Thrice a year, the OUSA exec team submit reports on what they’ve been up to. We’ve summarised those here for your convenience.
President: Melissa Lama
Melissa has been absolutely killing it. She’s done 44 interviews with various media outlets and attended to her
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A club member was expelled from a club on Monday 19 April, in the first use of OUSA’s new Complaints and Sexual Misconduct Policy.
OUSA voted to “indefinitely suspend” the club member, though the full story is not public. But sexual misconduct is the ground for “indefinite suspension” under clause four of the policy.
The Affiliated Clubs Complaints and Sexual Misconduct Policy was passed by OUSA in October last year. It allows OUSA to suspend members from clubs on grounds of general complaints or sexual misconduct.
The policy was passed as a response to Josh Smith’s alleged sexual assault in the Dunedin Fire and Circus Club. Previously, OUSA had no means to remove a club member who has been accused of sexual assault. It took less than a year for someone to breach the new guidelines.