Nominations and élections

The UPEISU Council is finally 2) Conditions of eligibility for Disqualification will result if For more information about and Vice President Academic

about to vote on a new set of elected office have been the posters or banners, etc, any changes to elections proce- Carolyn Ryan will answer any procedures, spawned clarified. With the exception are found within the visible questions.

after last March’s heated cam- of the representatives on . distance of the polling sta- dures, inquire at the Student The by-laws will be yoiaionse

Paigning raised questions about Council and Senate from the tion, but otherwise fines will Union office. Copies are available the March 2 meeting of Council. _

the adequacy of existing guide- mature and part-time stu- be levied for outstanding : 2 ones. dents candidates must be ~ campaign displays. as : taking at least three courses — :

A committee struck in April at the time of nomination, sk 2 EE prepared the document over the having paid Student Union Spat ‘et il decided i fees in full before declarin; rovedures for : see io A ay Eee endian pesarns an election if one or more 4 Constitutional Amendments to be voted on during 3 candidates have been striken eo March 12, 13.

: until a by-law mechanism was ; : Weta COM TOR

ide to. the UPEISU Constitu- i i from the ballot are now.

Be 3) Elections by acclamation clear = The. Following 3 amendments address concerns of the

tion. will no longer be standard euruaty a General Merits.

§ If approved, the new procedure procedure. Instead, if only :

; will become the third Student ‘one person has come for- ap

Union by-law, following the intro- ward for a position after 6) A clause dealing with ap-

duction this week of by-laws re-

garding sub-organizations and hiring policies.

nominations close, a ‘‘yes/ peals of decisions ohne Article IV — Student Union Fees

no/abstain” vote will be % . e C) Changes in student fees for active members shall be

held to validate the person’s conducted in the following manner:

appointment. ) Notices shall be given of a fee change at a meeting of. the UPEISU Council.

2) Publicity of the amount of fee change and its

Stated below are the major changes outlined in the new

proposal: 4) Campagning has been de- justification shall be given in the student newspaper . 2 : fined and the description of _ for two consecutive issues. ; 1) A definition of the position acceptable methods of cam- — 3) There shall be a general information session adver- of Chief Returning Officer paigning enlarge. No I "~ tied in the student newspaper and helf for purposes 2 has been created, to replace will candidates be declared of discussing and explaining changes in student fees _ the title of Chief Electoral ineligible if posters or ban- for any students who wish to ateend. The meeting Officer, whose duties were ners bearing their names are ‘all take place at least one week after the notice of poorly defined in the pre- discovered to have been dis- fee change has been made to the UPEISU Council. vious procedures. played during polling hours.

4) The fee change shall be voted upon at a meeting of the UPEISU Council two weeks after its introduction "

_ NOTICE ations for the follo

2) Publicity of a proposed by-law or an amendment to an existing by-law shall be given in one issue of the student newspaper before the meeting of Council when it is to Se hrought for approval.

° : The following amendment is due to a Council decision to add to the position of V.P. Operations. Article XI — Executive C) The V.P. Operations shall: ; + 5) Serve asa liaison between the UPEISU Council and the house committees of campus residences for the ere is also a need fo coordination of social events. elections committee, this will entitle volunteers to attend “ = the S.U. Party at the end of the senester. ee Gat Involved, . iene Bil Sinnott i Ae ed

interim CRO

February 27, 1986: