Students Decide Agenda1. Minutes of the last members’ meeting - these will be presented for approval as an

accurate record of November's Emergency Members' Meeting

2. Union update - you can ask the Full-time Elected Officers questions about; a. reports from the Full-time Elected Officers about what they've been working on and plan to dob. the Union's financial statements from 2010/11c. the Union's budget for 2011/12 

3. Items for discussion submitted by students

a. Closure of the Centre for Community Engagement

b. Need for affordable campus accommodation

c. Extreme energy & sustainable investment

d. No indiscriminate boycott of Israel

e. Cuts to local Council services

f. Higher Education Bill

g. Students’ Union use of animal entertainment venues

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Full-time Elected Officers

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How the meeting works

Becca, Operations Officer,

will be chairing the meeting

Her role is to help the meeting run smoothly, to ensure that everyone can

speak, that no one talks for too long and that the Union’s policies are upheld

You can ask a question by raising your hand

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Discussing proposals

When proposals are presented to the meeting there will often be people speaking in favour of and against themThey have a limited amount of time so the discussion is balanced

You can ask questions by raising your hand. We’ll bring a microphone to you so people can hear

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Amending a proposal

Sometimes people want to add or

remove sections from proposals…You can do this by submitting an amendment to Becca

This will be presented to everyone at the meeting who will then vote on whether or not to accept it

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How voting works

When you vote, you have three choices;

Vote in favour – if you agree with the proposal

Vote against – if you disagree with the proposal

Abstain from voting – if you don’t want to vote for or against

You vote by raising your hand when asked by Becca. She will count the votes to decide whether the proposal is accepted or

rejected

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Guidelines for participationOur guidelines aim to enable equal participation

& protect people from discrimination

If you feel these guidelines, the Students’ Union’s values or equal opportunities policy are being violated at any point please raise it with the Chair

…The Union is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment without fear of racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia or any other form of discrimination…

…we ask that every member pay attention to their conduct and behaviour and show respect to others…

…This includes listening to another’s point of view, using appropriate & respectful language at all times, and refraining from behaviour which can be perceived to be aggressive, intimidating, offensive or discriminatory…

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What should the Union do?

You can submit ideas throughout the yearat www.sussexstudent.com/studentsdecide

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