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Motion Title: Time limits on motion and election speeches
Proposer: Isra Qureshi
Seconder: Ashley Jeffs
Description: The past several meetings have been notable in their length: due in no small part to a greater participation on the electoral and motions front. While it's great that more people are involved, the length is getting to be unruly - both in terms of the patience of our members and our secretaries who must transcribe the entire affair. One way that I believe we can remedy this issue is by imposing speech time limits. Not only will this allow for meetings to transpire at a more consistent pace, I believe it will also force those proposing motions, or delivering speeches to be more clear and concise with their messaging - which ought to lead to more fruitful outcomes. I suggest here in the motion itself that the limit be 3 minutes, but we may discuss within the next general meeting whether a different limit is appropriate.
The specifics of the motion; we would add a by-law (§15) that states: "Speeches given at general meetings for hustings and motions shall not exceed three minutes in length"
This motion was considered in the Trinity Term 2025 General Meeting, please see the minutes for full details.
There were two rounds of voting, the first on the principle of the motion with the exact time limit to be decided, this passed 17 For, 0 Against, 1 Abstain
The specific time limit was then voted on: 14 Three minute limit, 3 Five minute limit, 1 abstain
The motion therefore passed and the text is to be added as proposed.