Democracy Zone (15th November 2013)

Agenda

Name of Committee	Democracy Zone
Date and time	15th November 2013, 14:00
Place	Meeting Room 1
Members (voting)	Vice President Sports Steve Gore Union President Emily Dawes Clubs and Societies Officer Jamie Hemingway Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries Evie Reilly Union Councillor Mayan Al-Shakarchy Union Councillor Jamie Barker
In Attendance (non-voting officers and staff)	Union Council Chair Katy O'Brien
Invited	Vlad Novikov

Main Meeting
	1.	Apologies and Attendance
P	2.	Approval of Minutes from previous meeting Attached: Minutes for the DZC 29th October.pdf
Student Groups
P	3.	Update on affiliations and funding Attached: Student Groups Committee Report.pdf
Constitution
P	4.	Intra-Mural Officer as a Student Leader This paper was previously provisional, but has now been sent by Sports Zone Committee. Attached: Intra-Mural Officer proposal.pdf
P	5.	Creation of a new Media Officer position Attached: Media Officer proposal.pdf
P	6.	Balancing Union Councillor positions Attached: Union Councillor balancing.pdf
	7.	International Students' Officer: expanding electorate to all students
By-law changes
P	8.	Democracy Zone by-law Evie Reilly Attached: NEW Democracy Zone By Law - working groups.pdf
P	9.	Other Zone by-laws Creative Industries Zone Education Zone External Engagement Zone Sports Zone Student Communities Zone Student Life Zone Sustainability Zone By-laws previously marked with an asterisk as provisional were approved by Zone Committees which met on Thursday. Attached: Sustainability Zone By Law.pdf NEW External Engagement Zone By Law.pdf NEW Creative Industries Zone By-law.pdf Education Zone By-Law.pdf NEW Student Communities Zone By Law.pdf NEW Sports Zone By Law.pdf NEW Student Life Zone By Law.pdf
Elections
P	10.	Report: Autumn elections Emily Dawes Attached: Autumn Elections report.pdf Results.pdf
P	11.	Report: JCR elections Emily Dawes Attached: JCR Elections report.pdf 1 RAG Officer.pdf 7 President.pdf 6 Secretary.pdf 5 Events officer.pdf 4 Welfare Officer.pdf 3 Social Media Officer.pdf 2 Sports Officer.pdf
	12.	JCR by-election: update
P	13.	Proforma: Spring elections Evie Reilly Attached: Spring elections proforma.pdf
Other business
P	14.	Any other business Vote Match system from Unlock Democracy See the attached email we have recieved from Unlock Democracy, following several phone conversations. Attached: Votematch email.pdf
	15.	Date of next meeting Tuesday 7th January at 10am in Meeting Room 2

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