Change in Constitution

A number of constitutional changes were put forward. The first was proposed by David Cunningham and asked that his Executive position, N.Z.U.S.A. liason officer, be abolished. This was eventually passed with the amendment that this motion come into effect in 1975. David also proposed that an accomodation officer be added to the Exec.; this was carried. Thirdly, he proposed that a new position be created to co-ordinate S.R.C. representatives. He thought that the present S.R.C. system was useless and that an appointment of someone responsible for making it work would be a great step forward. Objections to this were that the new officer would have no power and would be an unnecessary member of Exec. However, the motion was eventually carried.

Graeme Collins trying to think of something to say

The aim of constitutional changes in election procedure was to make student elections less of a farce than they have been in past years. Before this A.G.M. if there was only one candidate for an Executive position that person was declared elected and there was no ballot. This situation in no way gauged student feeling for the candidate and produced a mandate by default. A motion was passed which now requires every candidate to be included in the ballot. This means that if unopposed candidates receive more than 50% 'no' votes they do not get in.