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.

• Constitution & Bylaws

• Policy Manual

Budget

The annual budget governs the financial priorities of the students’ union for each fiscal year. Drafted by the Finance and Services Committee and and reviewed and adopted by the Board of Directors, the Budget outlines how membership fees and other revenue is distributed among the various departments of the Union.

• 2021-22 Operating Budget

• 2020-21 Draft Budget

• 2019-20 Operating Budget

• 2019-20 Draft Budget (includes 2018-2019 Operating Budget)

• 2018-19 Draft Budget

• 2017-18 Operating Budget

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

Notice served Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Policy. 1. I. CREDIT CARD COMPANIES

(a) The MUN Students' Union will not entertain or allow the presence of credit card companies or solicitation for credit cards of any form on MUNSU-controlled portions of the University Centre, or at MUNSU events.

(b) The MUN Students’ Union will not entertain or allow the presence of credit card companies on MUNSU-controlled portions of the University Centre, or at MUNSU events, except for at Sponsor Day during Welcome Weeks.

(b)(c) The MUN Students' Union will develop a policy on what groups it will allow to rent, or use without cost, space it controls in the University Centre.



Notice served Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Policy IV. FAIR TRADE COFFEE

(a) The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union will support MUN Oxfam's Fair Trade Coffee campaign and make all efforts to join them in their lobbying, advocacy and education initiatives.

(b) (a) The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union will contact the University's coffee outlets with a request that they make available a Fair Trade Certified Coffee for sale on campus and that MUNSU will contact the appropriate University administrators to work towards adopting a University-wide policy requiring vendors on campus to offer a certified Fair Trade Coffee to its customers.

(c) (b) The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union is to join the Fair Trade Coalition Committee of Memorial University in the Fair Trade Coalition Committee of Memorial University's continuing efforts to offer students of Memorial University the choice of buying Fair Trade coffee on campus.

(d) (c) The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union will assign a representative to the Fair Trade Coalition Committee of Memorial University, who will be responsible for communication between the Fair Trade Coalition Committee and The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union.

Proposed By-Law Amendments

There are currently no proposed MUNSU By-law Amendments