BYLAWS & POLICY

Our Governing Documents

The Constitution, By-laws and Policies are the governing documents of the students’ union. The by-laws outline the structures which govern the students’ union while the policies outline the day-to-day operations of the students’ union. The by-laws and policies can be amended by a vote of the Board of Directors.

MUNSU Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

The MUNSU Board of Directors meets bi-weekly during the Fall and Winter semesters, as well as monthly during the Spring/ Summer semesters. All MUNSU members are welcome to join these meetings as guests and observers.

2023 - 2024 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
2024 - 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Bylaws & Policies Under Review

MUNSU adopts policies on a range of issues that affect students in their daily lives, but also issues that are of regional and global in scope. These range from issues like the cost of education, to environmental sustainability, to removing barriers impacting students’ identities (gender, sexuality, religion, etc), to broader global issues.

These policies are adopted through a range of mechanisms. Some policies are adopted at our national level through the Canadian Federation of Students. Other policies are adopted our Board of Directors or by means of referendum of our entire membership. It is the role of the Executive Committee and other standing committees of the Union to interpret policies or develop stances in response to urgent developments.

The MUNSU Policy and Bylaw Review Committee also meets regularly and recommends to the MUNSU Board of Directors policies and bylaws that should be updated or adopted.  MUNSU endeavours to ensure widespread consultation among its membership in reviewing, adopting or amending policies.

In order to ensure it is able to adequately focus attention on the policies under review, the number of policies which can be under review at any one time are restricted to a total of three:

  • New policies to be adopted;

  • Existing policies to be amended or revised; and

  • Outdated policies to be archived or removed
    The latter refers to policies which no longer serve an effective purpose or whose existence has been rendered redundant in response to legal/legislative changes.

You are encouraged to share any feedback on them by emailing our BoD Secretary at resource@munsu.ca

Proposed Policy Amendments

There are currently no proposed MUNSU Policy Amendments

Proposed By-Law Amendments

Notice of Bylaw Amendment

Notice served Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Whereas MUNSU has experienced a number of instances where executives have abandoned duties,

Whereas there is no procedure in our bylaws to adequately account for instances of executives’ sudden abandonment of duties,

Be it resolved that, Section 14, subsection D (automatic processes) will add a clause 5 that reads "Should a member of the executive fail to communicate via standard professional channels (i.e email, phone call, slack) with other executives for a period greater than 3 weeks, the member will be subject to an automatic censure".