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User:7448

2017-10-13T21:26:14Z

7448:

Andy Durant is a URY wizard.

{{Member
|name=Andy Durant
|start=October 2011
|end=June 2016
|shows=No Show Scheduled URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy URY Breakfast with Harry and Andy
|positions='''Oct 2011-Nov 2012:''' Computing Officer '''Nov 2012-Nov 2015:''' Assistant Chief Engineer '''Nov 2014-Nov 2015:''' Assistant Station Manager '''Nov 2015-Jul 2016:''' Training Coordinator
|lastknown=Software Engineer at Rapita Systems in York
}}

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{{User Officer|position=Training Coordinator|start=2015|end=2016}}
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{{Userbox|content=Presented URY Breakfast with Harry and Andy}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2013}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2015}}
{{Userbox|content=Best Event or Outside Broadcast - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2015}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Gold in Student Radio Awards 2016}}
{{Userbox|content=Won The Kevin Greening Creativity Award - Bronze in Student Radio Awards 2016}}

User:7448

2017-10-13T21:06:00Z

7448:

Andy Durant is a URY wizard.

{{Member
|name=Andy Durant
|start=October 2011
|end=June 2016
|shows=No Show Scheduled URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy URY Breakfast with Harry and Andy
|positions='''Oct 2011-Nov 2012:''' Computing Officer '''Nov 2012-Nov 2015:''' Assistant Chief Engineer '''Nov 2014-Nov 2015:''' Assistant Station Manager '''Nov 2015-Jul 2016:''' Training Coordinator
|lastknown=Software Engineer at Rapita Systems in York
}}

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{{User Officer|position=Assistant Station Manager|start=2014|end=2015}}
{{User Officer|position=Training Coordinator|start=2015|end=2016}}
{{Userbox|content=Presented No Show Scheduled}}
{{Userbox|content=Presented URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy}}
{{Userbox|content=Presented URY Breakfast with Harry and Andy}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2013}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2015}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Gold in Student Radio Awards 2016}}
{{Userbox|content=Won The Kevin Greening Creativity Award - Bronze in Student Radio Awards 2016}}

Constitution

2016-05-18T18:35:50Z

7448: Link to actual constitution

This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

The current constitution can be viewed here until Uploading files to MediaWiki works again: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MJTOGbChnkLd8z1sRdldmAFz_zCE02yIxt2Vkdf5PVI/edit?usp=sharing]

Presenters' Contract

2016-02-01T19:32:07Z

7448: Updates to Guests and PPL restrictions

== Presenters' Contract ==

I, The Undersigned, agree to abide by URY's station rules and regulations as set out below, and the Ofcom Programming Code (accessible at www.ofcom.org.uk). I have fully read and understood these rules and regulations, and I understand that if I break any of the rules or regulations stated by Ofcom or its successor, I will be solely liable for any resulting fines or actions that may be levied against University Radio York.

I also understand that should I break any of URY’s rules or regulations, I am liable to be subject to disciplinary action as decided by URY’s Programme Controller. I will also abide by the YUSU media charter (available from the Student Centre). I have never been convicted of any criminal offence related to radio broadcasting.

In the event of The Undersigned ceasing to be a member or honorary member of URY, this contract will expire before the expiry date at the discretion of the Programme Controller.

=== URY Rules And Regulations ===
# You must have passed a URY training session, paid £7 membership to URY and have permission to broadcast from the Programme Controller in order to be allowed to operate broadcast equipment.
# If you operate broadcast equipment, you are responsible for its correct usage and for upholding URY’s stated rules and regulations at all times.
#
## You are responsible for the content of all broadcasts in which you operate the broadcast equipment, including all technical and audible contributions that you, co-presenters or guests make.
## An individual may appear as a guest presenter on air twice in an academic year without being a URY member. After those two appearances the individual must pay membership, register on MyRadio and become studio trained before they may appear on another URY show.
# You must do all shows that you have signed-up for, unless the Programme Controller states otherwise.
# If you are going to be late for your show, you must contact the Programme Controller as soon as possible. If you believe that you will be unable to do your show, you must inform the Programme Controller at least 48 hours before the occasion in question.
# If you have to cancel your show suddenly due to unforeseen circumstances, you should contact the Programme Controller as soon as possible.
# Anyone who runs broadcast equipment on-air must sign in using SIS (Studio Information System). This person must also log in any guests present in the studio.
# You must broadcast the station name and frequency at least once an hour during your show (e.g. play the News-in Jingle) unless the Programme Controller states otherwise.
# You must broadcast the news every hour. You must also broadcast all or any SBN/IRN adverts that follow provided the feed is available. In the event that there is a technical fault, you must inform the Programme Controller as soon as possible.
#
## You must play all copyrighted music content on your show through BAPS (i.e. you may not use digital music players, including MP3 players, laptops and mobile phones, streaming services such as Spotify or YouTube, or any physical media such as compact discs), except with special permission from the Programme Controller.
## All copyrighted music content that is not played through BAPS (subject to the previous clause) must be logged manually, as instructed by the Programme Controller. BAPS will do this automatically.
# You must follow our PPL music licence laws at all times. The laws are outlined as follows:
## During any 3 hour period:
### You must play no more than 3 tracks from any album (and no more than 2 consecutively).
### You must play no more than 4 tracks from any particular artist or compilation (and no more than 3 consecutively).
### You must only place a track once in any 1-hour period.
### You must not use tracks as beds at any time.
## For a single hour show, you can ensure you do not infringe on PPL laws by abiding by these guidelines:
### Play no more than 1 track from any album by a single artist.
### Play no more than 2 tracks from any particular artist or compilation (and no more than 2 consecutively).
### A Track may only be played once in any 1-hour period.
### You must not use tracks as beds at any time
# You must show impartiality on all political, sectarian, or otherwise contentious issues. If you intend to or predict that you might broadcast potentially controversial output, consult the Programme Controller.
#
## You must not swear on-air, nor express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive opinions in any broadcast. Use of gratuitous swearing is always unacceptable.
## Songs that contain swearing may be played on shows between the hours of 9pm and 5am with advance permission from the Programme Controller. A standard or otherwise pre-agreed disclaimer is to be played at the beginning of each hour of the show. It is unacceptable for presenters and their guests to swear at any time.
# You must not mention that we can be heard off campus on 1350AM.
# You must not broadcast under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nor allow anyone on the show to do so.
# You must play all adverts scheduled during your show. The advert schedule can be found on the notice board in Studio 1, and must be signed when the relevant adverts have been played.
# You must leave the studio clean and tidy. You may not remove any URY property without permission from a URY officer. You may not remove or copy any URY music. Such activities are illegal and will be dealt with accordingly.
# If you are the last person to leave URY, you must pull down all blinds, close all windows and lock the front door. Station key cards must be returned to the porter. Should there be any problem with station key cards or any aspect of URY security, please contact the Programme Controller. In an emergency, contact Security Services on (01904) 434444.
# You must abide by the Ofcom Programming Code at all times.

