OUSA Referendum Questions

Voting on student issues in the OUSA Referendum begins next week and will finish at 4pm on Wednesday. To discuss any of the questions head along to the OUSA Forum this Monday at 1pm in the Main Common Room in the Link. The things you can vote on are:

Should the Otago University Students’ Association Annual Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 be received and accepted?

Should the Otago University Students’ Association Annual Report for 2016 be received and accepted?

Should PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as Auditors for the Otago University Students’ Association for 2017?

Should Anderson Lloyd be appointed as Honorary Solicitors for the Otago University Students’ Association for 2017?

Should OUSA financially support the redevelopment and structural strengthening of its fully owned subsidiary the University Book Shop?

Should OUSA directly ask the Tertiary Education Minister to, “Commit to wipe all student loan debt by 2025 and make University attendance free within five years?” and then upload the Minister's response in an appropriate form on the OUSA website as soon as practicable?

Should OUSA establish an online poll to determine the most offensive costume at the Hyde Street party and then publish the three most offensive costumes each year?

Should OUSA support the Dunedin Hospital SOS campaign to keep the Dunedin Hospital rebuild in the centre city?

Should OUSA lobby the University to cease development of a new animal research facility until the University has transparently consulted with students on the financial, ethical, and scientific value and implications of investing in animal-based research?

Should OUSA support a change of government at the 2017 general election?

Should OUSA oppose the implementation of CCTV monitoring of the student residential area by the University of Otago?

This article first appeared in Issue 12, 2017.
Posted 11:00am Sunday 21st May 2017 by Critic.