HackSoc
the computer science society

AGM 2023 Results

We had another AGM, and have a new Committee!

The new committee is:

• Chair: Joe Krystek-Walton
• Secretary: Lily Amber & Leo Millar
• Treasurer: Nico Pendleton
• Social Events Officer: Lilly Brown
• Press and Publicity Officer: Clara Hohenlohe & Jessica Russell
• Academic Events Officer: Remains vacant
• Infrastructure Officer: Adam Birtles
• Ordinary Officers:
  • Morgan McKay
  • Remains vacant
  • Remains vacant

Candidates nominated themselves on Discord.

Amendments

A Constitutional Ammendment was presented to the society, and rejected. The passing of an amendment requires the support of two-thirds of the members voting, which it did not achieve. You can learn more about the amendments in the linked GitHub issue.

• Remove requirement for email updates
  • Final vote: 7 for, 2 against, 7 abstentions, 1 ineligible to vote
  • Rejected

Committee Election Results

All positions were voted on using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method, which is equivalent to the Alternative Vote (AV) method for positions with one seat (all positions except Ordinary Members). All positions had the option to Re-Open Nominations (RON). Quorum was 12 based on our membership count at the time, which was achieved for the election.

Voters were given access to a Google Form for the entire election, which required them to be signed into their University account, and allowed paid members to cast at most one vote per election. The elections were open for a total of 24 hours, then closed to prevent further submissions. The results of the Google Forms were collected into a spreadsheet, which was then used to count the votes manually, or electronically in the case of the Ordinary Member election. Voters' email addresses were compared against a list of HackSoc members, to ensure that all voters were eligible to vote. All votes will later be verified manually.

In case members were unable to vote using the Google Form due to technical difficulties, they were able to give their votes directly to the Returning Officer, who would manually verify their membership and add their vote to the total.

Chair

Secretary

Treasurer

Social Events Officer

Press & Publicity Officer

Academic Events Officer

There were no candidates for Academic Events Officer, so the role will remain vacant until it is filled at an EGM later in the year.

Infrastructure Officer

Ordinary Officers

Therefore the Droop Quota was 5.