Medway-Sydenham Hall - Residents' Council

Residents' Council

The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council is the governing student organization of Medway Sydenham Hall. The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council's mission statement is captured in the Preamble of its Constitution:

The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council exists as a representative body of the students who make up the Medway Sydenham Hall community. Our purpose shall be to represent, advance and defend the interests of our membership, while enhancing our residence and academic experience, through the highest standards and quality of life. In order to do so, the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council recognizes its important partnership with the University Students’ Council, the Division of Housing and Ancillary Services, and the University of Western Ontario. While the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents’ Council will make every effort to support the vision and mission of its partners through cooperation and collaboration, its primary responsibility will be to uphold and defend the interests of its constituents.

Medway and Sydenham Halls both had their own independent Residents' Councils formed in 1958 and 1961 respectively. When the buildings joined in 1997, so did their Councils to form the Medway and Sydenham Hall Residents' Council. This name was officially changed to the Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council in 2004.

The Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council traditionally meets weekly on Sunday evenings at 8:30pm in the Thomas L. Hoskin Medway Library. The Council is the most productive Residents' Council on campus with a reported gross cash flow of $100,000 for the 2007-2008 academic year, a record year.

The current Medway Sydenham Hall Residents' Council is made up of 3 branches:

1) The Executive Branch is made up of the elected President, Vice President Social and Vice President Finance.

2) The Upper House is made up the Executive Branch as well as appointed Committee Heads (Academic, Athletic, Cultural and Environmental, Human Issues, Newsletter, Philanthropy, Promotions, Social, Yearbook and Head Soph), Representative Members (Housing Operations Commissioner (HOC) and University Students' Council Representative) and Internal Officers (Communications Officer).

3) The Lower House (or full Council) is made up of the Upper House as well as 1 Floor Representative from each floor, 1 Residence Life Staff Liaison, 1 Faculty Representative from all Faculty Councils that request one, 1 Academic Programs Coordinator(APC) and the Residence Manager.