{"id":18468,"date":"2016-12-02T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T23:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=18468"},"modified":"2016-12-02T23:30:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T23:30:26","slug":"students_union_agm_2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016","title":{"rendered":"Debate, Democracy and Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Students’ Union hosted its largest democratic meeting of the year.<\/h2>\n

\"agm_student_democracy_change_1\"

\n

.@PresidentCSU<\/a> “we are pretty great as a union” and she’s absolutely correct. We’re 5th in the UK #cardiffagm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alex Kuklenko (@PostgradCSU) November 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Daniel Palmer, Chief Executive of the union continued to summarise the annual Financial Report<\/a>, which most notably publicised the Union\u2019s \u00a32.4 million loss.
\nStudents were given the opportunity to ask both representatives questions, during which accusations and criticisms were made about the union.
\nThe main body of the meeting then began with five tabled motions proposed by students who had four minutes to summarise their proposition.
\nThe first motion, titled \u2018Periods in Poverty\u2019 called for sanitary product donation bins to be available within university toilets to donate to women in need, which passed with an overwhelming majority.
\nThe second motion, \u2018Student Accommodation \u2013 Equity Over Profit\u2019 asked the union to lobby the university to freeze any profits on university owned accommodation in the last five years by reducing rent. After a hand count due to the closeness in vote numbers, the motion failed.
\nThe third motion requested that a new part-time Mental Health Campaign Officer be created for the union passed, despite opposition from the current Students with Disabilities Officer, Charlie Knights.<\/p>\n

\n

“How many of you have a family\/friend member who’ve struggled w\/ mental health @ uni?” nearly every hand in the room went up. #CardiffAGM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cardiff Uni Karate (@CUKarate) November 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The penultimate motion, \u2018Challenge don\u2019t Censor\u2019 saw some of the most passionate speeches of the evening, as students debated whether students should always be allowed a platform within the university, regardless of their views as long as they were inside the law. After talk of \u201cfascism\u201d, \u201cvalidity\u201d and \u201csilencing\u201d, the motion eventually passed.<\/p>\n

\n

‘It is not our responsibility to prevent other people from speaking, it is our responsibility to come up with a better argument’ #CardiffAGM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gair Rhydd (@gairrhydd) November 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, \u2018Being a Zero Tolerance Union\u2019 passed almost unanimously, voting to extend the Union\u2019s current policy on sexual harassment to include harassment of any nature.
\nTo get involved in other democratic events run by the Student\u2019s Union, keep an eye on the Union website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

AGM. Over and out ? @cardiffstudents<\/a> #CardiffAGM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mkmYaqCunq<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sophie Timbers (@PresidentCSU) November 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\n(Feature Image created by Cardiff University Students’ Union)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Students’ Union’s AGM saw debates over free speech, mental health and tampons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":18470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"\nDebate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Students' Union's AGM saw debates over free speech, mental health and tampons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-02T23:30:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sarahh-w\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sarahh-w\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016\",\"name\":\"Debate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-02T23:30:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c73759208da3c6d5646683cd4d8d7853\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":530},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Debate, Democracy and Change\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\",\"name\":\"InterCardiff\",\"description\":\"A global city for internationalists\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c73759208da3c6d5646683cd4d8d7853\",\"name\":\"sarahh-w\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/a7d725b63c2d12093158e160ceed812b\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf9de1a11dd809f05d0dc228d96e5f02a48d855849fc840922d8a5d8674d5a10?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf9de1a11dd809f05d0dc228d96e5f02a48d855849fc840922d8a5d8674d5a10?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sarahh-w\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/sarahh-w\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Debate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Debate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff","og_description":"The Students' Union's AGM saw debates over free speech, mental health and tampons.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016","og_site_name":"InterCardiff","article_published_time":"2016-12-02T23:30:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":950,"height":530,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"sarahh-w","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"sarahh-w","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016","name":"Debate, Democracy and Change - InterCardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg","datePublished":"2016-12-02T23:30:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c73759208da3c6d5646683cd4d8d7853"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/12\/AGM_Student_Democracy_Change_2.jpg","width":950,"height":530},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/students_union_agm_2016#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Debate, Democracy and Change"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/","name":"InterCardiff","description":"A global city for internationalists","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/c73759208da3c6d5646683cd4d8d7853","name":"sarahh-w","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/a7d725b63c2d12093158e160ceed812b","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf9de1a11dd809f05d0dc228d96e5f02a48d855849fc840922d8a5d8674d5a10?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf9de1a11dd809f05d0dc228d96e5f02a48d855849fc840922d8a5d8674d5a10?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sarahh-w"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/sarahh-w"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18468"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}