An NZUSA Referendum?

The meeting then decided to deal with the question of a referendum on whether VUWSA should stay in NZUSA.

After the mover and seconder had spoken to the motion, President Lindy Cassidy pointed out the dangers underlying referendums. They look democratic, but can easily become a backhanded way of making policy. Instead of bringing the issue directly before students, where they can be openly debated they tend to become a an uninformed method of decision-making. Also she added, VUWSA is $4,000 in deficit, so where would the money for the referendum come from. Lindy said that she personally would welcome an SGM as being a far more democratic way of gauging the opinion at Victoria on NZUSA.

Other questions raised were: how were those people vegetating in the Library going to be moved to fill in a form? What was to be done with the results, and the question could be so worded as to provide valid results in the first place?