Activities
CUCA holds regular speaker meetings with Conservative politicians and thinkers, as well as campaigning for the Conservatives in elections. CUCA has a well-established history of attracting a high calibre of speakers, often including Cabinet ministers, think-tank experts and even former Prime Ministers. Recent visitors have included John Major, Michael Howard and Iain Duncan Smith.
The Association also hosts frequent social events and policy discussions, including Thinking and Drinking evenings, policy pub meets, port and cheese evenings, cross-party events and the termly Chairman's Dinner, which marks the handing over of the leadership from one chairman to another. High turnouts at these events point to an interested and active society membership. CUCA is the largest of the three main Cambridge University party political associations. Life membership can be purchased for £10, and membership for one academic year costs £5.
Following recent reforms, it is run by an executive of eight; the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Junior Treasurer, Campaigns Officer, Communications Officer, Speakers Officer, Social Ents Officer and Secretary. Following constitutional changes passed in Lent 2009, the Vice-Chairman automatically becomes Chairman in the term following their Vice-Chairmanship.
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