Amendment to Governing Document AGD1115 

Change to UCLU Byelaws 
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A
ffiliations 


 



 

Proposer: 

James Skuse 

Seconder: 

Neil Chowdhury 

Passed: 

Union Council, 29 May 2012 



 

This Union Notes: 

 

1. The Byelaws currently say: 


“7. UCLU may affiliate to any external organisation provided that such affiliations do not 
violate relevant law or the Memorandum and Articles or Bye- Laws of UCLU. All affiliations 
shall be posted on the website and approved at the Annual Members Meeting. 

8. Any new affiliation to, or disaffiliation from, a political or other sectarian organisation 
shall require a majority vote on a motion put to a Members’ Meeting or Referendum. 
Affiliations shall continue indefinitely in the absence of a successful motion to disaffiliate.” 

2. We affiliate to several bodies, these are publically accessible: http://beta.uclu.org/list-of-
our-affiliations 
3. The 1994 Education Act states: “(l)there should be procedures for the review of affiliations 
to external organisations under which— (i)the current list of affiliations is submitted for 
approval by members annually or more frequently 


This Union Believes: 

 

1. The Byelaws currently clash with the above section of the Act. 
2. This situation may be rectified simply. 


 

This Union Resolves: 

 

1. 1. To amend the Byelaws to: 


“7. UCLU may affiliate to any external organisation provided that such affiliations do not 
violate relevant law or the Memorandum and Articles or Bye- Laws of UCLU. All affiliations 
shall be posted on the website and approved at the Annual Members Meeting or Council 
should this meeting not be quorate. 

8. Any new affiliation to, or disaffiliation from, a political or other sectarian organisation shall 
require a majority vote on a motion put to a Members’ Meeting or Referendum. Current 
affiliations shall continue indefinitely subject to annual approval at a Members’ Meeting in 
line with the previous Byelaw.”