Democratic Vote for Policies introducted at the AGM
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On February 4th, the McCance building was occupied by 60 students of Strathclyde University Stop the War Coalition, with the following demands:
-SUs Eden Springs contract must be cancelled
-immediately divest of arms manufacturer BAE Systems and find alternative funding for SUs engineering department
-the SU board must issue a statement condemning Israels bombing of Gaza
-pay for and facilitate 50 scholarships for Palestinians to study at SU
-show solidarity with the Islamic University of Gaza. Write a letter of support, twin SU with the university and send money to help rebuild it
-condemn the BBC for refusing to broadcast the DEC appeal for Gaza; show the appeal in lecture theatres and hold a fundraising day on SU campus
-oppose Israeli academics who promote military research at SU
These students then went on to vote through these demands as motions at the union AGM, through a completely misrepresentative vote.
Therefore, the purpose of this petition is to show that we, the silent majority, do not agree with these demands, or the manner in which they became union policy.
Rarely is the outcome of student politics so severe; that is why, even if youve had nothing to do with it so far, you need to get involved, in support of reason and impartiality. Sign this petition so that we may be heard as one in the rebuking of these policies, and the call for a free, fair and fully democratic vote on these issues.
-SUs Eden Springs contract must be cancelled
-immediately divest of arms manufacturer BAE Systems and find alternative funding for SUs engineering department
-the SU board must issue a statement condemning Israels bombing of Gaza
-pay for and facilitate 50 scholarships for Palestinians to study at SU
-show solidarity with the Islamic University of Gaza. Write a letter of support, twin SU with the university and send money to help rebuild it
-condemn the BBC for refusing to broadcast the DEC appeal for Gaza; show the appeal in lecture theatres and hold a fundraising day on SU campus
-oppose Israeli academics who promote military research at SU
These students then went on to vote through these demands as motions at the union AGM, through a completely misrepresentative vote.
Therefore, the purpose of this petition is to show that we, the silent majority, do not agree with these demands, or the manner in which they became union policy.
Rarely is the outcome of student politics so severe; that is why, even if youve had nothing to do with it so far, you need to get involved, in support of reason and impartiality. Sign this petition so that we may be heard as one in the rebuking of these policies, and the call for a free, fair and fully democratic vote on these issues.
565 Signatures
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David Middleton
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- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Andrew Mathieson
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- Mech Eng
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Peter Matheson
- Degree
- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Alexander Scott
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Pamela Anderson
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Thomas Cullen
- Degree
- Mech Eng
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Sean Campbell
- Degree
- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Craig Dun
- Degree
- Mech Eng
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Alasdair Carson
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Jonathan Danks
- Degree
- Aero Mech Eng
- Comments
- rho rho fight the powah
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Craig White
- Degree
- Aero-Mech Eng
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Jak Lau
- Degree
- Aero Mech Eng
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Fergus Jeans
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Graham Macleod
- Degree
- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Ross McCormack
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- Masters of Aero Mechanical engineering
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Gregor W Geddes
- Degree
- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Scott Winning
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Iain Gauld
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
- Comments
- В
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Tony Fong
- Degree
- Aero Mech Eng
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Stuart Dunsmuir
- Degree
- Mech Eng
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Philip Gilchrist
- Degree
- Aero-Mechanical Engineering
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Kelly Liu
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Wei Adams
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Alan Palmer
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Mark Macleod
- Degree
- Aero-Mech
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Rhuraidh Mathieson
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Duncan Ker
- Degree
- mech eng
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Susan Reilly
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Michelle Magee
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Tori Butler
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Ben Haworth
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- Naval Architecture
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Fiona Gentles
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Martin Dunn
- Degree
- Aero-mech
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Iain Struthers
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- MEng
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Luke Borland
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John Clark
- Comments
- Voting on these issues cannot be done through the current venues at the union. Voting should be done on pegasus similar to the recent elections.
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Steven Birney
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- aero-mech eng
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Stewart Forsyth
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- Mechanical Engineering
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Alistair McCay
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Katherine Brennan
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- Aero-Mech Eng
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Lachlan Watson
- Degree
- Mech Eng
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Barry McAulay
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Byron Murray
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Isaac Josef Weightman Connell
- Degree
- Mech Eng
- Comments
- Blatent discrimination towards engineering student who may seek scholarship/employment in the future. Heart is in the right place, nobody likes war, poor way to deal with the situation.
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Peter Sutherland
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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- A naive and discriminatory policy
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Rory Carmichael
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Scott McLaren-Gow
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- Aero-mech
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Lewis Cameron
- Degree
- EME
- Comments
- negative impact on university's engineering department not acceptable
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David Thompson
- Degree
- Mechanical Engineering
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Robert Thompson
- Degree
- Mech eng
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