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Appendix 6: Policy Committee Supplemental Standing Orders

1. Presentations

  1. Each member of the Executive Committee who is named a member of the Policy Committee shall provide:

    1. a basic introduction of their goals for the year by June 1, and

    2. a comprehensive presentation of all goals relevant to the mandate of the Committee by June 30.

2. Executive Committee Reports

  1. Each member of the Executive Committee who is named a member of the Policy Committee shall provide a written report at each meeting of the Committee on their advocacy activities and those of the entire Executive Committee, and may provide an oral supplement to accompany this report.

3. Template for Policy Drafting

  1. Each political policy shall be drafted to include the following:

    1. Policy Title

    2. Policy Support Team

    3. Policy Facts

      1. Policy Facts include statements, information and statistics that give substance and outline issues for the policy resolutions.

    4. Policy Resolutions

      1. Policy Resolutions include commitments to advocacy and actions of the Students’ Union.

    5. Resources

      1. Resources for political policies include citations for the information written in the policy facts.

    6. Consultation Pathways

      1. When applicable, consultation pathways include the groups consulted with during the drafting of the political policy.

    7. Consultation includes, but is not limited to, meetings with relevant stakeholders, surveys, focus groups, and the gathering of feedback from various members of the community impacted by the policy.

  2. Each political policy renewal submitted to the Committee or Students’ Council shall be drafted according to the following template:

    1. Policy Title

    2. Policy Support Team

    3. Policy Facts

      1. In a document table, identify the old policy facts in the left column and the renewed policy facts in the right column.

      2. Revisions to the policy resolutions are to be identified with red font in the right column.

      3. Citations are noted at the end of the statement with numbered parentheses.

    4. Policy Resolutions

      1. In a document table, identify the old policy resolutions in the left column and the renewed policy resolutions in the right column.

      2. Revisions to the policy resolutions are to be identified with red font in the right column

 

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