Passed by: Senedd
Passed on: 24/11/2025
Status: We are Working on it
Officer Responsible: Welsh Culture and UMCA President
Summary:
Establish an approval process for UMCA President candidates in order to protect the voice of UMCA members.
Details:
One of my priorities as an officer is to establish a constitution for the Aberystwyth Cymraeg Students' Union (UMCA), as well as drawing up a by-law for the Aber Union on UMCA and its actions within the Union.
The whole purpose of UMCA is to be a voice for Welsh students, but in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, not only Welsh speaking students can vote for their President. Although we fully recognize that law, there is a complex tension in the fact that it is not only UMCA members who elect the role of their President and that in a constituency where Welsh speaking students are a minority.
We therefore propose that a process be established that protects the voices of UMCA members when electing their President. The process will offer candidates the opportunity to meet with the Core Committee (President, Vice-President, Chairman, Secretary) in an approval process.
The purpose of this process will not be to exclude anyone from standing for the role and if in the rare case that a candidate is rejected, the Core Committee will be called upon to provide a logical justification for that decision. Rather, the intention is to set a framework that ensures that UMCA's values and needs are represented by candidates.
Submitted By: Nanw Maelor Hampson
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