General Meeting motion discussions

On Monday, a group of like-minded students came together to discuss the General Meeting taking place later today. Chaired by first-year Politics student Dominic Curran, they were united by a common interest in several different issues.

The group, which contained attendees from such groups as Warwick Labour and Warwick Against The Cuts, sought to reach a consensus on motions to submit to the agenda for the General Meeting. Union Council chair James Entwistle was also present in an apolitical capacity in order to hear any possible motions.

The motion with the biggest emphasis was to ban BAE Systems from sponsoring societies on campus. This follows BAE’s ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Warwick Manufacturing Group. The students rejected the idea of a weapons company becoming more involved in campus life. The students decided against the motion proposing a ban containing a clause that would reinstate the Union Council’s power to ban certain companies from sponsoring societies. They said that they did not want to overturn last year’s referendum which took this power away from the Council, and allowed societies and sports club to seek sponsorship from previously black-listed companies. They concluded that their problem was purely with BAE’s involvement and this would be the sole subject of the motion.

The group also planned to propose a motion supporting the Union’s ban on the sale of Bacardi products on campus, as well as banning them from sponsoring any event, society or club, over allegations against the company. The nature of some companies was a cause of unease for many at the meeting. Speaking about what he hoped to come out of the General Meeting, Warwick Labour member Aidan Hocking stated that he hopes “to see an ethical Students’ Union (SU) come out of the meeting. Many students have concerns about the kinds of companies the SU is associated with and I would like to see those addressed.”

Another motion that was discussed as a possibility was one that would support any action taken by the Union in organising or supporting the proposed strikes on Wednesday 30 November. Other issues discussed included the proposed motion of there being no platform provided for racists and fascists and the idea of improving education quality through such measures as raising the minimum contact hours per week each student receives in accordance with the rise in fees.

The General Meeting has to have a minimum of 200 attendees for it to take place. This means that many groups emotionally invested in the motions proposed will be campaigning for people to attend to be able to actually vote on their motions in order to achieve change. This group of students suggested kitchen campaigning to try and encourage people to attend. Hocking wanted to see the turnout limit reached, because “as the most powerful decision-making body within the Students Union, General Meetings obviously have great capacity to effect change. However, I think many Union Councillors this year have used the upcoming General Meeting as an excuse to duck the big calls that the Union faces on a day-to-day basis.”

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