AGM to consider constitutional amendments

Two amendments to Schedule 3 to the VUCSA Constitution, regulating conduct of the Executive elections, will be moved at the AGM of the Association on June 27.

Sponsored by Mr. R. C. Polson and Miss G. Jackson, they are designed to prevent a recurrence of the situation whereby the ensure membership of the Women's or Men's Committee is filled without election, and to increase interest in the elections generally.

The first amendment would add the following sentence to the Schedule.—

"Not less than 20 days before the Annual General Meeting a broadsheet shall be issued free of charge by the Executive publicising the elections, explaining tried nature and duties of Executive members of the Association, calling on students to come forward with nominations and containing any other such relevant material as the Executive may think fit."

The second would alter a clause of the Schedule so that it would read as follows (the sections in black type being those added as a result of the intended amendment) :—

"If the number of candidates for office-holding positions does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled the Returning Officer shall send a written declaration to the President of the Association declaring the candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly elected to the office or offices to be filled.

It shall be incumbent on the Executive to ensure that before nominations close there be at least six nominations for the Men's Committee and six nominations for the Women's Committee."

Notice has also been given of intention to move another Constitutional amendment unrelated to the question of elections Sponsored by H. S. Roberts and D. [unclear: a] Jones, it is as Hows:—

"Of the yearly grants to the clubs and societies affiliated to the Students' Association, a proportion of at least approximately thirty percent be granted to the non-sporting clubs and societies."