=== Disciplinary Actions ===

==== Warnings ====
There are 2 kinds of warnings that the Programme Controller can issue on any occasion, should they see fit. Inappropriate behaviour, misuse of URY property, breach of URY rules and breach of Ofcom rules are the most sensitive occasions in which warnings will be considered.

;Informal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with an informal warning in the event that he or she commits an offence that the Programme Controller considers noteworthy, relatively minor, inappropriate or unacceptable. If you receive an informal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, you will receive a formal warning.
;Formal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with a formal warning at the discretion of the Programme Controller. The person in question need not have received any informal warnings nor committed previous offences. In the event that he or she breaches URY rules, Ofcom rules or behaves otherwise inappropriately, the Programme Controller may decide to contact the member in question and/or issue a formal warning. If you receive a formal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, your show can be suspended or taken permanently off-air.

==== Suspension ====
The Programme Controller can suspend a presenter on any occasion for as long as they see fit.

==== Expulsion ====
The Programme Controller can decide to cancel a show or ban a presenter from doing a show on any occasion. Presenters may be banned from Studio 1 or URY as a whole.

==== Appeals Procedure ====
If your show is suspended it will be retained virtually on the system for one week, though you will be unable to present this show. Any appeals against the decision can be made to the Station Management within this time. If no appeal is made, the show will be removed permanently from the schedule. If an appeal is made, the presenter will be invited to meet with the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Training Coordinator to make their case. All decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

=== Updates to the Contract ===
The URY Committee reserve the right to update this contract at any time following the procedures laid out in the [[Constitution]] and will notify members when this will take place.

Christmas Endeavours

2015-11-21T11:06:47Z

7448: add panto links

Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".

== URY Christmas Single ==
URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.

Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Song
! Notes
|-
| 2015
| All I Want for Christmas is You
| Cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit
|-
| 2014
| Christmas is All Around
| Recreating the opening song to the movie ''Love Actually'' Which itself is a cover of the song "''Love is All Around''" but this has more christmas.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWiOggaWkZU]
|-
| 2013
| Fairytale of New York
| A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [http://youtu.be/o22F27cOpGg]
|-
| 2013
| This is Hes East
| Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [http://youtu.be/qEO9mYaIuTg]
|-
| 2012
| Merry Christmas Everyone
| There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6m1Y0Uu6DE]
|-
| 2011
| Black Christmas
| A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
|-
| 2010
| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
| Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URYXmas2010/]
|-
| 2010
| I Go To York Uni, It's True
| Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
|-
| 2009
| Do They Know It's Christmas?
| The older tech we had back then is quite obvious. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URY-Christmas-single-2009/]
|-
| 2008
| Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas)
| This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s]
|}

[[Category: URY History]]

== Christmas Panto ==
Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Production
! Guest Star
! Notes
|-
| 2015
| Oliver Twist
| TBC
|
|-
| 2014
| Dick Whittington and His Cat [https://www.mixcloud.com/harrywhittaker2/the-ury-panto-2014-dick-whittington-his-cat-feat-cbbcs-raven/]
| CBBC's Raven
|
|-
| 2013
| Aladdin [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/851/]
| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
| Someone talk about this.
|-
| 2012
| Rumplestiltskin [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/723/]
| Alan Fletcher (Dr. Karl Raymond Marx Kennedy)
|
|}

Christmas Endeavours

2015-11-21T11:01:57Z

7448: Add 2015 details

Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".

== URY Christmas Single ==
URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.

Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Song
! Notes
|-
| 2015
| All I Want for Christmas is You
| Cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas hit
|-
| 2014
| Christmas is All Around
| Recreating the opening song to the movie ''Love Actually'' Which itself is a cover of the song "''Love is All Around''" but this has more christmas.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWiOggaWkZU]
|-
| 2013
| Fairytale of New York
| A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [http://youtu.be/o22F27cOpGg]
|-
| 2013
| This is Hes East
| Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [http://youtu.be/qEO9mYaIuTg]
|-
| 2012
| Merry Christmas Everyone
| There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6m1Y0Uu6DE]
|-
| 2011
| Black Christmas
| A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
|-
| 2010
| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
| Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URYXmas2010/]
|-
| 2010
| I Go To York Uni, It's True
| Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
|-
| 2009
| Do They Know It's Christmas?
| The older tech we had back then is quite obvious. [https://ystv.co.uk/watch/URYXmas/URY-Christmas-single-2009/]
|-
| 2008
| Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas)
| This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s]
|}

[[Category: URY History]]

== Christmas Panto ==
Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Production
! Guest Star
! Notes
|-
| 2015
| Oliver Twist
| TBC
|
|-
| 2014
| Dick Whittington and His Cat
| CBBC's Raven
|
|-
| 2013
| Aladdin
| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
| Someone talk about this.
|-
| 2012
| I can't remember.
| Some Bloke off of Coronation Street, I think.
|
|}

Website History

2015-11-21T10:56:47Z

7448: Undo revision 571 by 7448 (talk)

Here's a potted '''history''' of the URY '''website''', courtesy of the Wayback Machine.

== c.1999-Oct 2003 ==

[[File:ws1.png]]

The earliest version of the website available on the Web Archive was definitely a product of its time, with the bright orange branding of that era prominent throughout and a very 90s GIF-based sidebar on the left.

It even had a guestbook, with some rather ''interesting'' contents.

At one point in 2000, [[Gavin Atkinson]] updated the site.

This design was created by [[Leo Warner]], and doesn't really work too well in 1080p.

=== Webcasting ===

At the start of Web Archive captures of the URY website, URY were still broadcasting only on 999kHz and did not yet simulcast on the Internet; however, by 2003, URY had leapt forward into the Internet Age by hosting a worldwide live stream... using ''RealPlayer''. Oh well...

== Oct 2003-Summer? 2006 ==

[[File:ws2.png]]

A radically new website design was launched in time for Autumn term 2003, featuring for the first time what seemed to be sensible web design (for it was a new millennium and the days of gaudy sidebars and orange on grey were far behind the URY computing team, in all their wisdom).

The guestbook and RealPlayer streams were still there, though.

This website ''does'' work quite well in 1080p, considering.

== 2006-2010 ==

[[File:ws3.png]]

A minor update of the previous website, with even more orange... and no guestbook in sight! RealPlayer by now had been joined by MP3 and Ogg Vorbis streams as URY's streaming technology marched on.

What the ''hell'' is that font on the advertising banner?

This design was jiggled around a bit over its four years of service, but remained mostly the same.

