New Constitution

The Beginning of a new era...
For year and years and years and years everybody involved in the running or democracy at the SU has run away screaming when the word constitution has been mentioned.

Let me explain why...
It is because the current constitution is longer than the constitution of the USA!

A constitution should be a governing document that clearly and simply details the principles behind how an organisation works. However the mammoth document hanging over the heads of everybody at OBSU is so detailed that it allows for absolutely no flexibility and insists on mind numbing beaurocracy instead of allowing for efficiency.

We thought we ought to change it and that is exactly what we have done!

It has taken the best part of nine months but we are in the final stages of agreeing a brand new constitution of just 13 pages of guiding principles. This is extremely exciting as the constitution has been a barrier to student participation in Union democracy and has also made change and progress very difficult in the past.

We are undertaking some more student consultation on the finished article very shortly and the final challenge is to get 150 students at the Annual General Meeting on the 11th October to vote to adopt the new constitution. Sounds simple, but the SU has only enjoyed one quorate meeting in the last 3 yrs so we'll see!

Any questions about this or any other issue email me on obsu.cdc@brookes.ac.uk