The University Societies' Committee

Chairperson Maire Aine Mannion (French Dept) mary.mannion (at) nuigalway.ie
Societies Chairperson: Patrick O'Flaherty  su.socs (at) nuigalway.ie

Student Reps:
Debating and Political Societies: Zoe Coleman McNair  duck.girl(at) gmail.com
Social and Gaming Societies: Emma Conway e.conway1 (at) nuigalway.ie
Artistic and Performing Societies: Jack Stenson  j.stenson1 (at) nuigalway.ie
Social Action / Religious Societies: Padraic Harley  pauricthelodger (at) yahoo.co.uk
Departmental: Nick Geoghegan  number6 (at) compsoc.nuig.ie

Staff Reps
Gar Hartigan (Buildings Office) gearoid.hartigan(at) nuigalway.ie
Tim Higgins (Chemestry Dept) tim.higgins (at) nuigalway.ie
Fionualla Gallagher (Arts Officer) fionnuala.gallagher (at) nuigalway.ie
Padraig MacNeela (Psychology) padraig.macneela (at) nuigalway.ie
Fr. Iomar Daniels (Chaplain) iomar.daniels (at) nuigalway.ie
Francis McCormack (English Depr)
Gearoid Barry (History Department)

Secretary: Riona Hughes Societies Officer socsofficersocs.nuigalway.ie

NUI, Galway , University Societies Committee Terms of Reference

1. The aim of the NUI, Galway University Societies Committee shall be to:
To assist the Societies of the University in fulfilling their aims and in doing so to develop and facilitate social and community life in the University
To consider applications and make recommendations on the recognition of new University Societies.
To regulate the continuing recognition of Societies.
To agree allocation of funds made available for Societies at NUI, Galway.
To develop and recommend policy in relation to Society activity and the provision and use of facilities for said activity.
To promote the interests of Societies and to act as their representatives within the University

2. The University Societies Committee shall be a sub-committee of the NUI, Galway Student Services Committee.

3. The University Societies Committee shall comprise 12 members appointed as follows:
1 member shall be elected by the Student Services Committee from among the members of the Student Services Committee to act as Chairperson of the committee
1 member shall be a nominee of the Buildings Office of the University
1 member shall be the Arts Officer of the University
1 member shall be the Societies Chairperson of the NUI, Galway Students' Union
4 members shall be appointed from the academic staff. The term of office shall be for three years
5 members shall be elected by the Societies' Auditors to represent the following groupings of Society activity:

Departmental Societies: one representative
Archaeology, Biochemistry, Botany, Business, Chemistry, Classics, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Science, French, Geography, G-eos, German, Hispanic, History, Italian, Law, Maths, Marine, Medical, Microbiology, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Zoological.

Artistic and Performing Societies: one representative
Art, Choral, Comedy, Cumann Dramaí¯£hta, Dansoc, DJ, Dramsoc, Filmsoc, Juggling, Media, Music, Musical, Orchestra, Photography, Radio, Tradsoc, Writers.

Social Action / Religious Societies: one representative
Animal Rights, Bahai, Christian Students, Draiocht, Ecology, Gaisce (President's Award), Goal, Human Rights, Life Soc, Muslim Youth, Rotaract, Slainte, STAND, SUAS, Veggie, Voluntary Services Abroad.

Social and Gaming Societies: one representative
Coeliac, Chess, Computer, Countryside, Cumann Craic, Fantasy & Science Fiction, GIGsoc (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender), International Students, Karting, Macra na Feirime, Malaysian, Mature Students, North American Students, Nothing Specific, Polish, Postgraduate, Quiz.

Debating and Politics Societies: one representative
Cumann de Barra (Fianna Fail), Cumann Eigse & Seanchais, Labour Youth, Literary & Debating, Political Discussion Society, Ogra Shinn Fein, Socialist, Socialist Worker Student Society, Young Fine Gael, Young Greens.

As new Societies receive full recognition, the University Societies Committee has the Authority to allocate them to a grouping.

Electing Student Representatives

Group representatives shall be elected at the beginning of each academic year at a duly convened election. Election shall be by proportional representation. Each group will be a constituency for the purpose of conducting an election. The candidates for the position of group representative in any constituency must be a member of a society in that constituency and must be nominated by the auditors of two societies within that constituency. No candidate may run for more than one constituency group in a particular election.

The convenor of the election shall be the Societies Officer.

The term of office of group representatives will be one academic year, and no representative may serve for more three consecutive terms.

4. The Secretary to the University Societies Committee shall be the Societies Officer.

5. Members elected by Societies? Auditors will have the responsibility of maintaining close contacts with the wide diversity of Societies on campus, liasing with them and thereby keeping them abreast of important information. The role of the student representatives shall be to represent all societies on campus and Societies? Auditors may approach any members of the USC.

6. Members of the University Societies Committee who do not attend at least one meeting of the Committee in any six-month period shall forfeit membership of the Committee and shall be replaced.

7. The quorum for University Societies Committee meetings shall be 4, including the Chair or their designate.

Definition of a Society

A society will normally accommodate in the main activities involving intellectual discourse or political discourse or the performing/visual arts or artisitic appreciation or activities associated with social or enviornmental issues or activities in support of some charitable purpose. Some socieites may host sports events as part of a social programme for their members but such events will be subsidiary to the main focus of the society.

Application forms for new societies and a constitution template is available from the societies office or download from the handbook section.

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