CCR TT Week 7 2025 Motions
Bye-Law Amendment 2: Conference Policy
The current Bye-Laws are in ‘pilot’, which means that we have been iteratively reviewing the effectiveness of the Bye-Laws against their implementation. A key part of this is reviewing the Conference of Common Rooms (CCR) model against the KPIs set by the Board and the Transformation Committee and taking on board live feedback from students and members taking part.
The baseline interim Bye-Laws were put in place ahead of Hilary Term in order to allow us to pilot the CCR model. A set of amendments, which we are asking you to vote on here, are being piloted at the 10th of June meeting. These amendments include: the addition of an amendments process, swapping consensus voting for Conference Policy with 2/3rds majority votes, and delegated authority for the Chair and Deputy Chair to reduce the burden on the Trustee Board for risk assessments of motions and amendments.
The model as a whole is being evaluated until the end of June, after which we hope that these bye-laws will be formally ratified by both CCR and the Trustee Board ready for Michaelmas full implementation.
A full description and explanation of the motions can be found here: Bye-Law-Amendment-Proposals.pdf
The current Bye-Laws are in ‘pilot’, which means that we have been iteratively reviewing the effectiveness of the Bye-Laws against their implementation. A key part of this is reviewing the Conference of Common Rooms (CCR) model against the KPIs set by the Board and the Transformation Committee and taking on board live feedback from students and members taking part.
The baseline interim Bye-Laws were put in place ahead of Hilary Term in order to allow us to pilot the CCR model. A set of amendments, which we are asking you to vote on here, are being piloted at the 10th of June meeting. These amendments include: the addition of an amendments process, swapping consensus voting for Conference Policy with 2/3rds majority votes, and delegated authority for the Chair and Deputy Chair to reduce the burden on the Trustee Board for risk assessments of motions and amendments.
The model as a whole is being evaluated until the end of June, after which we hope that these bye-laws will be formally ratified by both CCR and the Trustee Board ready for Michaelmas full implementation.
Bye-Law Amendment 2 - Conference Policy:
- The amendment process will also apply to Conference Policy as follows:
- amendments submitted online ahead of the meeting
- reviewed for risk/impact
- Delegated authority to the Chair & Deputy Chairs to accept amendments outright, reject if risks are substantially increased or for other reasons, and postpone motions if many amendments are submitted and further constulation is required
- Voting on amendments online (during the meeting) before publishing updated motion
- Because of the changes to the amendments process, and because of the requirement to publish voting records, the proposal is to move from consensus decision making in the room to two-thirds majority vote online.