitutional interpretation and will be responsible for the receipt and ordering of procedural motions within Union Council
  • annually report on endeavours designed to meet its duty to structure and run procedures in such a way as to guarantee the accessibility
  • and elect from their own number a chairperson.

Other elections:

Members of Union Council can run for the following positions. The elections for the below positions will be live the monday before the first union coucil with voting opening during the meeting, closing at the end. Results will be announced the next day.

Finance Committee (2 places)

The finance committee is a sub-committee of the trustee board. It is chaired by the Activities and Opportunities Officer, and is attended by all full-time officers, a Student or Part Time Officer Trustee, an External Trustee and two representatives elected by Union Council. UEASU senior management also attend meetings. The Committee considers our financial strategy and budgets. If the Trustee Board has a particular concern over any aspect of UEASU's finances, the Committee then meets regularly to scrutiny the monthly management accounts

 

Appointments and HR committee (2 places)

Appointments & HR Committee is a subcommittee of the Trustee Board. The Committee is made up of the Chair, who is one of the Full Time Officers, an External Trustee and a Student or Part Time Officer Trustee and two representatives elected by Union Council. uea(su) senior management attend meetings where appropriate. The Committee is responsible for getting people to apply for the External Trustee posts and for the recruitment process for the Chief of Staff, and also for making recommendations to the main Board on appointments to these posts. The Committee sets the structure for the appraisal of the Chief of Staff, and receives the annual review made by the Equal Opportunities Committee and makes recommendations based on the review to the main Board.

 

Risk and Governance Committee (2 places)

The risk and gov comm manages and overseas the implementation of actions from the risk register and investigates any new risks that may arise.

No elections are currently running

 

Manfesto guidance can be foud here