Wednesday 05-05-2021 - 12:27

The students' union would like to thank all students who attended last week's Annual General Meeting and represented the student voice

Before we break down the results of the Annual General Meeting, we would like to say a big thank you to all students who attended. Whilst we didn't reach the quoracy necessary to ratify the Articles of Association, we had 350+ students attend or vote by proxy, which is pretty amazing. 

Winners of the AGM prizes
For both AGM's we offered prizes of 50 VIP Extrav Tickets and 1 £100 prize. The winners have now been contacted by our Democracy & Governance Coordinator, Parker, so please check your university email inbox to see if you have won! 

 

The Breakdown

1. Do you approve the minutes of the previous AGM? (Part 1 minutes / Part 2 minutes)
Yes – 168
No – 4
Abstain – 39

What does this mean?:
Students have voted that the minutes of the previous meeting were a true reflection of the 2019 AGM.

 

2.Do you approve to continue affiliations with the outlined bodies (Here)
Yes - 139
No - 10
Abstain – 28
 

What does this mean?:
Students have voted to continue our affiliations with different bodies, such as NUS, and BUCS.

 

3.Do you approve the Motion on The Student Mental Health Crisis? (Paper)
Yes -181
No – 3
Abstain – 4
 

What does this mean?
The Students’ Union will resolve too lobby Lancaster University for consistent and adequate funding and provision of student mental health and wellbeing services, and for educational policies that are conducive to good mental health.
The SU is to offer Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention training to all students and staff.

4. Do students believe the renaming of sugar to be a contentious issue? (Paper)
Yes -105
No -84
Abstain- 28
 

 

What does this mean?

This Union Resolves to:

1. Engage with all students on the issue.

2. Utilise the established democratic structure of a randomly selected Student Jury to determine a number of potential “candidate” names for the venue.

3. Put those candidate names of the nightclub to a preferendum, with the original name as an option. This will require a resolution from the trustee board under Article 15.5.2

4. Request that the Trusteeboard independently investigate this identified breach of the Articles of Association