Societies/Media Councils

Societies Council

All York SU societies are represented by the Societies Council. The Council votes on new society applications, decides grant allocations, and feeds back to York SU on any issues societies are facing. A medical societies representative, elected internally by the Medical Society, also sits on the committee to help ratify HYMS societies. York SU's Activities Development Coordinator supports the Committee's work and takes minutes of meetings.

Societies Committee is chaired by the Activities Officer and consists of one elected representative for each society category:

• Academic & Educational Societies Rep: Emily Day

  • • • academicandeducationalrep@yorksu.org 

• Arts & Cultural Societies Rep: Vacant

  • • • artsandculturalrep@yorksu.org 

• Campaigning & Political Societies Rep: Luke Draper

  • • • campaigningandpoliticalrep@yorksu.org 

• Faith Societies Rep: Lizzie Granleese

  • • • faithrep@yorksu.org 

• Games & Fandom Societies Rep: James Metcalf

  • • • gamesandfandomrep@yorksu.org 

• International Societies Rep: Xiancan Li

  • • • internationalrep@yorksu.org 

• Medical Societies Rep: Vacant

  • • • medsoc@yorksu.org 

• Music & Performance Societies Rep: Holly Macnamara 

  • • • musicandperformancerep@yorksu.org 

• Special Interest Societies Rep: Harry Groom

  • • • specialinterestrep@yorksu.org 

• Ordinary Member: Xishun Deng

Reps will:

• Represent the views of their societies to the Student Activities Officer and the Societies Committee.

• Represent specific societies in their category in decision-making processes, including approving grant applications and ratifying new societies.

• Mentor new societies in their category.

• Be a point of contact for societies within their category via. their rep email.

• Attend four Societies Committee meetings per semester.

• Seek opportunities for collaboration between societies in their category.

• Collect feedback (positive and negative!) from all of societies within their category; ideally this will take the form of a meeting with committee members from all societies within that category.

• Convey information to all societies in their category as directed.

• Suggest opportunities for societies to promote themselves to new members.

Media Committee

All York SU media groups are represented by the Media Committee. The Committee:

• Supports and coordinates the work of ratified media groups.

• Resolves disputes between media groups as required.

• Scrutinises and approves grant allocations to media groups.

• Explores opportunities for media groups to collaborate on large-scale events.

• Ratifies new media groups and approves their constitutions.

Media Committee is chaired by the Activities Officer, with two elected deputy chairs (Print Media and Multimedia Rep), and consists of one representative from each ratified media group. York SU's Activities Development Coordinator supports the Committee's work and takes minutes of meetings.

• Print Media Rep: Will Hemmings

• Multimedia Rep: Erin Chappell

Contact your link staff member or our Societies Team (societies@yorksu.org)