== 2010-2011 ==

[[File:URYsite09.png]]

In what was probably the most short-lived (and expensive!) of website designs, URY got [http://www.freelancegraphicdesigner.co.uk/ury-web-design.html a professional graphics designer] in to completely redesign the website in conjunction with URY's comprehensive rebranding.

The result was a lovely set of graphics (lovely being subjective on whether or not you like Impact as a font), but the code for the website wasn't as lovely. According to legend, the site was programmed in under a week to meet harsh deadlines and was therefore effectively hacked together. Despite all this, it worked for a year and as of writing the code is still there in heavily modified form.

Sources indicate that a DaveX was responsible for the coding.

== 2011-2012 ==

[[File:ws2011.png]]

The current website was largely the result of a rehashing of the design from last year by the combined efforts of [[Darren Webb]] and [[Rob Stonehouse]] on design and [[Matt Windsor]] on programming (which mainly involved tidying up the previous round of code and implementing the design changes in HTML5 and CSS).

This website won a YUM award in 2011.

There's still no guestbook.

== 2012-2013 ==
[[File:ws2012.png]]

In October 2012, the website was completely replaced with a shinier, newer, completely re-written site based on Django (a Python web framework). Despite the shiny new design, we immediately regretted this decision. The site was put live before it was ready - features were missing and never were fully implemented on this generation, and large amounts of it relied on a completely new database schema, so all of the Members' Internal website tools broke with the replacement. It suffered in service for less than a year before it was retired on August 2013.

== 2013-Present ==
''For a picture, load up [http://ury.org.uk ury.org.uk]!''

Sticking with the Python, Matt Windsor again went on an endeavour for a better website. With an entirely new codebase in Pyramid (another Python web framework) and SQLAlchemy, and a few shinifications to the actual design itself, this site went into production in August 2013, at the same time as our upgrade to Apache 2.4 and the replacement of Members' Internal with MyURY. Over the remainder of the Summer Holidays, MyURY was expanded to ensure it had capabilities to actually maintain this website, and so shiny Banner and Podcast systems were available and the site once again looked pretty.

There's still no guest book, but there is a sign up form on the Get Involved page.

Christmas Endeavours

2015-11-21T10:55:55Z

7448: Undo revision 572 by 7448 (talk)

Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".

== URY Christmas Single ==
URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.

Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Song
! Notes
|-
| 2014
| Christmas is All Around
| Recreating the opening song to the movie ''Love Actually'' Which itself is a cover of the song "''Love is All Around''" but this has more christmas.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWiOggaWkZU]
|-
| 2013
| Fairytale of New York
| A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [http://youtu.be/o22F27cOpGg]
|-
| 2013
| This is Hes East
| Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [http://youtu.be/qEO9mYaIuTg]
|-
| 2012
| Merry Christmas Everyone
| There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6m1Y0Uu6DE]
|-
| 2011
| Black Christmas
| A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
|-
| 2010
| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
| Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it.
|-
| 2010
| I Go To York Uni, It's True
| Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
|-
| 2009
| Do They Know It's Christmas?
| The older tech we had back then is quite obvious.
|-
| 2008
| Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas)
| This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s]
|}

[[Category: URY History]]

== Christmas Panto ==
Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Production
! Guest Star
! Notes
|-
| 2014
| Dick Whittington and His Cat
| CBBC's Raven
|
|-
| 2013
| Aladdin
| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
| Someone talk about this.
|-
| 2012
| I can't remember.
| Some Bloke off of Coronation Street, I think.
|
|}

Christmas Endeavours

2015-11-21T10:54:56Z

7448: Reverted edits by 8710 (talk) to last revision by 7449

Every year, towards the end of the Autumn Term, URY has this awful habit of doing two "festive" "things".

== URY Christmas Single ==
URY's Committee, Presenters and general happeners all get together on a Saturday (or other convenient time), to record a cute original music video for a popular song. Of course, this is then followed up with a studio recording of our wonderful voices singing - I can assure you it's an experience.

Usually, these songs are covers of traditional Christmas tunes. Although sometimes they will be parodies relevant to the University of York, or even completely original compositions. As of 2013, all of these are available in URY's Central Music Library.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Song
! Notes
|-
| 2013
| Fairytale of New York
| A nice traditional outright cover. Entirely produced by URY. [http://youtu.be/o22F27cOpGg]
|-
| 2013
| This is Hes East
| Part of the 2013 Christmas Panto. Yes, we know the panto version doesn't normally do "A Whole New World". [http://youtu.be/qEO9mYaIuTg]
|-
| 2012
| Merry Christmas Everyone
| There are rumours an alternate version consisting entirely of the URY Computing Team exists, but was never allowed to see daylight. Entirely produced by URY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6m1Y0Uu6DE]
|-
| 2011
| Black Christmas
| A parody of Rebecca Black's Friday. Due to lack of forward planning, was performed live on air by whoever was around at the time. Failed miserably.
|-
| 2010
| I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
| Outright cover. The music video was produced by YSTV. We don't talk about it.
|-
| 2010
| I Go To York Uni, It's True
| Little is known of this parody of All I Want For Christmas Is You - not even the source of the vocals. However, we can learn a valuable lesson - the only thing that has changed ever since is that you can't get olives in YUSU Bars anymore.
|-
| 2009
| Do They Know It's Christmas?
| The older tech we had back then is quite obvious.
|-
| 2008
| Christmas On My Face (A Terrible Case of Xmas)
| This is original. Original! And also The Best Thing! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVICvXorh-s]
|}

[[Category: URY History]]

== Christmas Panto ==
Of course, what radio station would be completely without a Christmas Panto? Featuring a "Celebrity" guest, each year we put our own spin on popular pantomimes.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable"
! Year
! Production
! Guest Star
! Notes
|-
| 2013
| Aladdin
| Jon Lee (off of S Club 7)
| Someone talk about this.
|-
| 2012
| I can't remember.
| Some Bloke off of Coronation Street, I think.
|
|}

Website History

2015-11-21T10:53:53Z

7448: Reverted edits by 217 (talk) to last revision by 7281

Here's a potted '''history''' of the URY '''website''', courtesy of the Wayback Machine.

== c.1999-Oct 2003 ==

[[File:ws1.png]]

The earliest version of the website available on the Web Archive was definitely a product of its time, with the bright orange branding of that era prominent throughout and a very 90s GIF-based sidebar on the left.

It even had a guestbook, with some rather ''interesting'' contents.

At one point in 2000, [[Gavin Atkinson]] updated the site.

This design was created by [[Marcus Pendleton]], and doesn't really work too well in 1080p.

