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Description: The name of the Union shall be the Art, Performance, and Cinema Studies Student Union, formally abbreviated as the APCS Student Union or the APCSSU.
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Common Room: APCS Lounge in the Rix Family Multimedia Commons, Goldcorp Centre for the ArtsUnion Mandate:
Objectives of the Union shall be:
1. To represent and advocate for the interests and welfare of all undergraduate APCS students;
2. To respectfully occupy and maintain the APCS Lounge as an inclusive space and acknowledge it as unceded on Indigenous land;
3. To advocate for student safety and wellbeing, both in the APCS Lounge and the greater Simon Fraser University campuses;
4. To democratically organise and promote student activities for prospective, current, and former APCS students, as a way to connect members to the larger contemporary art community of Vancouver;
5. To promote interdisciplinary collaborations and opportunities among students and unions in the Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA); and
6. To align the Union’s aims and objectives with those of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Constitution & policies.
Automatic membership shall be extended to:
1. All declared and intended Majors and Minors in the Art, Performance, and Cinema Studies program in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University; and
2. Any and all students who are enrolled in at least one (1) APCS course.
Associate membership shall be conferred upon the following individuals subject to majority acceptance by the collective’s general membership:
a. Anyone interested in the Art, Performance, and Cinema Studies program and who wishes to take part in activities of the APCSSU.
b. Associate members of the Collective may attend and participate in discussion at the meeting but do not count in quorum, may not stand for election as Officers or Student Representatives, may not vote at APCSSU meetings, and may not propose or second motions.