Ubiquitous Ward Declared Missing

The first motion to come up was a Ward/Beckford concoction. I was very upset not to see you there Tony — I can't call you ubiquitous.

This was a very carefully drawn up motion, which had been checked over thoroughly by the Association Solicitors to ensure there was no loop-holes, dealing with executive elections, and the provision of a no-confidence clause.

Gyles Beckford explained briefly that under the present regulations a vote of no confidence was only possible when there was only one candidate standing for a position. Under the new regulations it would be possible to have a no confidence vote, whereby no candidate would be elected if the total number of no confidence votes exceeded the number of votes any one candidate obtained.

This wasn't just some waffly clause which would never be used anyway, as could be seen by the recent Auckland presidential election where five candidates stood, and none were elected. The motion was passed unanimously, with no discussion.

The next motion gave executive the power to allocate funds for the costs of an election as it saw fit, because of the inadequacy of the present budget of $150. This was passed with little discussion again, and only one dissent from an unnamed shitstirrer at the back of the room.