'Hey, my name is Mike and I’m the Guild Chairperson for this year. My main responsibility is to organise General Meetings and ensure motions that are passed are acted upon.

What's a GM?

A general meeting is a meeting which takes place around 4 times a year, where any student can come along and either put a motion forward, or simply vote on somebody else's proposed motion.

What on earth is a motion?

A motion is essentially an idea, that can be on ANYTHING. Whether you think you should have doorbells in Cwrt Mawr; want the Union to serve Real Ale; dislike CARNAGE (if you're a first year, google it); or think a 0% on essays once the deadline passes is a good idea, a GM is the place to do it.
One of few formalities here is that there's got to be the student that proposes it, as well as someone else to 'second' the motion.

Where are the GMs?

In the main room at the Students’ Union (up the stairs and straight ahead as you come through the main entrance).

Why should I come to one?

Unless you have something that really needs doing for the hour or two that a GM is going on for, I can’t think of a reason why not. You can make a difference and control the Union by raising a hand, and feel the satisfaction you get from proposing a motion that is positively voted on. You can mandate full-time paid Sabbs to do things and see the effect it has on loads of students, and 100 students at a GM can be much more persuasive and certainly have more power than 1,000 students on a protest. As it says above ^ there are only four a year, as well as a final AGM near the end of the second semester.
See my Facebook page for more info or as a way of getting in contact (www.facebook.com/GuildChair).
I look forward to seeing you in the meetings or otherwise, have a great year.'

Thanks :)

Mike Buchanan

undeb.cadeirydd@aber.ac.uk | union.chairperson@aber.ac.uk