=== Webcasting ===

At the start of Web Archive captures of the URY website, URY were still broadcasting only on 999kHz and did not yet simulcast on the Internet; however, by 2003, URY had leapt forward into the Internet Age by hosting a worldwide live stream... using ''RealPlayer''. Oh well...

== Oct 2003-Summer? 2006 ==

[[File:ws2.png]]

A radically new website design was launched in time for Autumn term 2003, featuring for the first time what seemed to be sensible web design (for it was a new millennium and the days of gaudy sidebars and orange on grey were far behind the URY computing team, in all their wisdom).

The guestbook and RealPlayer streams were still there, though.

This website ''does'' work quite well in 1080p, considering.

== 2006-2010 ==

[[File:ws3.png]]

A minor update of the previous website, with even more orange... and no guestbook in sight! RealPlayer by now had been joined by MP3 and Ogg Vorbis streams as URY's streaming technology marched on.

What the ''hell'' is that font on the advertising banner?

This design was jiggled around a bit over its four years of service, but remained mostly the same.

== 2010-2011 ==

[[File:URYsite09.png]]

In what was probably the most short-lived (and expensive!) of website designs, URY got [http://www.freelancegraphicdesigner.co.uk/ury-web-design.html a professional graphics designer] in to completely redesign the website in conjunction with URY's comprehensive rebranding.

The result was a lovely set of graphics (lovely being subjective on whether or not you like Impact as a font), but the code for the website wasn't as lovely. According to legend, the site was programmed in under a week to meet harsh deadlines and was therefore effectively hacked together. Despite all this, it worked for a year and as of writing the code is still there in heavily modified form.

Sources indicate that a DaveX was responsible for the coding.

== 2011-2012 ==

[[File:ws2011.png]]

The current website was largely the result of a rehashing of the design from last year by the combined efforts of [[Darren Webb]] and [[Rob Stonehouse]] on design and [[Matt Windsor]] on programming (which mainly involved tidying up the previous round of code and implementing the design changes in HTML5 and CSS).

This website won a YUM award in 2011.

There's still no guestbook.

== 2012-2013 ==
[[File:ws2012.png]]

In October 2012, the website was completely replaced with a shinier, newer, completely re-written site based on Django (a Python web framework). Despite the shiny new design, we immediately regretted this decision. The site was put live before it was ready - features were missing and never were fully implemented on this generation, and large amounts of it relied on a completely new database schema, so all of the Members' Internal website tools broke with the replacement. It suffered in service for less than a year before it was retired on August 2013.

== 2013-Present ==
''For a picture, load up [http://ury.org.uk ury.org.uk]!''

Sticking with the Python, Matt Windsor again went on an endeavour for a better website. With an entirely new codebase in Pyramid (another Python web framework) and SQLAlchemy, and a few shinifications to the actual design itself, this site went into production in August 2013, at the same time as our upgrade to Apache 2.4 and the replacement of Members' Internal with MyURY. Over the remainder of the Summer Holidays, MyURY was expanded to ensure it had capabilities to actually maintain this website, and so shiny Banner and Podcast systems were available and the site once again looked pretty.

There's still no guest book, but there is a sign up form on the Get Involved page.

User:7448

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Andy Durant is a URY wizard.

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|name=Andy Durant
|start=October 2011
|end=June 2016
|shows=No Show Scheduled URY Lunch with Lloyd and Andy URY Breakfast with Harry and Andy
|positions=Computing Officer (Oct 2011-Nov 2012), Assistant Chief Engineer (Nov 2012-Nov 2015), Assistant Station Manager (Nov 2014-Nov 2015), Training Coordinator (Nov 2015-Present)
|lastknown=Still plodding on in his 5th year
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{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2013}}
{{Userbox|content=Won Best Technical Achievement - Silver in Student Radio Awards 2015}}

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He also likes to refer to himself as Qumarth 'Q-Dogg' Jash, or Q-Dogg. Especially when reading the news.

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Constitution

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

<pdf width="900px" height="800px">Constitution2015.pdf</pdf>

Download:
[[File:Constitution2015.pdf]]

Presenters' Contract

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== Presenters' Contract ==

I, The Undersigned, agree to abide by URY's station rules and regulations as set out below, and the Ofcom Programming Code (accessible at www.ofcom.org.uk). I have fully read and understood these rules and regulations, and I understand that if I break any of the rules or regulations stated by Ofcom or its successor, I will be solely liable for any resulting fines or actions that may be levied against University Radio York.

I also understand that should I break any of URY’s rules or regulations, I am liable to be subject to disciplinary action as decided by URY’s Programme Controller. I will also abide by the YUSU media charter (available from the Student Centre). I have never been convicted of any criminal offence related to radio broadcasting.

In the event of The Undersigned ceasing to be a member or honorary member of URY, this contract will expire before the expiry date at the discretion of the Programme Controller.

=== URY Rules And Regulations ===
# You must have passed a URY training session, paid £7 membership to URY and have permission to broadcast from the Programme Controller in order to be allowed to operate broadcast equipment.
# If you operate broadcast equipment, you are responsible for its correct usage and for upholding URY’s stated rules and regulations at all times.
# You are responsible for the content of all broadcasts in which you operate the broadcast equipment, including all technical and audible contributions that you, co-presenters or guests make.
# You must do all shows that you have signed-up for, unless the Programme Controller states otherwise.
# If you are going to be late for your show, you must contact the Programme Controller as soon as possible. If you believe that you will be unable to do your show, you must inform the Programme Controller at least 48 hours before the occasion in question.
# If you have to cancel your show suddenly due to unforeseen circumstances, you should contact the Programme Controller as soon as possible.
# Anyone who runs broadcast equipment on-air must sign in using SIS (Studio Information System). This person must also log in any guests present in the studio.
# You must broadcast the station name and frequency at least once an hour during your show (e.g. play the News-in Jingle) unless the Programme Controller states otherwise.
# You must broadcast the news every hour. You must also broadcast all or any SBN/IRN adverts that follow provided the feed is available. In the event that there is a technical fault, you must inform the Programme Controller as soon as possible.
#
## You must play all copyrighted music content on your show through BAPS (i.e. you may not use digital music players, including MP3 players, laptops and mobile phones, streaming services such as Spotify or YouTube, or any physical media such as compact discs), except with special permission from the Programme Controller.
## All copyrighted music content that is not played through BAPS (subject to the previous clause) must be logged manually, as instructed by the Programme Controller. BAPS will do this automatically.
# You must show impartiality on all political, sectarian, or otherwise contentious issues. If you intend to or predict that you might broadcast potentially controversial output, consult the Programme Controller.
#
## You must not swear on-air, nor express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive opinions in any broadcast. Use of gratuitous swearing is always unacceptable.
## Songs that contain swearing may be played on shows between the hours of 9pm and 5am with advance permission from the Programme Controller. A standard or otherwise pre-agreed disclaimer is to be played at the beginning of each hour of the show. It is unacceptable for presenters and their guests to swear at any time.
# You must not mention that we can be heard off campus on 1350AM.
# You must not broadcast under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nor allow anyone on the show to do so.
# You must play all adverts scheduled during your show. The advert schedule can be found on the notice board in Studio 1, and must be signed when the relevant adverts have been played.
# You must leave the studio clean and tidy. You may not remove any URY property without permission from a URY officer. You may not remove or copy any URY music. Such activities are illegal and will be dealt with accordingly.
# If you are the last person to leave URY, you must pull down all blinds, close all windows and lock the front door. Station key cards must be returned to the porter. Should there be any problem with station key cards or any aspect of URY security, please contact the Programme Controller. In an emergency, contact Security Services on (01904) 434444.
# You must abide by the Ofcom Programming Code at all times.

