Democracy Zone (29th January 2015)

Agenda

Name of Committee	Democracy Zone
Date and time	29th January 2015, 13:00
Place	Meeting Room 1
Members (voting)	Clubs and Societies Officer Chris McGeehan Union President David Mendoza-Wolfson Vice President Sports Katie Lightowler Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries Megan Downing
In Attendance (non-voting officers and staff)	Union Council Chair Ben Morton
Invited	Ed Baird Jade Head

Main Meeting
	1.	Apologies and attendance
	2.	Minutes from the last meeting The minutes from the last meeting, held on Thursday 27th November 2014, can be found here: http://www.susu.org/meetings/1004
Student Groups
	3.	Student Groups update Student Groups Committee had an affiliation meeting on Wednesday 10th December 2014. Full minutes for this meeting can be found here: http://www.susu.org/representation/minutes/1011.
Elections
P	4.	Open Place Union Councillors election: by-law Megan Downing Refer to the paper for Item 5 for an explanation of the procedure for returning Open Place Union Councillors. Attached: Item 4 - Open Place Union Councillor Elections By-Law.pdf
P	5.	Spring Elections: by-law Megan Downing The paper lists the proposed changes, and the published draft of the By-law is attached. Attached: Item 5 - Spring elections by-law - changes.pdf Item 5 - Spring Elections By-law.pdf
Constitution
P	6.	Union Council Representatives on Zone Committees Jade Head Attached: Item 6 - Union Council Representatives on Zone Committees.pdf
P	7.	PGT and PGR Officers on Education Zone Committee Ed Baird This paper is also being presented to Education Zone Committee, which is meeting shortly after this meeting finishes. Attached: Item 7 - PGT and PGR Officers on Education Zone Committee.pdf
P	8.	Memberships Attached: Item 8 - Memberships.pdf
Any other business
	9.	Date of the next meeting The date of the next meeting is TBC.

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)