Writing a motion is your way of getting the JCR to do what you want! They come up in a certain section of JCR meetings and are the method through which everyone decides whether or not to take a certain action.

This is a brief overview of how to write a motion, and you can always contact the JCR Chair for help if you decide to write one.

Some rules regarding motions:

1. A motion needs to be proposed (by you) and seconded (by any other member of the JCR, apart from the Exec)
2. Motions need to be submitted to the JCR Chair or Vice-Chair eleven days before a JCR meeting
3. Motions should contain three clauses, presented as follows:
   

   THIS JCR NOTES…

   This section contains factual reasons for bringing the motion forward.

   THIS JCR BELIEVES…

   This section contains the thoughts of the JCR on the notes section, and if the motion passes, is what the JJCR thinks is true.

   THIS JCR RESOLVES…

   This section contains the proposed actions of the JCR. What you put here depends on what you want your motion to achieve, i.e. you can mandate a JJCR officer to do something, release money for spending, or create/change part of the constitution, etc. Resolving something means it happens once.

   (AND/OR) THIS JCR RESOLVES AS A MATTER OF POLICY...

   If the JCR passes a motion of policy it becomes the ongoing stance of the JCR, until it is changed or removed. All policy motions last 3 years and are then put before the JCR for renewal.

Past and present policies have included: company boycotts, policies to allow linguists and 4th years places on the room ballot, and political policies against top-up-fees, or third world debt.