=== Disciplinary Actions ===

==== Warnings ====
There are 2 kinds of warnings that the Programme Controller can issue on any occasion, should they see fit. Inappropriate behaviour, misuse of URY property, breach of URY rules and breach of Ofcom rules are the most sensitive occasions in which warnings will be considered.

;Informal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with an informal warning in the event that he or she commits an offence that the Programme Controller considers noteworthy, relatively minor, inappropriate or unacceptable. If you receive an informal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, you will receive a formal warning.
;Formal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with a formal warning at the discretion of the Programme Controller. The person in question need not have received any informal warnings nor committed previous offences. In the event that he or she breaches URY rules, Ofcom rules or behaves otherwise inappropriately, the Programme Controller may decide to contact the member in question and/or issue a formal warning. If you receive a formal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, your show can be suspended or taken permanently off-air.

==== Suspension ====
The Programme Controller can suspend a presenter on any occasion for as long as they see fit.

==== Expulsion ====
The Programme Controller can decide to cancel a show or ban a presenter from doing a show on any occasion. Presenters may be banned from Studio 1 or URY as a whole.

==== Appeals Procedure ====
If your show is suspended it will be retained virtually on the system for one week, though you will be unable to present this show. Any appeals against the decision can be made to the Station Management within this time. If no appeal is made, the show will be removed permanently from the schedule. If an appeal is made, the presenter will be invited to meet with the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Training Coordinator to make their case. All decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Constitution

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The URY Constitution as voted in on Monday 19th of April 2015

Advice for your first show

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Here is some helpful advice collected from members of URY for your first show, and any show beyond that really. We hope that these tips may be useful of helpful to you, but remember it is your show and you can do whatever you want with it, so make it your own!

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For each hour of the show you probably want somewhere between 6 and 10 songs, depending how much you want to chat.

Plan out your show, think about what you want to talk about, who you want to talk to, and of course what songs you want to play.

Remember to use the Show Planner!

Write down some ideas of what you want to do, even if you don't want a minute-by-minute schedule (these can be very helpful however)

Once you start on something you'll probably find it fairly easy to keep going, try not to make your links too long. If you have a feature that is over 5 mins think about breaking it up throughout the show, or around a song.

Don't worry about messing something up, everyone does all the time, just continue, play a song, work out what you are going to do next and go on with the show.

Try not to talk about messing up either, there just isn't much point

When a song is playing it's easy to relax and not really think about where you are going next, which means the song will end (possibly when you are not expecting it) and you will suddenly be at a loss of what to do. If you have written down some planned items then you can fairly easily jump into one of them if this happens, if not then just go into another song and work out what you're going to do next.

Use beds and jingles

Spread the word that you are on the radio! Get friends / family / random strangers you pass on campus to tune in, most people won't care what you do on the radio because the fact that you're on the radio is pretty cool in itself. (This may wear off over time however =P )

It's great to have people messaging in, anyone can for free on the website and via radioplayer online and on mobile. Or they can text in. You can also [[HowTo_Use_the_Studio_1_Phone|get people to phone in]], but you may want to save that for once you're a bit more familiar with the studio. All the numbers and stuff are on the walls in the studio.

Remember the news!

Turn up early.

Have a read through [[HowTo Start Your Show]]

Have a read through [[HowTo End Your Show]]

And finally, don't stress about it, it doesn't matter if things go a bit wrong or not to plan just have fun!

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Best Technical Achievement (Show Planner)

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URY's [[Show Planner]] Technology was entered into the 2013 [[Student Radio Awards]]. It was a successful entry, receiving developers [[Lloyd Wallis]] and [[Andy Durant]] a Silver award.

The feedback was largely positive, and the criticism was constructive and helpful, which was unexpected after the [[Less black and more graphics]] saga of 2012. The feedback was as expected in terms of whether it was the technical side that was actually the problem. However, it is incredibly interesting to see that the biggest obstacle was that commercial radio simply doesn't expect presenters to plan their shows, or the workflows are otherwise completely different to what you get in community radio.

== Feedback ==
*Wow, this seems to be quite an involved project, but I'm a bit at a loss for what it actually does. I'm assuming you use it to create your show logs, scheduling music, planning links etc (equivalent to selector by RCS) - if so, does it do scheduling based on rules etc. or is it purely a case of picking items from a library and adding to a list? I like the fact this can be used outside the studio, as this seems an excellent innovation for students who are rarely away from a computer, and the multi-user angle seems exciting. I'd like to know a bit more about where it actually fits into a presenter or producers workflow though.

* This has a well thought out architecture, overcame problems and improved the station.

* To be honest, the concept of a 'show planner' is slightly alien to me. It is not the way of working we normally use in commercial radio, but it does look like it is a very powerful tool! The fact it is web based and does not require the presenters to be physically in the studio is excellent, and I can imagine extremely useful for a small station with loads of different presenters. Looking at the screen shots, and reading your blurb, I don't really have any idea how it actually works, but it seems very clever! Plus points for getting your presenters to think about their show more than 12 seconds before they go to air!

* This is an excellent way of allowing a whole range of show to get their audio ready for the radio using HTML 5 & J Query as an effective solution to a common problem that many other broadcasters have not mastered. We particularly liked the fact the system has evolved and has been used by a significant number of shows and teams allowing collaboration across shows

* Great tenacity in starting from scratch. Making the layout similar to the playout system to aide workflow is a clever idea. Clear roadmap for the future and feedback suggests that it is being well received and liked by its users. Well done to the team and thank you for your entry!

== Entry ==
The URY Show Planner is an HTML5 web application developed in the 2012-2013 academic year by the URY Computing Team to enable presenters to prepare for their shows in advance from the comfort of their own home (or the library!).

In Summer 2012, URY’s online system for planning shows, written way back in 2003, gave its last breath and we suddenly needed a replacement. The solution that was built over a weekend was simple, but the lessons learned served as a proof of what we could potentially do, given not quite enough time. So this year we went the whole way and redesigned the Show Planner from scratch.

