Next SGM
10th Sept 2011
PLEASE NOTE:: the information about Student General Meetings in this section is now out of date, having been superceded by a completely different and exciting new way of presenting motions and voting. Information about the new referenda and online voting process will be posted here by MIDDAY Monday 20 September AT THE LATEST!
Please contact the OUSA Secretary donna@ousa.org.nz if you would like to know the new process ahead of its being posted on this section.
FACT
Should the Otago University Students' Association Annual Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2010 be received and accepted?
Yes 41%
No 3%
Abstain 55%
Total votes 2644
Should the Otago University Students' Association Annual Report for 2010 be received and accepted?
Yes 45%
No 2%
Abstain 51%
Total 2601
Should PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as Auditors for the Otago University Students' Association for 2011?
Yes 49%
No 6%
Abstain 43%
Total 2585
Should Anderson Lloyd be appointed as Honorary Solicitors for the Otago University Students' Association for 2011?
Yes 48%
No 4%
Abstain 46%
Total 2571
Please choose your preferred option of the following proposed amendments to the Constitution and Rules?
Option A 12%
Option B 10%
No change 9%
Abstain 68%
Total 2545
As neither option A or option B gained a two thirds majority, the constitution remains as it is currently.
Should OUSA adopt the following as external policy: 'That OUSA opposes factory farming and the sale of factory farmed products (including eggs, chicken and pig products) and therefore requests that all campus food outlets use free-range products?'
Yes 62%
No 22%
Abstain 14%
Total 2606
Should OUSA rescind the Student General Meeting motions 14/92, 16/06 and 17/06, and void the referendum result of 25-27 July 2005, and adopt the following motion as external policy: 'THAT OUSA recognises the existence of the Code of Student Conduct and will work with the University to ensure that students' best interests are taken into account in its application'?
Yes 59%
No 10%
Abstain 29%
Total 2551
Should OUSA adopt the following as external policy? "That OUSA oppose any changes to the 2011 government budget that reduce access to interest free student loans"?
Yes 71%
No 13%
Abstain 14%
Total 2558
Should OUSA adopt the following as external policy? "That OUSA actively campaign against any changes that reduce access to interest fee student loans"?
Yes 76%
No 12%
Abstain 11%
Total 2524
Imogen Roth
Returning Officer