President: Rob Hallam<\/h2>\n![\"Rob](\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC02863-e1396133771381-680x1024.jpg\")
<\/a>Rob listening intently to the suggestions of a member.<\/p><\/div>\n
I have been with GU Amnesty since 1897, when the society was known as ‘The Gentlemen’s Social Concern for the Plight of their Fellow Men’. Those were the days. I have been doing the website since then, and it has slowly evolved into the marvellous wonder it is today. Even though I do say so myself. I like to think that I run things fairly freely, but if there’s one thing I cannot abide it is jokes and jocularity. I may be quite strict on this point in meetings but it is for the sake of the greater good. The Greater Good<\/strong>. I think if we’re ever going to break the \u00c2\u00a31 million mark in the raise-off this is the year to do it!<\/p>\nI have kindly offered the use of my car to field trips such as Largs, Perth and Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Changes to the Society<\/h2>\n
It was proposed that we now consider ‘University of Glasgow Amnesty International Society and Activist Group with a Remit for Defending, Promoting and Ecouraging Human Rights via Campaigns, Demonstrations and Petitions’<\/strong><\/em> to be the standard orthographic representation of the society name. It was felt abbreviations such as ‘GU Amnesty’ or ‘GUAI’ were too curt, confusing and – in some cases – offensive to continue using. It was agreed that the new rendering makes things much clearer and simpler.<\/p>\nDue to conflict with our parent organisation, we have also been mandated to change our motto, which instead of being ‘Protect the Human’ will now be ‘Calamus Gladio Fortior’<\/em>, which is more explicit in conveying our aims and avoids unnecessary reference to a specific species.<\/p>\nThere will also be further changes to the constitution, specifically in terms of dealing with membership, voting and committee:<\/p>\n
\n- It is now proposed that membership will be based not only on a list collated and updated throughout the year; but also with certain requirements: minimum number of letters written (100<\/em>)<\/li>\n
- Voting will now be considered as a multi-tiered hybrid of Alternative Voting, Instant Runoff Voting and Single Transferable Vote, to be known as Alternative Runoff<\/em>. Here, individuals can form voting syndicates with votes grouped and ordered by a complex series of transformations that prioritise certain positions under specific conditions. A 47-page document will explain the process. It’s quite simple really.<\/li>\n
- Similarly, it is proposed that each emmeber’s votes is weighted by their contribution, such as number of letters written through the year.<\/li>\n
- Committee elegibility will be decided by a process adapted from Witchfinder Trials; with Committee eligibility eligibility constrained to those who meet prerequisites, such as minimum number of letters written.<\/li>\n
- The number of Ordinary Board Members will initially rise to eight, with more added in proportion to the number of letters the society has written.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I’m sure you will agree that these changes will increase the transparency and simplicity of membership and the voting process.<\/p>\n
![\"Group](\"http:\/\/www.guamnesty.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/group_halo-1024x716.jpg\")
<\/a>All the best from all of us.<\/p><\/div>\n
Here’s to a great academic year 2014-2015!<\/p>\n
Rob<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Rob listening intently to the suggestions of a member.<\/p><\/div>\n
I have been with GU Amnesty since 1897, when the society was known as ‘The Gentlemen’s Social Concern for the Plight of their Fellow Men’. Those were the days. I have been doing the website since then, and it has slowly evolved into the marvellous wonder it is today. Even though I do say so myself. I like to think that I run things fairly freely, but if there’s one thing I cannot abide it is jokes and jocularity. I may be quite strict on this point in meetings but it is for the sake of the greater good. The Greater Good<\/strong>. I think if we’re ever going to break the \u00c2\u00a31 million mark in the raise-off this is the year to do it!<\/p>\n I have kindly offered the use of my car to field trips such as Largs, Perth and Brisbane.<\/p>\n It was proposed that we now consider ‘University of Glasgow Amnesty International Society and Activist Group with a Remit for Defending, Promoting and Ecouraging Human Rights via Campaigns, Demonstrations and Petitions’<\/strong><\/em> to be the standard orthographic representation of the society name. It was felt abbreviations such as ‘GU Amnesty’ or ‘GUAI’ were too curt, confusing and – in some cases – offensive to continue using. It was agreed that the new rendering makes things much clearer and simpler.<\/p>\n Due to conflict with our parent organisation, we have also been mandated to change our motto, which instead of being ‘Protect the Human’ will now be ‘Calamus Gladio Fortior’<\/em>, which is more explicit in conveying our aims and avoids unnecessary reference to a specific species.<\/p>\n There will also be further changes to the constitution, specifically in terms of dealing with membership, voting and committee:<\/p>\n I’m sure you will agree that these changes will increase the transparency and simplicity of membership and the voting process.<\/p>\n All the best from all of us.<\/p><\/div>\n Here’s to a great academic year 2014-2015!<\/p>\n Rob<\/p>\n being hunted down by a dead man<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi-dilly-ho, neighboureenos! To round off the last three updates, I thought I would finish with a little about myself and the changes to the society itself. President: Rob Hallam I have been with GU Amnesty since 1897, when the society was known as ‘The Gentlemen’s Social Concern for the Plight of their Fellow Men’. Those Changes to the Society<\/h2>\n
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