The major issue with the old solution was that it was entirely text based, was very unintuitive and required navigating multiple menus and pages to accomplish simple tasks. This helped provide our biggest design decision: the system should look, feel and act like BAPS, our in-studio playout system. This would reduce the learning curve for presenters to next to nothing, whilst allowing them to experiment with the way BAPS worked, without having to be in the studio. This would also hopefully mean we would be able to one day expand further and use the interface to replace the in-studio one.

Adding tracks to our music library was slow, outdated and prone to user error. We thought that we’d refresh this as well, as well as add “My Beds” and “My Jingles”, two folders of non-music resources unique to each presenter. This needed to convert tracks appropriately, as well as ensure personal folders were not used for storing music.

Our final requirement was that shows with multiple presenters would be able to be collaboratively edited from multiple devices at once. This kind of feature is expected as standard of all modern online systems and we weren’t going to be the exception.

With all this in mind, we dove into the project, opting for HTML5 with jQuery and jQueryUI to provide the best cross-platform experience through a web browser. The backend would be Twig, PHP and PostgreSQL, our standard stack for members’ services. Using these, we created a replica of the BAPS interface with a design that fitted our website branding, and included almost all of the in-studio functionality, with context menus, keyboard shortcuts and a cool drag and drop channel organising system. The only major difference is that the online version doesn’t support multiple sound cards, so all three channels would come out of the client’s main output.

To manage our music library, we continued the drag and drop theme with a dialog box where you simply selected which library you wanted the file to go into and dragged it in. For our main music library, we then use Last.fm to detect the track metadata (we wanted to use MusicBrainz, but it turned out not to be very extensive, or support FreeBSD), before converting it into the formats needed by our systems. For beds, jingles, adverts and other non-music libraries, the user is simply asked for a title and an expiry date. For good measure with our music library, we used the new analysis capabilities to automatically scan our existing library, automatically detecting and fixing minor typographical errors and reporting larger anomalies.

Collaboration was a particularly interesting challenge. Every time any item in any of the channels is moved or change, the server is notified of exactly what events are needed to replay this. It does this itself on the database and also re-transmits these changes to any other client currently editing the show, which also replays the actions to enable multiple real time clients on the same plan.

Our major issue surfaced in the form of storing the information, as the backend database used by BAPS proved to be unable to do a lot of the things we wanted, so we opted for creating an entirely new database schema, with automatic exports from this to the old system to enable presenters to still be able to load their shows.

At the end of the 2012/2013 academic year, the new solution has been made available to all of URY’s presenters, with our committee expected to use it when planning shows. From the start of Autumn 2013, all presenters will be asked to use it when planning any of their shows, an event which we are looking forward to as feedback so far has been very positive. Over 900 shows were created using the Show Planner over the academic year, with over 8000 collaborative changes since that feature was activated in the Summer term. Our music team have said “Now our database detects and adds new music into the system automatically, my show is going to get much more interesting”, whilst a presenter feedback has included “I keep finding new things it can do and new ways I can mix things together. It’s a level of preparation I thought I could only dream of,” and "My show is ready and waiting for me when I sit down in the studio".

A challenge that was discovered late into the development was the format of audio supported by different HTML5 browsers - we needed both MP3 and OGG versions of all of our tracks, which meant re-encoding all of our files. In addition, for special events such as URY’s 40 Hour Show and Roses, presenters requested an ability to break these down further, so we also added the ability to create “blocks” within a show, for a time period within the main show, which can then be delegated to other members.

From this success we have already started work on how we would make this system integrated with the BAPS Server to enable it to control three soundcards and thereby replace our studio playout system.

Figure 1: Show Selection screen. Figure 2: 3-Channel main Show Planner screen, with library search pane. Figure 3: Uploading songs to the central music library.

[[Category: Awards]]
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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.
# Heads of Teams includes any position that starts with "Head of", Programme Controller and Chief Engineer.
# Assistant Heads of Teams includes any position that prefixes the head of team name with "Assistant" and News Editor.
# Regular Officers includes Reporters (News and Sport), Speech Officer, Computing Officer and Engineering Officer.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevant information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activities and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Assists the Head of Music as directed by the Head of Music

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organisation, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Management and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any member's area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including transmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events receive sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.
# Only one instance of each Head of Team may exist at any time, held by one person.
# For each Assistant Head of Team position, it is possible for either:
## One instance to exist, jointly held by up to two members; or
## Two instances to exist, each held by a single member.
# There is no limit to the number of instances of Regular Officers with Teams.

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.
# Heads of Teams includes any position that starts with "Head of", Programme Controller and Chief Engineer.
# Assistant Head of Teams includes any position that prefixes the head of team name with "Assistant", and News Editor.
# Regular Officers includes Reporters (News and Sport), Speech Officer, Computing Officer and Engineering Officer.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevant information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activities and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Assists the Head of Music as directed by the Head of Music

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organisation, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Management and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any member's area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including transmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events receive sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.
# Only one instance of each Head of Team may exist at any time, held by one person.
# For each Assistant Head of Team position, it is possible for either:
## One instance to exist, jointly held by up to two members; or
## Two instances to exist, each held by a single member
# There is no limit to the number of instances of Regular Officers with Teams

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.
# Heads of Teams includes any position that starts with "Head of", Programme Controller and Chief Engineer.
# Assistant Head of Teams includes any position that prefixes the head of team name with "Assistant", and News Editor.
# Regular Officers includes Reporters (News and Sport), Speech Officer, Computing Officer and Engineering Officer.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevant information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activities and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Assists the Head of Music as directed by the Head of Music

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organisation, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Management and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any member's area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including transmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events receive sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.
# Only one instance of each Head of Team may exist at any time, but up to two people may jointly stand for the position.
# For each Assistant Head of Team position, it is possible for either:
## One instance to exist, jointly held by up to two members; or
## Two instances to exist, each held by a single member
# There is no limit to the number of instances of Regular Officers with Teams

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

<nowiki>[[</nowiki>See the [[Contract]] here<nowiki>]]</nowiki>

URY Playlist

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'''11/02/13'''

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{| class="wikitable"
!Artist
!Title
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|Villagers
|Nothing Arrived
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|Flume
|Left Alone
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|Dizraeli + The Small Gods
|Million Miles
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|Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
|Holy Roller
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|Bastille
|Pompeii
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|The Strokes
|One Way Trigger
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|Bobby Womack
|Love Is Gonna Lift You Up
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|Snoop Lion
|Here Comes The King
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|Dutch Uncles
|Flexxin
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|Deap Vally
|Lies
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|Laura Mvula
|Green Gardens
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|Kwes.
|Rollerblades
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|Foals
|My Number
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|Daughter
|Still
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|Pulp
|After You
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|Bonobo
|Cirrus
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|Toro y Moi
|So Many Details
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|Local Natives
|Heavy Feet
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|Cat Power
|Manhattan Remix ft. Angel Haze
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|The xx
|Sunset
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|Palma Violets
|Step Up For The Cool Cats
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|Sunless '97
|Aurura 1
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|Frank Ocean
|Lost
|-
|Bondax
|Gold
|-
|Swim Deep
|The Sea
|-
|Haim
|Falling
|-
|James Blake
|Retrograde
|}

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All tracks are available in the studio via BAPS or online via BAPSweb.
The latest UK top 40 is also available.
Any problems please contact music@ury.org.uk

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Constitution

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevent information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activites and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit, as directed by the Head of Music.
* A maximum of 2 instances may exist at any time.

