On Wednesday 26th September 2007, you will be asked to vote in a Students Union referendum RFC 07/1 (Class Representatives Council). NUI Galway Students Union asks that you read this information carefully and inform yourself of both sides of the argument in advance of the referendum. Full motion text is available here.
(1) General Information
This referendum seeks to make changes to the constitution of the Students Union and therefore to the structures and operations of the Union.
A “yes” vote would mean the changes proposed in the motion text would be implemented, taking effect at 9am on Thursday 27th September 2007.
A “no” vote would mean that there would be no change to the structure or operations of the Students Union.
All members of the Students Union are entitled to vote. You do not have to be 18 in order to vote.
(2) What are the main changes to Class Representatives Council (CRC)?
CRC will consist of two bodies: Faculty Class Representatives Council (FCRC) and Union Body (UB).
Each faculty will have a FCRC. Thus there will be an Arts FCRC, Commerce FCRC, Science FCRC, Medicine and Health Sciences FCRC, Engineering FCRC and Law FCRC. There will also be a Post Graduate FCRC. Each FCRC will meet once a month to discuss issues which will affect each individual faculty only.
UB will consist of five reps from each FCRC. UB will discuss issues which affect the Students Union and the University. UB meetings will be held once a month. All members of the Executive Committee must present a report at every UB meeting.
(3) Attendance at meetings
All members of the Executive Committee must attend all meetings of Union Body. The Vice-President/Education Officer must attend all meetings of FCRC. The Post Graduate Officer must attend all Post Graduate FCRC. However, any member of FCRC may request any member of the Executive Committee to attend a FCRC meeting if they wish to discuss a matter with that Executive Committee member.
