{"id":508,"date":"2018-04-26T19:58:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=508"},"modified":"2018-06-25T20:05:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T20:05:25","slug":"general-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/04\/26\/general-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"GENERAL FIASCO"},"content":{"rendered":"

subtext was unable to report on the LUSU General Meeting last month, so here’s SCAN’s report:\u00a0http:\/\/scan.lusu.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/union-on-the-defensive-in-ill-tempered-agm\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What was of interest to subtext was the excuses reeled off by the officer team for the poor attendance. Students were blamed for not tabling exciting agenda items and instead expecting their elected officers to show leadership and promote a talking point. A discussion about space on campus isn’t exactly going to be a huge draw, and the subtext collective does wonder why LUSU doesn’t learn the lesson from its very recent history that it isn’t actually all that difficult to achieve a quorate general meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to the low attendance, no business could be voted on by those in attendance. The general meetings bye-law states that, in the event of inquoracy, ‘the meeting shall stand adjourned to [sic] the same day in the next week [sic] at the same time and place or to such other day [sic] as the Trustees may determine.’<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the meeting has not reconvened.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

subtext was unable to report on the LUSU General Meeting last month, so here’s SCAN’s report:\u00a0http:\/\/scan.lusu.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/union-on-the-defensive-in-ill-tempered-agm\/ What was of interest to subtext was the excuses reeled off by the officer team for the poor attendance. 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