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FOI,
May
2023
the Grace on fossil fuel industry ties, which has triggered a vote on whether or not to
support Council’s decision.
who authored the relevant Petition, has
decided to contest our decision again.
has just initiated a “Placet” flysheet – i.e., a statement to explain why
S. members of the Regent House should vote in favour of supporting our decision. The
process now is that at least 10 members of the Regent House need to sign Mike’s flysheet
in order for it to be presented to those who choose to vote. The following link explains the
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procedure: https://www.governance.cam.ac.uk/governance/key-bodies/RH-Senate/Pages/RH-
Petitions.aspx
The link to permit you to sign the flysheet is:
https://universityofcambridgecloud.sharepoint.com/sites/RegentHousePetitions/SitePages/MS0
1placetflysheet-grace2of9feb2023.aspx
To recap, the core logic of Council’s original decision was that there is a lack of evidence
regarding the consequences of supporting the original Grace, and that therefore more
evidence was required in order to have an appropriate debate. In addition, even for those
worried about fossil fuel funding, the Grace was poorly drafted, potentially catching a large
proportion of potential funders well beyond the energy industry. Since you voted for the
original decision at Council that is being questioned, I hope you continue to agree that
gathering the relevant evidence through the report commissioned from Nigel Topping
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remains the correct course of action.
If so, please will you sign the flysheet yourself, and also ask trusted friends to do so too?
My hope is that a broad cross-section of the University will sign (and in due course vote to
support the Council’s original decision).
May
Best wishes
2023
S. Greenwood
FOI,
May
2023
From:
on behalf of University Draftsman
To:
Cc:
University Draftsman; Reporter Editor
Subject:
Ballots of the Regent House: Voting now open
Date:
15 March 2023 10:18:05
To: All members of the Regent House, the University’s governing body
S.
Ballots of the Regent House
Voting period: Now until 5pm on Friday, 24 March 2023
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The following ballot is currently open for voting by members of the Regent House (Raven
required):
Grace 2 of 9 February 2023 (non-submission of Grace on
fossil fuel industry ties)
All members of the Regent House are eligible to vote in the ballot. Voting is open now
and will
close at 5pm on Friday, 24 March 2023. Further information about the
ballot, including fly-sheets and access to the online voting system, is available on the
ballots website (Raven required).
The default method of voting in ballots of the Regent House is online. However, if you
opted to receive hardcopy voting papers for the period until the next promulgation of the
Roll in November 2023, or we have been unable to confirm your CRSid in time to enable
you to vote online, you should have received your voting materials in the post to the
address we have on file (which is likely to be a University or College address).
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Completed voting papers must be received by Civica
before the end of the voting
period (see above). Access to the online voting portal is restricted to online voters only.
On first reaching the portal, fields containing your unique voter ID are auto-populated by
the system so you can continue on to the voting area.
If you experience problems
accessing the voting portal, please email the University Draftsman’s office via
xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx in the first instance.
The results of the ballots will be posted in the Advance Notices section of the
Reporter
May
website once known and published in the
Reporter on Wednesday, 19 April 2023.
About the Regent House
Information on the Regent House:
Regent House booklet (pdf) | Ballots of the Regent House (University Governance site)
2023
The Regent House is the University's governing body and is largely comprised of
academic, senior research and senior administrative staff of the University and the
Colleges. Ballots are votes on matters for decision by the Regent House and are typically
held on Graces that propose major change, prove controversial, or are on matters of
significant importance to the University, as well as on elections to the Council (and other
bodies) when there is more than one eligible candidate. General information on the
Regent House is available from the University Governance site and the Regent House
Petitions site.
Membership of the Regent House is governed by Special Ordinance A (i) and
the Ordinance on the Roll of the Regent House. The list of members is formally
promulgated on the fifth weekday in November each year, with those named able to
participate in ballots of the Regent House that take place throughout the year until the
next promulgation. Enquiries on membership of the Roll should be addressed
to xxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx
in the first instance.
S. View the current Roll of the Regent House »
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2023
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2023
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