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organistion, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Managment and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any members area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including trasmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events recieve sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Up to a maximum of 2 members may stand for any officership, with the exception of the Station Manager, Treasurer, Secretary and Heads of Teams. Two members only may jointly stand for the position of Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

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Constitution

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==
=== === 

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevent information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activites and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit, as directed by the Head of Music.
* A maximum of 2 instances may exist at any time.

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organistion, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Managment and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any members area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including trasmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events recieve sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Up to a maximum of 2 members may stand for any officership, with the exception of the Station Manager, Treasurer, Secretary and Heads of Teams. Two members only may jointly stand for the position of Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

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== Presenters' Contract ==

I, The Undersigned, agree to abide by URY's station rules and regulations as set out below, and the Ofcom Programming Code (accessible at www.ofcom.org.uk). I have fully read and understood these rules and regulations, and I understand that if I break any of the rules or regulations stated by Ofcom or its successor, I will be solely liable for any resulting fines or actions that may be levied against University Radio York.

I also understand that should I break any of URY’s rules or regulations, I am liable to be subject to disciplinary action as decided by URY’s Programming Team. I will also abide by the YUSU media charter (available from the Student Centre). I have never been convicted of any criminal offence related to radio broadcasting.

In the event of The Undersigned ceasing to be a member or honorary member of URY, this contract will expire before the expiry date at the discretion of the Programme Controller.

=== URY Rules And Regulations ===
# You must have passed a URY demo recording, paid £7 membership to URY and have permission to broadcast from the Programming Team in order to be allowed to operate broadcast equipment.
# If you operate broadcast equipment, you are responsible for its correct usage and for upholding URY’s stated rules and regulations at all times.
# You are responsible for the content of all broadcasts in which you operate the broadcast equipment, including all technical and audible contributions that you, co-presenters or guests make.
# You must do all shows that you have signed-up for, unless the Programming Team states otherwise.
# If you are going to be late for your show, you must contact the Programming Team as soon as possible. If you believe that you will be unable to do your show, you must inform the Programming Team at least 48 hours before the occasion in question.
# If you have to cancel your show suddenly due to unforeseen circumstances, you should contact the Programming Team as soon as possible.
# Anyone who runs broadcast equipment on-air must sign in using SIS (Studio Information System). This person must also log in any guests present in the studio.
# You must broadcast the station name and frequency at least once an hour during your show (e.g. play the News-in Jingle) unless the Programming Team states otherwise.
# You must broadcast the news every hour. You must also broadcast all or any SBN/IRN adverts that follow provided the feed is available. In the event that there is a technical fault, you must inform the Programming Team as soon as possible.
#
## During daytime (between the hours of 5am and 9pm), you must play all copyrighted music content on your show through BAPS (i.e. you may not use digital music players, including MP3 players, laptops and mobile phones, streaming services such as Spotify or YouTube, or any physical media such as compact discs), except with special permission from the Programming Team.
## All copyrighted music content that is not played through BAPS (subject to the previous clause) must be logged manually, as instructed by the Programming Team. BAPS will do this automatically.
# You must show impartiality on all political, sectarian, or otherwise contentious issues. If you intend to or predict that you might broadcast potentially controversial output, consult the Programming Team.
#
## You must not swear on-air, nor express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive opinions in any broadcast. Use of gratuitous swearing is always unacceptable.
## Songs that contain swearing may be played on shows between the hours of 9pm and 5am with advance permission from the Programme Controller. A standard or otherwise pre-agreed disclaimer is to be played at the beginning of each hour of the show. It is unacceptable for presenters and their guests to swear at any time.
# You must not mention that we can be heard off campus on 1350AM.
# You must not broadcast under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nor allow anyone on the show to do so.
# You must play all adverts scheduled during your show. The advert schedule can be found on the notice board in Studio 1, and must be signed when the relevant adverts have been played.
# You must leave the studio clean and tidy. You may not remove any URY property without permission from a URY officer. You may not remove or copy any URY music. Such activities are illegal and will be dealt with accordingly.
# If you are the last person to leave URY, you must pull down all blinds, close all windows and lock the front door. Station key cards must be returned to the porter. Should there be any problem with station key cards or any aspect of URY security, please contact the Programming Team. In an emergency, contact Security Services on (01904) 434444.
# You must abide by the Ofcom Programming Code at all times.

=== Disciplinary Actions ===

==== Warnings ====
There are 2 kinds of warnings that the Programming Team can issue on any occasion, should they see fit. Inappropriate behaviour, misuse of URY property, breach of URY rules and breach of Ofcom rules are the most sensitive occasions in which warnings will be considered.

;Informal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with an informal warning in the event that he or she commits an offence that the Programming Team considers noteworthy, relatively minor, inappropriate or unacceptable. If you receive an informal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, you will receive a formal warning.
;Formal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with a formal warning at the discretion of the Programming Team. The person in question need not have received any informal warnings nor committed previous offences. In the event that he or she breaches URY rules, Ofcom rules or behaves otherwise inappropriately, the Programming Team may decide to contact the member in question and/or issue a formal warning. If you receive a formal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, your show can be suspended or taken permanently off-air.

==== Suspension ====
The Programming Team can suspend a presenter on any occasion for as long as they see fit.

==== Expulsion ====
The Programming Team can decide to cancel a show or ban a presenter from doing a show on any occasion. Presenters may be banned from Studio 1 or URY as a whole.

==== Appeals Procedure ====
If your show is suspended it will be retained virtually on the system for one week, though you will be unable to present this show. Any appeals against the decision can be made to the Station Management within this time. If no appeal is made, the show will be removed permanently from the schedule. If an appeal is made, the presenter will be invited to meet with the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller to make their case. All decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Constitution

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This is the '''constitution''' of the University Radio York society. Any errors in the transcription should be reported to the last editor.

