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Union Referendum: Your Voice Matters

Goldsmiths Students’ Union hereby gives notice that a Referendum will be held in accordance with a secure petition signed by students.

Dear students,

Goldsmiths Students’ Union hereby gives notice that a Referendum will be held in accordance with a secure petition signed by students. The Union is also holding an online open meeting where students can join to debate the Referendum question.

 

Question

Vote of No Confidence in Warden Professor Frances Corner and Goldsmiths’ Senior Management Team

 

Voting 

Voting will take place completely online. To vote got to: www.goldsmithssu.org/have-your-say/. You will need to remember to log into your STUDENT account in order to vote.

You will be given the options YES, NO, or abstain. Below you will find what each response means:

  1. YES = You DO NOT have confidence in Warden Professor Frances Corner and Goldsmiths’ Senior Management Team, and therefore you agree with the vote of no confidence.
  2. NO = You DO have confidence in Warden Professor Frances Corner and Goldsmiths’ Senior Management Team, and therefore you don’t agree with the vote of no confidence.
  3. Abstain

 

If you want to run a campaign for the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer to this question, please email democracy@goldsmithssu.org by May 20th 12pm at the latest. The Union will provide equal resources to the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaigns.

 

Timeline

Friday 24th May 4pm-5pm - Online Referendum debate

Tuesday 28th May - Question and both side arguments published

Tuesday 4th June 9am - Voting opens

Thursday 6th June 5pm - Voting closes

 

Join Zoom Meeting for open meeting

Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89729137670?pwd=NDlLVTkvQ3VLdU9jZHJydUVDTVF6QT09

Meeting ID:

897 2913 7670

Passcode:

378367

 

What is a Referendum?

A Referendum is a ballot in which all SU Members (meaning all current students) are entitled to cast a vote. A Referendum can be called on a variety of issues by the Trustee board, the Student Forum, or a secure petition signed by at least 50 members. 

For further information about theReferendum please see Conduct of Referenda or contact democracy@goldsmithssu.org

Please find the Agenda for the Online Referendum debate here.