Adam Smith College Students' Association

Extraordinary General Meeting
Extraordinary General Meeting
Thursday 9 March 2012
Breakout Room, St Brycedale Campus 2pm

The meeting was called by the Student President, Beneta Brown, as per Schedule 2, section 2.3 of the Constitution.

Enquiries were received from students concerning the recent press articles and allegations against senior management.  This meeting was to provide a platform to discuss the situation and provide guidance to the Students' Association as to student opinion.

The meeting was quorate.  With over 90 students attending, the meeting was moved to St Bryce Kirk for health and saftey reasons.

The actions resolved were as follows:

1.  The President to sign the online petition on behalf of the EGM, and report the action to the Board.

2.  The President to report to the Board that the EGM supported the recent EIS/FELA branch statement

3.  The EGM called for a referendum to ask students if they want the suspension of the Principal and those members of the Executive Team under investigation until an independent inquiry has been concluded, and all recommendations implemented.  

EGM Minutes

The President reported these EGM resolutions at the meeting of the Board of Governors, held 9 February, 2012. 

This has been confirmed by the Acting Secretary of the Board who has provided us with the following extract from the Board Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Governors of Adam Smith College held on 9 February 2012:

“The Student President explained that 94 students had attended the EGM but four of these students had signed the attendance sheet and then left. The EGM had authorised the Student President to sign the e-petition regarding the College’s current situation on behalf of the Student Association and also report to the Board that the Student Association is in support of the recent EIS letter to the Principal. The Student Association also authorised the Student President to call a referendum calling on the Board to suspend the Principal. The Student President read out the question to be asked and also discussed that there had been a proposed amendment of suspending the Principal without pay. The Student President explained that this referendum would take place in the next few weeks. The mechanism to be used to conduct the referendum and the number of students who would be entitled to vote was discussed.”