Registered student As determined by the Rhodes University Academic Calendar General Meetings in which the student body is invited to attend by. External cluster meetings External cluster meetings are operational meetings chaired by the Vice-President of the SRC with additional support from Advisors. Internal cluster meetings Internal cluster meetings are operational meetings chaired by the SRC Vice-President with.
The Independent Electoral Board (IEB) is an independent body established under the rules to supervise and conduct elections of the SRC and its sub-structures. Student Parliament Serves as the collective voice for all sub-structures of student governance at Rhodes University.
INTRODUCTION
Status
Name
Powers and Duties
Logo of the SRC
SRC Term of Office
THE STUDENT BODY
Membership and Voting Rights
General Meetings
The generally accepted rules regarding meetings of the SR, as contained in Annex 8, will apply to all general meetings. Quorum for a general meeting, summoned by the SR or requested by members, will be 5% of students qualified to vote. In the event that no quorum is reached at any meeting, the meeting may choose to proceed with those members present and the drawn up minutes will be circulated to all members of the student body, who will be given the opportunity to object to decisions which is taken by those present. , after which they would be taken as confirmed.
ZRS keeps and distributes the minutes of each assembly.
Resolutions
Finance
THE SRC
Composition of the SRC
Gender Parity
The Executive Committee
Meetings of the SRC
Forfeiture of Office on the SRC
In cases where the motion of no confidence is against the President, then the vice president will be the one who gives the members the justification for this motion. Two-thirds of the Council's votes must be in favor for the motion to pass. After an SRC member has been voted off the Council, the SRC Chair calls a meeting of the student body to explain the reason for the vote of no confidence.
Privileges of the SRC
Continuity and handing-over
CLASS AND FACULTY STUDENT REPRESENTATION
Class Representatives Electoral Process
Faculty Representatives Electoral Process
The IEB Grievance Officer will allow class representatives a one-week period after the election to file any complaints regarding any procedural irregularities related to the election. In case of a vacancy, the KPM facilitates by-elections until the vacancy is filled.
General and Special Meetings
Roles, Powers and Duties of a Faculty Representative
Removal from Office
HOUSE AND HALL STUDENT REPRESENTATION
House Representation
Hall Representation
Notification of election
Meetings
SRC Residence Representative Committee
Each Hall Representative will perform the functions as set out in his or her Hall Constitution and any additional function that the Residence Representative Committee may determine. The Residence Council member will chair all Residence Representative Committee meetings, unless unable to do so, in which case the Residence Representative Committee will select an alternate chairperson from among its members. In the event of a tie of votes within the Residence Representative Committee, the Residence Council member will have a casting vote.
SRC DISCIPLINARY BOARD
Composition
Functions and Powers
General
Discipline
Procedure at Hearings
Quorum
Case Records
Findings
Admission to Hearings
If, at the request of either party to a non-disciplinary hearing, the Board orders that the proceedings for them, or any part thereof, take place behind closed doors, all spectators will leave the hearing.
Reviews
Termination of Membership
STUDENT PARLIAMENT
Composition
Aims and Objectives
Constituting
Term of Office
Functions and Powers
Obligations
Obligations of Members
Sittings of Student Parliament
Ordinary Sittings
Extraordinary Sittings
Quorum
Vote of No-Confidence
Minutes of Student Parliament
Recommendations to the SRC
Admissions to Student Parliament
Termination of Membership
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
Amendments
Ratification
Student Liberties
Constitutional Review
RULES GOVERNING THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE SRC
Diligence: the knowledge that real progress can only be achieved if the mind can grasp and the physical body is ready to perform individual and community tasks;. Justice: believing that an individual should be fair and just in dealing with fellow students, and therefore should not condemn them without hearing a defense. They must consider all factors before forming an opinion or making a judgment about another's motives.
Cooperation: realizes that they must work closely and harmoniously with others to achieve success. Self-discipline: to act with reasonable self-control, organize time commitments and not indulge in excessive behavior that will bring dishonor to her/himself or to the University. Students must be free to individually and collectively express their opinions on issues of institutional policy and of general interest where there are contradictions between practice and the theoretical principles set out by the University.
- THE PRESIDENT: EXECUTIVE MEMBER
- VICE-PRESIDENT: EXECUTIVE MEMBER
- SECRETARY GENERAL: EXECUTIVE MEMBER
- TREASURER - GENERAL: EXECUTIVE MEMBER
- ACADEMIC COUNCILLOR
- ACTIVISM AND TRANSFORMATION COUNCILLOR
- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COUNCILLOR
- ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCILLOR
- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COUNCILLOR
- MEDIA COUNCILLOR
- OPPIDAN COUNCILLOR
- POSTGRADUATE AFFAIRS COUNCILLOR
- PROJECTS MANAGER
- RESIDENCE COUNCILLOR
- SPORTS & SOCIETIES COUNCILLOR
- STUDENT BENEFITS AND SPONSORSHIP COUNCILLOR
Shall be the chairman of all SR Executive, Statutory and Emergency Meetings in the absence of the President;.
Amendments to the Agenda, after the Agenda has been submitted to the SR or Student Body, can be made without notice by a simple majority of the SR or Student Body. At general meetings of the student body, five percent of the full student body qualified to vote shall constitute a quorum. At meetings of the SR Executive Board or SR Secretariat or SR Disciplinary Council, three members will form a quorum.
At meetings of the Student Parliament, one third of the entire Student Parliament has decision-making power. With the permission of the SRC, simple majority observers may speak, but not vote, at a meeting of the SRC. Any member may bring any matter before the SRC by submitting a written proposal to the Executive Board at least five days before the meeting of the SRC.
An amendment to this amended version of the original (now the substantive motion) can be moved. Members address the Chairman and may not, without the permission of the Chairman, speak for more than seven consecutive minutes. All questions put to the meeting by members of the SR must be put by the Chairman who may refuse to put any questions.
Each member of the SRC is exempt from having the subject under discussion in committee, and if seconded, such proposal shall be submitted without further discussion. A report on who chaired the meeting and any changes in the chairperson's line-up. Ruling by the President on the interpretation of the Constitution and, where the President presides, on procedural issues.
Recommendations made by members of the SRC or the student body that have been agreed to be noted. Minutes are sent to all members of the SRC, the SRC Student Development and Support Officer and the Student Services Manager. These House Rules are always read and interpreted in conjunction with the Student Charter.
