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Why Jonathan O Connor Should Be ICU Chairman

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  • #32
    Sparks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    A motion of no confidence doesn't evict someone from the office they hold in the ICU (or in any other NGB I know of).


  • #33
    reunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭reunion


    Sparks wrote: »
    A motion of no confidence doesn't evict someone from the office they hold in the ICU (or in any other NGB I know of).

    Actually it's not a motion to remove them but rather a motion that the meeting expresses they have no confidence in them. It would only affect their 2012/13 term (which ends after the meeting).


  • #34
    Celtic What?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Celtic What?


    I see, so its purely a protest statement and doesn't force resignation or anything.

    Thanks for that


  • #35
    checknraise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭checknraise


    Is anybody able clarify for me this statement on the ICU website

    Only fully paid members will be allowed to attend the AGM this Sunday; while those registered before the 1st of September will be eligible to vote (article 7.6 of the constitution).

    I have been a paid up member of the ICU for 15+ years however my membership is paid through my club fees each year. I am a member for 2012-13 however not yet for 2013-14. Does this mean that I will not be able to attend the AGM? If so who in the ICU decided this was the case as this is the first time I have seen such a decision taken.


  • #36
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,410 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    AFAIK, if you are paid up for last year or this year (where the "year" is 1 September to 31 August), then you can attend and vote.

    The bit about 1 September relates to new members registering for the first time in 2013/14 (or returning after a year or years away) also being allowed to vote - provided they've paid up before 1st September.

    AFAIK.


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  • #37
    checknraise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭checknraise


    So basically anyone who was a member for 2012-13 is able to attend the AGM and vote? If so what is the point in the statement?

    I suspect it is stop someone getting a group of people signing up to the ICU on the day? At the same time I dont agree with the ICU's stance, I would have voted for the majority of the existing ICU committee and nobody should be so afraid that they will be replaced as at the end of the day they are volunteers voted in by the members nobody has a right to be on the committee.


  • #38
    reunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭reunion


    checknraise wrote: »
    So basically anyone who was a member for 2012-13 is able to attend the AGM and vote? If so what is the point in the statement?

    I suspect it is stop someone getting a group of people signing up to the ICU on the day? At the same time I dont agree with the ICU's stance, I would have voted for the majority of the existing ICU committee and nobody should be so afraid that they will be replaced as at the end of the day they are volunteers voted in by the members nobody has a right to be on the committee.

    Actually Sparks is incorrect here; Only people signed up before the 1st of September can vote (renew or new). Members for the 2012/13 season can vote and attend; but members who signed up for the 2013/14 season after the 1st of September aren't allowed to vote.

    I don't know why it was brought in; but everyone agrees to the constitution and bye-laws when they sign up so can't really complain when it's enforced. I imagine it was brought in to combat a rush of randomers to signup to get motions passed. I do remember a previous AGM where a potential junior officer brought 30 juniors to the event; signed them all up and they all voted. The next season a rule was passed that people have to be over 16 to vote.


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