Motion on Regent House membership

Motion on Regent House membership for Oct 12 2018 GM
12 Oct 2018 at 13:00 – 14:00, Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms

 

This branch notes:

  1. That e-ballots on Grace 1 of April 18, 2018, and separately on Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, and a proposed amendment to that Grace, will be open to members of the Regent House of the University of Cambridge from October 15, 2018.
  2. That Grace 1 of April 18, 2018 would expand Regent House membership to include Directors of Research and Principal Research Associates.
  3. That currently, under the terms of University Statute A III 11(e), Regent House membership for certain staff categories, chiefly Research Associates, varies on the basis of which faculty or department they work at.
  4. That Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, would remove that discrepancy.
  5. That the proposed amendment to Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, would introduce a qualifying period, i.e. waiting time, of three years of continuous service for Regent House membership, for Research and Computer Associates only.

 

This branch believes:

  1. That further enfranchisement of staff members at the University of Cambridge should be welcomed. 
  2. That Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, in redressing the present arbitrariness of Regent House membership for those staff in the categories governed by Statute A III 11 (e), notably Research Associates and Computer Associates, should be particularly welcomed. 
  3. That the proposed amendment to Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, in that it would only apply to certain categories of staff, would be discriminatory.
  4. That the proposed amendment to Grace 1 of June 27, 2018 would also discriminate against staff members who take breaks in service, notably women.
  5. That Research and Computer Associates should be treated as equal stakeholders in University governance from day one.

 

This branch resolves:

  1. To encourage members of the Regent House to vote in favour of Grace 1 of April 18, 2018.
  2. To encourage members of the Regent House to vote in favour of the unamended version of Grace 1 of June 27, 2018, and against the amendment.

– motion carried