The Referendum- Meet your candidates

Posted on February 5, 2014 by ueastudentelections

This week we are voting in a Referendum to restructure the Officer Roles, the candidates are:

Yes Yes and

Yes No

TO VOTE GO TO https://vote.ueastudent.com/home

Yes Yes

No Manifesto Submitted

Yes No

Officer Roles Referendum – Manifesto Booklet

Posted on February 3, 2014 by ueastudentelections

Here is the Manifesto Booklet with all the info on the Officer Roles Referendum. Have a look at it and don’t forget to vote!

Officer Restructure Referendum

Aside

In accordance with the Union of UEA Students Constitution, two proposals concerning the structures of the Union have been referred to referendum for decision.

Proposals
The proposals are as follows:

Proposal One

Amendment to the Constitution and Bye-Laws
At present the Union’s Full Time Officer Structure is as follows:

Finance Officer
Community & Student Rights Officer
Academic Officer
Communications Officer

The proposal is to change this as follows:
Amend clause 26.1 of the Constitution to “not more than 5 Full-time Student Officers, elected in accordance with Clause 27”.

Amend clause 27 of the Constitution to “Up to five Full-time Student Officers shall be elected by secret ballot by the ordinary members of the Union at an election to be held in accordance with the Bye-Laws. All elected Full-time Student Officers shall be Trustees”

Bye Laws

Delete Bye-Law 3 preamble, 3.1-3.4 and 3.16 and replace with the following (renumbering as appropriate):

All Full Time Officers shall:

Take a coordinating lead on issues whilst being careful to involve other sabbatical officers and members of the Student Officer Committee;
Contribute positively to joint Union events, projects and meetings;
Be accountable to the Union Council, reporting to each meeting on activity and achievements;
Maximise contact with students by engaging with them face to face and online;
Monitoring key issues and problems affecting the student population and ensuring the Union is acting on these;
Plan, promote, and run campaigns on key student issues;
Represent students on University Boards, Committees and working groups;
Promote group and team objectives and the campaign priorities to students, and reporting on progress;
Adhere to and comply with Constitution, Bye-Laws and policies of the Students’ Union;
Be Trustees of the Union (where eligible in charity law) having legal responsibility for the Union;
Be Directors of the Union’s subsidiary companies (where eligible in company law) having legal responsibility for the Union’s commercial services;
Be employees of the Union for the duration of their term in office, their terms and conditions of employment set by the Trustee Board;
Begin their term in office on July 1st, and shall have a transitional period of employment lasting no more than 10 working days prior to July 1st for the purpose of training only.

One Full-Time Officer, appointed by the Management Committee, to the position of lead delegate for NUS National Conference.

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The Results Are In!

Posted on November 29, 2013 by ueastudentelections

The results are in for the NUS Delegate Elections, Blurred Lines Referendum and GSA Masters Rep election! Thank you to everyone who participated!

NUS Delegate Election Results

There were a total of 975 of valid votes in this year’s NUS Delegate Elections

Your delegates to NUS conference are:

Dan Wrigglesworth

Evie Forster

Elliot Folan

Rachel Knott

Blurred Lines Referendum

A phenomenal total of 2227 votes were cast in the Blurred Lines Referendum! Congratulations for your stomping engagement in democracy!

The results were: YES: 24.79% (552 votes) No: 75.21% (1675 votes)

So this means that there will be no withdrawal of the song ‘Blurred Lines’ from Union Facilities.

GSA Masters Rep:

A total of 238 valid votes were cast.

Your new GSA Masters Rep is:

Leonie Dackham

Thanks to everyone for voting!

Meet your Candidates for NUS Delegate Elections

Posted on November 25, 2013 by ueastudentelections

This week we are voting in NUS Delegate Elections, the candidates are:

Elliot Folan

Evie Forster

Rachel Knott

Tohfa Walker

Louise Withers Green

(No manifesto submitted)

Daniel Wrigglesworth

Elliot Folan

Evie Forster

Rachel Knott

Tohfa Walker

Daniel Wrigglesworth

Also voting for a Masters Rep, meet the candidates:

Leonie Dackham

Dai Dynasty

(No manifesto submitted)

Li Li

Kelsey Mattingly

(No manifesto submitted)

Leonie Dackham

Dai Dynasty

(No manifesto submitted)

Li Li

Kelsey Mattingly

NUS Delegate Elections and Referendum

Posted on November 25, 2013 by ueastudentelections

Campaigning is underway for the NUS Delegate and Referendum
Find out more about each candidate using the drop-down menu above (<em>Meet the candidates</em>). If you see any of the candidates around campus, ask them plenty of questions and learn more about their policies!

Voting opens Wednesday 27th and closes on Friday 29th November. If you need more information about how to vote, please wait for an email that will come to your UEA inbox on Wednesday Morning.

NUS Delegate Nominations and Notice of Referendum on the song ‘Blurred Lines’ now Open

Posted on November 11, 2013 by ueastudentelections

In the next two weeks, students can nominate themselves to run in the NUS delegate elections where successful candidate go on to attend the National Conference in April where policies are debated on a national level. Nominations are also open to a get a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’ team for the referendum on ‘Blurred Lines’. To nominate yourself please go to ueastudentelections.com and click on Nominations Form or pick up a nominations pack in the Union House reception

Ethnic Minorities Officer!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by ueastudentelections

Congratulations to Eunice Opare-Addo who won the election for Ethnic Minorities Officer.

The results were as follows:

Well done to everyone that took part!

Ethnic Minorities Officer Election!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by ueastudentelections

This week, we are electing our new Ethnic Minorities Officer!

The candidates are:

Eunice Opare-Addo

(No manifesto submitted)

Muhannad Daas

(No manifesto submitted)

Asif Nawab

Voting opens at 9am on Thursday until 5pm on Friday on paper in the LCR and online at vote.ueastudent.com!

For any more information, contact Joe Levell at union.finance@uea.ac.uk

Meet the new Union Officers

Posted on March 4, 2013 by ueastudentelections

3041 people voted in this year’s Union Elections, so you’ve smashed the previous record of 2119. Thank you so much for voting, this will mean that the University will see that as UEA students we want to have our say, so students of the future will find it easier to make changes at our university.

Now, meet your new officer team!

Academic Officer: Louise Withers Green