Look, I get it. You’re all sick and tired of hearing about the referendum. Frankly, I’m sick of talking about it! But, here we are still referendum-ing. I promise we are coming to the end of it soon, but don’t get too excited. Odds are that we are going to be doing it all again in Sem 2. Democracy never sleeps, apparently.
I am letting you know that, despite the extensive amount of social media you have probably seen about the Capping Show, there is more going on within OUSA than just how to train your fresher and the Selwyn Ballet, and we want your advice. I know, crazy right?
As I’m sure some of you know, there is a referendum happening, and with the voting for the referendum fast approaching we don’t want you to forget about it. Preferably we’d love for you to care about it, but even if it's just something for you to skim while pretending to do your readings, we’ll still take that as a win.
Now I know many people don’t know what I do within the Exec, and honestly most of you probably don’t care, but this is one of my babies and I want to make sure it is done as amazingly as possible. That includes making sure you’re informed and hopefully involved.
After sending off an extremely revised list of questions to lawyers for mediation, we have the final copy and are ready for you all to see. But we still want you to have a chance to ask us questions about the questions. Now imagine one of those Uncle Sam posters saying “WE WANT YOU” – ‘cause we do. We want your feedback and we want your opinions. OUSA represents you, the students, so we want to make sure we represent what you want.
Come along to our forum on the 20th of May (it’s a Tuesday) at 12pm in the Main Common Room. Ask us anything (we’d prefer it to be about the referendum though) or just sit quietly and absorb the bureaucratic drama like you’re watching live-action Suits. Either way, we’ll be there.
And then don’t forget to vote! 26th to the 28th! It’s super easy to do! And we’ll even do the heavy-lifting for you by providing pros and cons for each question. We’ll even throw in a metaphorical gold star and three $50 New World Vouchers for the three days of voting.
Amy Martin
Admin Vice President