Tasmania University Union

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The Tasmania University Union Inc (TUU) is the students' union that represents tertiary students attending the southern campuses of the University of Tasmania. It celebrated its centenary in 1999. It is larger than the Student Association which is the organisation that represents students at the northern campuses of the University of Tasmania based in Launceston. The TUU holds annual elections from which members are elected to positions within the Union. The TUU is affiliated with the National Union of Students (NUS) and with the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations.

The TUU was heavily involved in the successful campaign to defeat Commonwealth Voluntary Student Unionism proposals in 1999. However, VSU legislation was later passed by the Australian Parliament in 2005, putting the future of the TUU in question. While it continues to operate as it has in the past, discussions with the university may change it significantly.

The TUU is jointly governed by a Student Representative Council and a Board of Management.

Contents 1 Past Presidents 2 Services 3 Sports Clubs and Societies 4 Student Representative Council (SRC) 5 Board of Management (BoM) 6 Executive Committee (Exec) 7 External links

[edit] Past Presidents

• 1977 Michael Mundy
• 1978 Terry Ewing
• 1979 Terry Ewing
• 1982 Richard Flanagan
• 1995 Kate Jackson
• 1996 Anthony Llewellyn
• 1997 Catherine Miller
• 1998 Gilbert Astorga
• 1999 Bruce Paterson
• 2000 Bruce Paterson
• 2000 Sam Ling (elected unopposed in a by-election after Bruce Paterson resigned mid-term to take up other employment)
• 2001 Mark Evenhuis
• 2002 Ted Alexander
• 2003 Eli White
• 2004 John Moore
• 2005 Emma Catchpole
• 2006 Rikki Mawad
• 2007 Rikki Mawad
• 2008 Robert Meredith

[edit] Services

The TUU offers many commercial services on campus including (but not limited to)

• The Uni Bar) on University of Tasmania campuses
• The Refectory
• Lazenby's Bistro
• Lazenby's Kiosk
• The Coffee Cart
• The Law School Cafe (Law Cafe)
• The Faculty of Commerce Cafe (Commec)
• The Art School Cafe
• The Conservatorium Cafe
• The Union Shop
• Postoffice
• TUU Member Centre
• Entrepot (Art supply shop on the Art School Campus)
• TUU Housing (affordable housing scheme offered only to TUU members)

The TUU also sublets to a variety of student-orientated businesses such as:

• UniDoctors
• Co-Op Bookshop
• STA Travel

The TUU is the peak representative body of students on the Hobart campuses of the [University of Tasmania]. The Union employs a full time Advocate to assist students with academic, personal and financial difficulty. The TUU also campaigns around a lot of specific issues through SRC portfolios.

[edit] Sports Clubs and Societies

The TUU has over 30 affiliated sports clubs and over 80 affiliated non-sporting societies. Despite the introduction of voluntary student unionism resulting in major cuts to direct funding available to these groups, the TUU continues to provide asset and accident insurance, assistance by means of an employed Sports and Societies Officer and convenes monthly Sports Councils and Societies Councils, chaired by the TUU Sports and Societies Councils President. The Councils President is the common president of both councils and workes with an Executive Committee that the Councils elect within their own number. The Councils President is elected by direct election of the student body.

Societies Council Composition:

• President of the Societies Council
• Vice President of the Societies Council
• Treasurer of the Societies Council
• Secretary of the Societies Council
• Sports and Societies Officer (non-voting)
• one delegate from each affiliated society

Sports Council Composition:

• President of the Sports Council
• Vice President of the Sports Council
• Treasurer of the Sports Council
• Secretary of the Sports Council
• Sports and Societies Officer (non-voting)
• one delegate from each affiliated sports club

[edit] Student Representative Council (SRC)

The SRC consists of elected members from the student population. The committee member positions are defined by the different aspects of University life at UTAS. However, due to Voluntary Student Unionism, the size of the committee and its financial budget have both been significantly reduced.

The current positions are:

• President of The Union
• Vice President of The Union
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Activities Officer
• Art School Representative
• Clinical School Representative
• Conservatorium of Music Representative
• Education Officer
• Environment Officer
• International Students Officer
• Postgraduate Council President
• Sexuality Officer
• Sports and Societies Councils President
• Welfare Male Officer
• Welfare Female Officer
• General Representative on SRC (2)

[edit] Board of Management (BoM)

The Board of Management is a committee composed of representatives elected from the student body and appointees by the University of Tasmania's University Council. The Board is responsible for administering the commercial and business services of The Union and under the current structure students retain a majority of one on BoM, ensuring student autonomy in the governance of the student organisation.

The Current positions are:

• Chair of The Board (usually a Uni Council appointee acts in this capacity)
• Deputy Chair of The Board (usually the President of The Union acts in this capacity)
• President of The Union
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Board of Management Representative on Executive (must be an elected student rep who does not already sit on Executive)
• Activities Officer
• Postgraduate Council President
• Sports and Societies Council President
• General Student Representatives (2)
• University Council Appointees (7, including Chair)
• General Manager (non-voting)

[edit] Executive Committee (Exec)

The Executive Committee is the Joint-Standing Committee of the SRC and BoM and as such makes decisions in the absence of a meeting of either body (or both). All decisions of Executive must be ratified by the relevant body, depending on the type of decision made.

Three core representatives are directly elected to Executive Committee by virtue of their position and following this, the SRC and BoM both internally elect from within themselves a representative to Exec.

The current positions are:

• President of The Union
• Vice President of The Union (elected internally by SRC)
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Board of Management Representative on Executive (elected internally by BoM)
• General Manager (non-voting)

[edit] External links

• TUU

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