Pursuant to Rule 7.8 of the GSA constitution, individuals seeking election to the GSA Board must:
- support the Principal Purpose of UMGSA;
- be a Member of UMGSA;
- not be staff members of UMGSA (or have been staff members within the preceding 12 months); and
- not be disqualified from acting as Directors under the Corporations Act 2001(Cth) or as Responsible Persons under the ACNC Legislation.
For the 2024 GSA elections, there will be five board positions available for election.
Only GSA Board members are eligible to be Board Officials (Rule 8.3 of the GSA Constitution). The Board Official positions are elected by the GSA Board members from among the GSA Board members (Rule 8.4 (a) of the GSA constitution).
GSA Board members are elected by the graduate students of UMGSA in accordance with UMGSA’s Electoral Regulations (Rule 4).
GSA Board members and Board Officials will be paid an honorarium to be determined by the Members at a general meeting (Rule 7.3 of GSA constitution).
GSA Board members and Board Officials are not employees of UMGSA (Rule 7.2)
Board members elected by the members hold office for three years (2 years as per proposed revised constitution).
A GSA Board member appointed by the Members to fill a casual vacancy holds office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting following their appointment. A GSA Board member may be re-elected for one further term only (Rule 7.10).
Representative Council
The composition of the Representative Council is set out in Rule 9.6 of the GSA constitution.
If you seek more information about the GSA Representative Council, you can find it here. Additionally, you can access the Position Description for GSA Representative Council by clicking here.
Pursuant to Rule 9.7 of the GSA constitution, individuals seeking election to the GSA Representative Council must:
- Support the Principal Purpose of UMGSA;
- Be a Member of UMGSA;
- Is not a board member;
- Not be staff members of UMGSA (or have been staff members within the preceding 12 months);
For 2024 Elections, the following positions are up for elections:
- Activities Officer
- Women’s Officer *
- International Officer *
- Health and Welfare Officer
- Families Officer *
- Queer Officer *
- Education (Coursework) Officer *
- Education (Research) Officer *
- First Nations Officer *
- Environment and Sustainability Officer
- Disability and Equity Officer *
- Southbank Officer *
* There are specific eligibility and restriction requirements for these roles. Refer here for the details.
Representative Councillors are directly elected to a portfolio by the graduate students at a general election (Rule 9.8 of the GSA constitution).
Representative Councillors will be paid an honorarium to be determined by the Members at a general meeting (Rule 9.3 of GSA constitution).
Representative Councillors are not employees of UMGSA (Rule 9.2 of GSA constitution).
Representative Councillors appointed by the Members hold office for one year (Rule 9.9(a) of the GSA constitution). Representative Councillors appointed by the Representative Council to fill a casual vacancy hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting following their appointment (Rule 9.9(b) of the GSA constitution).
Representative Councillors may be re-elected for one further term only (Rule 9.9(c) of the GSA constitution).
Faculty Council
The composition of the Faculty Council is set out in Rule 10 of the GSA constitution.
Faculty Council elections are a time where students can nominate themselves to become a Faculty Council Members and for students to vote on their chosen candidate.
If you seek more information about the GSA Faculty Council, you can find it here. Additionally, you can access the Position Description for GSA Faculty Council by clicking here.
As per the clause 6.3(a) of the electoral regulations, only those members who belong to a particular faculty may stand to represent that faculty.
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Faculty |
Number of positions available |
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Architecture, Building and Planning |
x2 Positions |
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Arts |
x2 Positions |
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Business and Economics |
x2 Positions |
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Education |
x2 Positions |
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Engineering and Information Technology |
x2 Positions |
|
Fine Arts and Music |
x2 Positions |
|
Law |
x2 Positions |
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
x2 Positions |
|
Science |
x2 Positions |
GSA Faculty Council members are elected by the graduate students of UMGSA in accordance with UMGSA’s Electoral Regulations (Rule 6).
The current constitution does not provide for any payments to be made to members of the faculty council and its members are therefore not entitled to receive any honorarium payment. Faculty council members receive a sitting fee based on their attendance and participation in the faculty council meetings to be determined by the Members at a general meeting.
The term of office of a Faculty Council member is 1 year.
The term commences upon their election at the Annual General Meeting and it expires upon the commencement of elections at the following Annual General Meeting.