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The 2019 AGM was, to quote the [[Edwin Barnes|then Station Director]], "a one-night evening of hell". Following the standard officer reports and financial report, this AGM was the first time the [[docs:Constitution|Constitution]] and the [[docs:Policy|Policy]] had been updated since 2015. While amendments had been passed in the intervening years, none of them had actually found their way into the official versions of the documents on the [[docs:|Docs Wiki]]. This left a rather significant gulf between how YSTV was supposed to be run and how it was actually run. | The 2019 AGM was, to quote the [[Edwin Barnes|then Station Director]], "a one-night evening of hell". Following the standard officer reports and financial report, this AGM was the first time the [[docs:Constitution|Constitution]] and the [[docs:Policy|Policy]] had been updated since 2015. While amendments had been passed in the intervening years, none of them had actually found their way into the official versions of the documents on the [[docs:|Docs Wiki]]. This left a rather significant gulf between how YSTV was supposed to be run and how it was actually run. | ||
This sorry state of affairs had not gone unnoticed by YSTV's membership. However, nothing had been done about it until [[The Dynamic Duo]] resolved to fix it. They came forth with a laundry list of proposals that would ensure these essential documents were up to date, for this year at least | This sorry state of affairs had not gone unnoticed by YSTV's membership. However, nothing had been done about it until [[The Dynamic Duo]] resolved to fix it. They came forth with a laundry list of proposals that would ensure these essential documents were up to date, for this year {{explain|at least|and, indeed, at most}}. | ||
In addition to the above, a number of other changes were proposed. These included minor changes to the officership, a meaningless change of syntax, and fundamentally overestimating YSTV's control over the House of Lords. | In addition to the above, a number of other changes were proposed. These included minor changes to the officership, a meaningless change of syntax, and fundamentally overestimating YSTV's control over the House of Lords. | ||
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| Allowed annual committee elections to be held as separate event to the AGM. | | Allowed annual committee elections to be held as separate event to the AGM. | ||
| 24 || 0 || 0 || {{yes}} | | 24 || 0 || 0 || {{yes}} | ||
| Like many of these amendments, this had been happening for years. It happens this way because otherwise the AGM would {{ | | Like many of these amendments, this had been happening for years. It happens this way because otherwise the AGM would {{explain|''literally''|literal "literally", not figurative "literally"}} take all day. | ||
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