Adelaide Student Politics

Posted 6th July

Tuesday the 2nd of June (yea, I know, a while back…bear with me) saw the last Clubs Council meeting. Regular readers might be aware of the complaints lodged against the Labor club in response to their AGM, when some members were not informed it was occurring, and thus were unable to attend and vote on office bearers. After the Labor Club was placed on notice, ASP reported that they was going to abide by the CA’s demands and do their utmost to rectify what they’ve always claimed was an administrative error. The June Council Meeting saw Rhiannon Newman (Labor Club Clubs Association Delegate, and Incoming Labor Club President) report to Council about what has been done. The Labor Club had held an SGM (special general meeting) earlier that same day when they asked those present to vote to confirm the executive who had been elected at the earlier meeting. They were indeed confirmed, with nine people attending the meeting (the same as the first AGM), and an apology sent in from one of the people who lodged a complaint but were unable to attend due to university assessments held at the same time.
This was of doing things is a compromise, but one which the CA was willing to accept. The Labor Club constitution binds them to hold their AGM in the first term of the year. If the old AGM was simply declared invalid, the constitution would then have to be changed in order to allow them to hold another AGM in term two. Thus, an SGM was required before the proposed alternate AGM. By merely asking all members to confirm the candidates, the Labor Club saved itself some hassle. Clubs Representative Ash Brook, who attended the SGM on the 2nd of June, said at Council that he was satisfied with the actions of the Labor Club. The issue was closed, and the Labor Club was taken off notice.