BME Open Place Guild Councillor nominations open until Friday 6th December

Hey everyone,following a motion passed in Guild Council last academic year there are now (among other changes) 5 reserved places in Council for BME (Black & Minority Ethnic) students to represent BME students.

Nomination packs and further details for these positions can be found on the Guild website here (there are also a number of school/departmental Councillor positions to run for too; check out the link) nominations for these positions close this Friday 6th December at 4pm.

BEMA strongly encourage BME students to apply and run for these positions, so as to get more plurality and more diverse representation of BME perspectives and interests in Council.

Guild Council is the highest student-run democratic body in the Guild and decides upon the direction, campaigns and action the Guild takes on behalf of its student membership.
Whilst having a lesser say than Guild management and its Trustee board, a number of positive outcomes have been won for BEMA students in Council over the years, including securing annual funding for Black History Month, giving Liberation associations more autonomy over their affairs and respective officers, and getting the Guild to oppose the Islamophobic ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism initiative which encourages spying on Muslim students.The voting records thus far of the BEMA Guild Councillor can be found here.

If you have any questions/queries about Council/running please don’t hesitate to contact us at bema@guild.bham.ac.uk
While BEMA cannot support any individual’s candidacy (and while BME Open Place positions won’t be accountable to BEMA per se, but still representing BME students) we’d be happy to help out any brothers and sisters through the application process, and look forward to seeing them in Council come January.

-BEMA

P.S. Also don’t forget – BEMA reps applications are open until Sunday night also.

Voting record Guild Council 14/11/2013

Here’s how I voted on behalf of BEMA at the first Guild Council of the year.
Because of the number of Guild sub-committee elections taking place this time, very few motions were debated and were automatically deferred to December’s Council once time ran out.

Motions that weren’t ‘starred’ by attendees passed automatically, without discussion.

If you have any questions/issues with my voting, let me know at axs278@bham.ac.uk

Peace,

Voting intention for Guild Council 14/11/2013

Hi everyone,
here’s how I intend to vote at the first Guild Council of the year, as representative of BEMA.

Guild Council is the highest student-run democratic body of the Guild* and decides via motions etc. what campaigns the Guild runs and how it runs to serve in the interests of students.

If you have any input or views on the motions i’d be happy to take them into consideration – also if you have views that you want shared at Council I can do that on your behalf.
Just contact me at axs278@bham.ac.uk

Guild Council is open to all members of the Guild, and takes place from 6-10:45pm on Thursday the 14th of November in the Guild Council Chambers (1st floor of the Guild).
It will also be streamed live by GTV (Guild TV) and be tracked by Redbrick.

*Non-student staff/management/bodies got final say though.

Peace,

Voting record for Guild Council 12/6/2013

Here’s how I voted on behalf of BEMA at the last Guild Council of he 2012/13 year.
Positives to note: passed motions in support of action towards getting Full-time Liberation officers, and (semi-)successfully Vote of No Confidenced a Guild Officer on grounds of being racist and sexist.

Voting intention for Guild Council 12/6/2013

Last Guild Council of the year, any issues comment below.

As always, Council is open to all (6pm in Guild Council Chambers) and should be streamed live at Redbrick’s website.

Voting record for Guild Council 16/5/2013

Apologies for the delay on this.

Positive outcomes from this Council – 5 reserved places for BME Guild Councillors positions as of next year, and the possibility of having Liberation/BEMA Liberation officers in Halls of Residence.

Let me know if you have any questions/queries.

Edit: Those changes to the Guild Council places will probably not be active this upcoming year because of some technicalities.

Voting intention for Guild Council 16/5/2013

Here are my voting intentions for the May Guild Council, being held on the 16th (Thursday) at 6pm in Guild Council Chambers.
It’s open to all – and is also being streamed live by Redbrick).

Let me know below if you have any input/concerns/questions.

NB. General Meeting of the Guild is being held on Tuesday the 4th of June at 6pm in the Avon Theatre in University Centre, and all members of the Guild are welcome to attend and vote.

Voting record for Guild Council 21/3/2013

Here’s how I voted at March Guild Council, comment if you have any problems/questions.

Will update on the outcome of Elections when the results are released.
Edit 28/3 – Outcomes updated

Peace,

Voting intention for Guild Council 21/3/2013

Here’s how I intend to vote on behalf of BEMA at the March Guild Council being held on Thursday 21st March.
6-10:45pm in Guild Council Chambers, all welcome (also streamed live at redbrick.me)

Also there will be a number of elections held at this Council for positions that any student can run for:

Voting record for Guild Council 21/2/2013

Apologies for the massive delay in posting this up – below is how I voted on behalf of BEMA at February’s Guild Council.

Let me know if you have any questions/queries,