Any student can submit a Statement of Issue to be considered by SUmmit.
Below you can find the minutes of the meetings that have happened so far this calendar year, as well as the date of the upcoming meeting.
- SUmmit is a student-led meeting with a chair appointed by a Nominations Panel.
- SUmmit will usually meet 4 times per year, although additional votes on single issues or urgent matters may be required outside of a meeting.
- At each meeting, members will receive the selected Statements of Interest, presented by their proposer(s).
- SUmmit will discuss and debate Statement of Interest proposals, including the wording of a final Standpoint. The final wording will be agreed upon by the Chair and SUmmit members based on discussion and agreement with the proposer or SUmmit sponsor.
- If the members of the SUmmit do not feel they are able to make an informed decision on a controversial subject, they will be able to take further steps, such as: refer an item to the Board of Trustees for consideration as a referendum, or to call for statements from members of the student community.
- Once final wording has been agreed, SUmmit members will vote on Standpoints and resulting actions within the meeting.
- Any vote SUmmit makes pertaining to a Standpoint and its actions will only pass if the following conditions are met:
- Quoracy must be met (at least 50%+1 of the total SUmmit members need to cast a vote).
- A 'super majority' of the votes cast are in favour (super majority means at least 66%+1).
Read the full SUmmit Terms of Reference, in addition to our Terms of Reference we also have an operational guidance document which explains how a meeting will run.
SUmmit is made up of a range of student leaders and representatives. A student becomes a member of SUmmit by either:
- being elected onto SUmmit at the beginning of each academic year, via cross-campus ballot,
- is invited onto SUmmit due to their existing role in The SU (e.g., Exec member),
- or, is appointed the Chair by the Nominations Panel.
Any student can apply to be Chair of SUmmit, a chair is selected by the Nominations Panel. A Vice-Chair will also be selected by offering this opportunity to the members of SUmmit and put to a vote by the members of SUmmit.
If you wish to apply for the role of Chair of SUmmit please email sureturningofficer@bath.ac.uk with a covering letter expressing your interest and experience relevant to the role in no more than 500 words. Applications are now open and will close 29 September 2024.
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