# Senate postponed until November
- Source: The Mancunion (https://staging.mancunion.com/news/senate-meeting-postponed)
- By: Megan Oyinka
- Published: 2019-10-31T13:21:26.000Z
- Section: News
- Topics: elections, Manchester Student Union, November, senate, student union senate
**Key issues from as far back as May's postponed meeting are still on the agenda for discussion**

The Senate meeting due to take place on the 24th of October has been postponed till the 7th of November.

The postponement is due to a Students' Union made an oversight in the timing of the meeting. With RA (Resident Association) and JCR (Junior Common Room) elections still ongoing, the decision-making body has an incomplete membership list, with the newly elected RA and JCR members forming a part of the core group of students invited.

Without those elected students, Senate could struggle to hit quoracy - the number of attendees required for voting to take place - an issue that the decision-making body has been affected by in recent months. In May the meeting was pushed back a week due to attendees of the meeting leaving abruptly halfway through, and the first Senate meeting of this academic year was also [cut short by low attendance.](https://mancunion.com/2019/09/25/first-senate-cut-short-by-low-attendance/)

These delays mean that many of the topics on the agenda stem from as far back as May; issues such as 'Reclaim the Night' Reform have suffered repeated postponements. Other policies due for debate include the proposal to declare the SU a 'Pro-Choice Union', and encouraging the SU to declare a climate and ecological emergency.

The meeting will also be providing free food as an incentive for students to come and participate.

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