Statement from the Chairperson of the First Extraordinary General Meeting Regarding the Proceedings of the First Extraordinary General Meeting of HKUSTSU, Session 2017-2018 1.
The First Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled by the Court on 21st
November, 2017 in Lecture Theatre C, but the Meeting could not be conducted. As the presiding officer of the meeting, it is my responsibility to issue a statement to clarify the incident and the remaining matters. 2.
The Court has taken over the whole administrative matters unilaterally, against the
Article 6.6 of the Constitution allocating such duties to the Executive Committee. The Court resolution only stipulated the prohibition for certain members to preside the Meeting out of the concern of conflicts of interest. The Court has also failed to produce the list of SU members for the Chairperson of the Meeting to verify the identity of the attendees, in line with the usual practices of the Union. 3.
The Chief Justice has devised a substitution by asking attendees to put down the
personal particulars and be processed at a later time. This practice was challenged by some members, stating without concrete evidence supporting the participants being Full Members of the SU, it is procedural improper to allow them to participate in the proceedings, and the constitutionality of the decisions would be questionable. 4.
I concur the question and concern from the floor, and declared the meeting
adjourned without quorum. There were no decisions made during the Meeting at the adjournment. 5.
This decision is made in the attempt to uphold our procedural due-process and
ensure all resolutions made are legally binding. Only legal resolutions, will full respect to
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