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UMSU Students' Council: Uphold the Appeals
This petition was published by Charlie Goodman on Mar 25, 2009
Dear Secretary,
We, the undersigned students of the University of Melbourne, call upon Students’ Council to uphold appeals against the decisions of the Welfare and Education Committees of University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) to donate money to “Palestine Solidarity Week”.
We believe that Union funds belong to students, and that the Education and Welfare Department budgets should be used to support Education advocacy and Welfare services for University of Melbourne students, respectively. These are not general funds to be exploited for the political agendas of the people holding those offices.
Political causes outside of direct education and student welfare issues should only be supported by UMSU if they enjoy the support of the majority of students. We challenge “Students for Palestine”, the group organising Palestine Solidarity Week, to demonstrate that they enjoy such support before seeking endorsement, much less funding, from UMSU.
In the event that Students Council does not uphold these appeals, this petition serves to request a General Meeting on this issue, to be held on the soonest possible Tuesday at 12 noon.
We are not intrinsically opposed to UMSU putting money for this or any other political campaign, just want to ensure that the Union is being representative of a majority of students wishes. We wish to ensure student funds are for student use and for students benefit.
We request that this petition be presented to Students’ Council at the next meeting.
We, the undersigned students of the University of Melbourne, call upon Students’ Council to uphold appeals against the decisions of the Welfare and Education Committees of University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) to donate money to “Palestine Solidarity Week”.
We believe that Union funds belong to students, and that the Education and Welfare Department budgets should be used to support Education advocacy and Welfare services for University of Melbourne students, respectively. These are not general funds to be exploited for the political agendas of the people holding those offices.
Political causes outside of direct education and student welfare issues should only be supported by UMSU if they enjoy the support of the majority of students. We challenge “Students for Palestine”, the group organising Palestine Solidarity Week, to demonstrate that they enjoy such support before seeking endorsement, much less funding, from UMSU.
In the event that Students Council does not uphold these appeals, this petition serves to request a General Meeting on this issue, to be held on the soonest possible Tuesday at 12 noon.
We are not intrinsically opposed to UMSU putting money for this or any other political campaign, just want to ensure that the Union is being representative of a majority of students wishes. We wish to ensure student funds are for student use and for students benefit.
We request that this petition be presented to Students’ Council at the next meeting.
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