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49Do You Have an Idea?1) Speak to a CUSU Officer,Team or Autonomous Campaign for moreinformation, direction and development of ideas.They’re happy to help you take your ideas forward!2) Go along to a CUSU Team meetingAll teams meet regularly to discuss how to enactCUSU policy, and put forward ideas for new policy.Anyone is welcome to attend and join in.3) Suggest your idea as a topic ofdiscussion at a CUSU open meetingAt these open-to-all meetings, ideas are discussed,developed and the best way to take them forwardis decided.4) Submit your proposal as a motionto CUSU CouncilHere JCR/MCR representatives and Faculty Reps willvote alongside Heads of Autonomous Campaigns onwhether to make your proposal CUSU policy.One way to take a motion to Council is to firstpropose it to an open meeting, to then be ratified atCouncil, or anyone can propose a motion directlyto Council, but it’s more speeches for and againstthe motion than discussion at Council.At the end there is a Yes or No vote.If your motion passesit becomes officialCUSU policy!The CUSU Co-ordinator thendelegates it to a Team to workon enacting.The CUSU Officers and teamsupdate on policy progressregulary.Voila!