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Critic suspected we were in for a long meeting when we looked around the boardroom and saw three of OUSA’s constitutional gurus in attendance. Depressingly we weren’t wrong.


The three musketeers had all come along to talk to the Exec about the broke-as-fuck Constitution, and the amendments they propose be made to fix it. The discussions were nothing if not tedious, and mostly consisted of people saying shit like, “consider justly clause 3.4.1.6A part iii, its ramifications for subclause 8.3.6 are truly hegemonic and could possibly cause an albatross”. Critic toyed with the idea of jumping, but thought better of it when we realised the one-storey fall probably wouldn’t kill us.
 
Concerns were then raised over getting quorum for the constitutional amendments, which failed at the first referendum of the year due to abstainers. Francisco pointed out that, for those abstaining from making a choice, “abstinence still counts for the percentage of the vote.” Unfortunately the 15 people he was addressing were likely the only people who didn’t abstain last time, so his message probably wasn’t all that effective.
 
One of the constitutional points Critic did pick up on through the enduring torrent of boredom concerned voting in OUSA elections, and who should be allowed to vote in a VSM environment where not all students will necessarily be members. The Exec was pretty split on this, so watch this space for the final decision.
 
At this point we got kicked out of the meeting for the Exec to discuss the Budget. We weren’t the only ones to go, Logan left partway through these discussions to go to a whiskey bar meeting. He should have just told them he was off to see a man about a dog, most of the Exec would have bought that without so much as a raised eyebrow.
 
In more upbeat news, the Free Box has been a rip-roaring success, and Francisco is keen to keep the initiative going. The Exec eventually supported this, after some mildly entertaining banter about boxes in general. Fran is planning to get a clothes rack to hang up donated fashion pieces, which led to a discussion as to which was better – rack or box? Eventually Francisco concluded that rack is both better and tidier than box, and is investigating the possibility of two racks, one box. Critic senses the potential for a sequel to “Two Girls, One Cup”, especially in light of the OUSA Youtube Channel that is in the works.