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Committee Eligibility

Please note that ‘free’ members are not eligible to nominate or vote in Union elections or ballots, or to hold any office in the Union. Any reference to the entitlement of a member to stand or nominate or vote in an election or hold office shall be interpreted as excluding free members.

Eligibility for being a member of the EC 

  • any MU member wishing to stand for the Executive Committee will require another current member to nominate them. The nominator must be a member of the same Region as the candidate 
  • candidates for the EC shall have been members of the MU for at least three consecutive years from the most recent date of admission prior to nomination 
  • candidates must be resident in or undertake the majority of their work as a musician in the Region in which they are nominated 
  • no person who is or who at any time during the preceding five years was employed by the MU shall be eligible for nomination 
  • any sitting EC member who completes their current term of office at the end of this year remains eligible for re-election unless otherwise disqualified. 

Eligibility for being a member of the RC 

  • any MU member wishing to stand for the Regional Committee will require another current member to nominate them. The nominator must be a member of the same Region as the candidate 
  • candidates for election to the Regional Committee shall have been members of the Union and of the Region for at least one year on the nomination day  
  • no person who is or who at any time during the preceding five years was employed by the MU shall be eligible for nomination  
  • any sitting RC member who completes their current term of office at the end of this year remains eligible for re-election unless otherwise disqualified.