USI can't even organise a coup properly

This popped (or should that be pooped up) on politics.ie last night and then just as mysteriously disappeared from the thread. Mupperty of the highest order but down right hilarious all the same. I would say that we don't know any of these folks from Adam (serve us right if one of the USI people is called Adam) but if this is the calibre of insurrectionist that the President of USI has to deal with then God or Cthulhu depending on your inclination help him.

MEMO

TO: RICHARD MORRISROE, PRESIDENT, USI
CC: ALL CO PRESIDENTS

Mr. President,

It is with regret that we, the undersigned, feel compelled to call for your immediate resignation as President of the Union of Students in Ireland.

Over the past several months, failings of your leadership have directly led to USI being placed in a series of untenable positions, outlined in greater detail below.

In addition to these failings, your style of leadership has led directly to a breakdown in trust at the highest levels of the Union, and you have, by your actions, contributed severely to an alienation of the Union from its constituent organisations.

We believe you are guilty of the following:

1. Failing to communicate effectively with members of the Officerboard, and instead attempting to rule Officerboard by decree, subject to your own whims. This has led to an inconsistency of goals, with USI’s aims for the year shifting on a weekly basis.

2. Failure to communicate effectively with Constituent Organisations, and failing to build a culture of trust between USI and said organisations, which has led to a breakdown in the trust that CO’s have in USI.

• By referring, for example, to the Organisation’s National Council as “stupid” in a minuted meeting.

3. Failure to effectively put USI’s case to the Government:

• By failing to put the case for an increased grant to the Minister for Education.
• By denying the existence, of the very real problem of Student Prostitution in National Media outlets and to the Minister for Education herself.

4. Bringing the Union into disrepute in the following ways:

• Failure to attend the Tara Protest march, having committed the Union to doing so, which led directly to a day of negative media coverage.
• Referring to a major local radio station as “Rude Aunts” in an officer report to National Council, - completely ignoring the potential damage to USI’s relationship with that Radio Station if that officer report were to fall into the wrong hands.
• Telling the national media that “lots of students drive their own cars because public transport is too expensive”, which led directly to media ridicule.
• Publicly criticising a member of USI Officer Board in the presence of a CO, which was devastating to Officerboard morale.

In short, we believe that you lack the necessary skills to lead a national union.

You have procrastinated all year on the major decisions, and bungled the minor ones. USI’s national directory has yet to be seen, because you failed to write your section.

You have failed to keep the team together. What started as a year filled with promise has turned into a year where instead of campaigning, USI lurches from one crisis to another. You had 6 months notice of USI’s need to change offices, and bungled the process entirely through a lack of consultation, - to the extent that for two weeks, during the busiest period of the year for COs, USI officers have to work from home.

You have failed repeatedly to consult with CO’s when requested to by members of the Officerboard, and when requested by CO’s themselves.

You have repeatedly failed to care for, and listen to the concerns of members of your Officerboard.

Mr. President, it gives none of us who sign this document any pleasure to do so. We do it out of a deep conviction that this year can only be salvaged with a change of leadership.

Therefore, we, the undersigned, formally express to you that we no longer have confidence in your leadership.

We believe that the time has come for others to consider their position. We intend to support any motion of no confidence in you proposed to National Council.