The primary governing document of the Association is the Constitution. The Constitution is only able to be amended by resolution at the General Meeting of all the members of the Association.
The Constitution also governs dispute management where this arises between the association, its members or its partners.
You can browse all the provisions of the Constitution below, as well as resolutions passed by the Association, the Committee and its subcommittees which affect the ongoing operation of the Committee. The most recent version of the Constitution is also accessible through NSW Fair Trading and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)'s website.
THE ASSOCIATION HEREBY RESOLVES—
A. That the Committee shall be composed as follows—
PRESIDENT Mr Mayley Liyanagama
VICE-PRESIDENT Mr Samuel Randle
SECRETARY Mr Declan Knight
TREASURER Ms Ruby Halliday
ORDINARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Mr Jayden Nguyen, Ms Elizabeth Moshirian
THE COMMITTEE HEREBY RESOLVES—
A. That a subcommittee be established (the 'Publishing Subcommittee').
B. That the subcommittee shall be composed of at least three members at any time. The subcommittee may determine its own rules with respect to the appointment, election or term limits of its membership.
C. That the subcommittee may determine its internal governance structure ('masthead') among its members and according to the rules it sets for itself.
D. That one or more members shall be name a Managing Editor.
E. That individuals nominated by the subcommittee to be Managing Editors shall be authorised signatories of the association (therefore must be Committee members).
F. That the following duties are delegated to the subcommittee—
a. The duty to manage the affairs of the association with respect to the publication of Upsurge: Student Political Economy Review (the Constitution, section 2(1)(a)).
G. That the duties of the Managing Editor(s) shall include—
a. Creation and reporting of minutes, resolutions and other decisions of the subcommittee to the Secretary of the association.
b. Appropriate reporting of finances so that the association may comply with its financial requirements as a registered charity, NSW incorporated association or taxpayer.
c. Creation and maintenance of a current record of the Editorial Policy, to be made available to the Committee at any time.
H. That at the time of passing of this resolution, the subcommittee shall be composed as follows—
EDITOR IN CHIEF (ISSUE 1) Samuel Randle
EDITOR IN CHIEF (ISSUE 2) Marley Liyanagama
DIGITAL EDITOR Lizzie Moshirian
CREATIVE EDITOR Louis Isaac
MANAGING EDITORS Declan Knight, Ruby Halliday
THE COMMITTEE HEREBY RESOLVES—
A. That Ms Ruby Halliday is an authorised signatory of the association.
B. That the authorised signatories of the association shall be the Public Officer, the Treasurer, and the Managing Editors of the Publishing Committee as they are elected or nominated from time to time.
C. That an individual’s appointment as authorised signatory is revoked when they cease to become eligible for the role under this resolution, the Constitution of the association or the Act.
THE COMMITTEE HEREBY RESOLVES—
A. That determinations made in this resolution apply to all subsequent meetings of the committee, delegated subcommittees and general meetings of the association. References to members voting at those meetings is taken to mean all members who are entitled to attend and vote on resolutions at that meeting, in accordance with the Constitution.
B. That the committee may repeal, amend or alter this resolution as it considers appropriate from time to time.
C. That when notice is given of a meeting, the notice must include what resolutions have already been drafted for consideration at that meeting.
D. That the Secretary shall attach ballots to the notice of meeting for each resolution proposed, in the same manner as if the resolutions were only going to be determined by circulation of papers.
E. That at a meeting, all ballots already received by members entitled to attend are taken to be votes cast in attendance at the meeting. If the resolution is passed at the meeting by combining the direct votes cast and those votes cast in attendance, no direct votes submitted after the meeting are to be considered.
F. That if a resolution is amended before being voted on at the meeting, amended ballots must be sent to all members entitled to vote but who did not attend, even if those members already submit a direct vote on the unamended resolution.
G. That if a resolution is amended or raised for the first time at the meeting—or if insufficient votes are received by the end of the meeting to pass the resolution—the deadline for direct votes to be received by the Secretary following the meeting is 7 days.
THE COMMITTEE HEREBY RESOLVES—
A. That the Secretary must, when using postal services for the delivery of documents relating to the business of the Committee, use a registered post service.
B. That the Secretary has the power to appropriate the Association's general funds for this purpose.
C. That, under circumstance when the Secretary is sending such documents with the expectation that they are returned to the Association by the Member to whom they were posted, a Member who fails to return the documents within 14 days of having received them shall be personally liable for the costs of registered post, printing or other services associated with the postage of those documents.