Governing Documents

Student Platform

This document is essential to the advocacy work of the organization. It is the broad collection of all of Students United’s stances. Our legislative agendas and program outcomes use it as a reference. The board can amend it any time and students are encouraged to use it as a resource and reach out with any questions or suggested amendments.

Bylaws

The Bylaws of Students United are a road map to how the organization conducts itself. It includes items such as the outlined roles of the officers, the organization’s purpose, and defined membership. Amendments to the Bylaws take effect immediately.

Policies & Procedures

The Policies and Procedures document outlines the policies and procedures the organization follows. The document includes information for all five of the board’s committees. In addition, this document also includes the organization’s Code of Conduct. Any edits to this document made by the Board go into effect immediately.

Financial Policies

The Financial Policy sets in place procedure and rules the organization must follow when handling any of the organization’s finances. Any edits to this document made by the Board go into effect immediately.

Additional Resources

Students United Glossary

Students United uses Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct meetings efficiently. We do not expect our students to be experts at using parliamentary procedure - so we created a resource for students to refer to when participating in Students United committee and board meetings.