== General ==
# The name of the organisation will be University Radio York, hereafter referred to as URY.
# All members of URY will abide by this constitution and by becoming members agree to do so.
# The purpose of URY is to provide a radio service to the students of the University of York; “run by students for students”.
# URY will pursue a policy of impartiality on all issues and will conduct its affairs without discrimination.

== Membership ==
# Membership will be open to all members of the University of York, as defined by the Statutes of the University of York.
# Membership may only be obtained by subscription in the manner set down by the Students' Union.
# Non-members of the University of York are eligible to join for membership, at the discretion of a Station Meeting. Applicants may be required to attend that meeting at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# URY may choose at a Station Meeting to have non-fee paying Honorary members. The Honorary membership will last as long as the Station Meeting decides but shall not be shorter that the remainder of the academic year in which the Honorary membership is conferred.
# The Honorary President shall be an ex-officio Honorary Member.
# All presenters must sign a declaration on joining URY, stating that they have never been, nor have any intention of being, involved in pirate radio.

== Honorary President ==
# URY will appoint an Honorary President, who must be a member of the University's staff.
# The appointment of an Honorary President will be approved at a URY Station Meeting, in consultation with the University authorities. The appointment will be confirmed at a meeting of the Audio-Visual Aids Committee.
# The Honorary President will hold URY's license, and should satisfy themselves that the requirements of the license are being adhered to.
# The Honorary President will be indemnified, out of URY's assets, against losses or liabilities which they may incur in or about the execution of their office or otherwise in relation thereto.

== Officers ==
=== === 

# The following teams will exist in URY:
#* Management Team;
#* Programming Team;
#* Training Team;
#* News Team;
#* Music Team;
#* Speech Team;
#* Events Team;
#* Production Team;
#* Computing Team;
#* Engineering Team;
#* Business Team;
#* Other Officers
# All posts will be open for election at the Annual General Meeting in the Autumn Term.
# All officers are accountable to station meetings and are required to send weekly reports of their URY related activities, and/or to attend all station meetings or send apologies. Officers failing to do so for 5 consecutive station meetings may be subject to a vote of no confidence by the Station Manager after consultation with a station meeting.
# Heads of Teams are responsible for deputising for subordinate positions in the cases that an officer is unable to fulfil their obligations for a short period of time, or, a position is unfilled. Should there be no head of team to fulfil these obligations, then control of the team passes to the Assistant Head of Team or the Station Manager.
# Ex-officers may apply to be kept on the officer email list at the discretion of the Station Manager. Only current York students may be on the officers email list.

=== Station Management ===
==== Station Manager ====
URY will be managed by the Station Manager, whose responsibilities will be:
* Co-ordination of URY's operational teams.
* Chairing of weekly station meetings.
* Management of URY's long term planning processes.
* Leadership of URY campaigns, events and activities.
* External representation of URY.
* Implementation of URY policy.
* Shall produce weekly on-air and off-air relevent information sheets for the studio and mailing lists
* Ensuring the Honorary President holds all necessary licenses for the station to operate.
* Ensures relevant licences are paid and adhered to.
* Shall co-ordinate all national, local and student union radio award entries.

==== Assistant Station Manager ====
* The station manager will be assisted by one of the officers in the capacity of ASM.
* The election of an officer to the position of ASM will take place after the AGM and will be subject to the usual election regulations as described in section 6.
* A specific duty of the ASM will be as acting Health and Safety Officer. It is their responsibility to ensure URY and its members follow the Code of Practice, and that YUSU are informed of procedures that require their involvement (as detailed in Code of Practice, as well as being in charge of Health and Safety documentation being up to date.

==== Treasurer ====

* Maintenance of URY's accounts in accordance with Section 8 of this constitution.
* Management of all of URY's finances.
* Liaison inside and outside the University on all financial matters.
* Collation of personal telephone bills.

==== Secretary ====
* Taking and publishing minutes of all station meetings and officers reports.
* Maintenance of the URY office.
* Maintains stationery levels.
* Replying to miscellaneous correspondence.

=== Programming Team ===
The officers in the Programming Team, and their respective responsibilities will be as follows:

==== Programme Controller ====
* Co-ordination of all presenters and programming team members.
* Scheduling of programming.
* Ensuring quality of programmes.
* Ensuring and verifying the logging of all output.
* Ensures presenter contracts are adhered to.
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 1.
* Plans and coordinates content for standard on air programming i.e. Woodstock Week / competitions

==== Assistant Programme Controller ====
* Assisting the Programme Controller in their duties, as directed by the Programme Controller.

=== Training Team ===
==== Head of Training ====
* Organises and is responsible for the training of new presenters and ensuring their continuing competence.
* Providing guidelines to the station on good presentation practice.
* Responsible for the continual training of presenters regarding new equipment and regulations.
* Coordinates the Training Team.

==== Assistant Head of Training ====
* Assisting the Training Manager in their duties as directed by the Head of Training.

=== News Team ===
The officers in the News Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of News and Sport ====
* Exercises control over all official campus, local, national and international news, sport, political and current affairs programming and manages the production of official URY news output.
* Coordinates News/Sport Editor(s) and Reporters.
* Responsible for overall production of weekly URY Newshour
* Must hold a weekly meeting to set news agenda for the week
* Responsible for the upkeep of Studio 2, and all URY News OB equipment/studio equipment.
* Responsible for URY's coverage of UGMs.
* Oversees URY News’ presence online.

==== News Editor ====
* Position can be held by two members.
* Support the production of content for weekly URY Newshour and all other news programming
* Co-ordinate news/sports reporters with the support of the Head of News
* Organise cover and arrange content for URY’s daily and hourly bulletins
* Must attend the weekly news agenda meeting and regularly contribute story ideas
* Should also attend UGMs and take an active role in all URY News events along with the Head of News.
* Responsible for URY News’ online presence.

==== Sport Editor ====
* Must produce a weekly sport programme and/or 10 minutes of sport for the URY News Hour
* Should collate the campus sport scores for the URY website and programmes.
* Coordinates the sport reporters to produce programme content.

==== Reporters (News and Sport) ====
* Responsible to URY News and Sport Editor(s) and the Head of News.
* Should attend the weekly news meeting.
* Should actively look for campus news and sports stories for the wider agenda.

=== Music Team ===
The officers in the Music Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Music ====
* Acquisition of musical material/equipment for URY's use.
* Purchasing of new music/equipment from Music Team budget.
* Liaison with Record Companies and promoters.
* Co-ordinating sessions, the reviewing of musical events (including coverage of), and interviews as necessary.
* Organising presenters for weekly music team shows.
* Assisting with the programming of Specialist Music shows.
* Co-ordinating the promotion of Music Team activites and Specialist Music shows on URY.

==== Assistant Head of Music ====
* Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit, as directed by the Head of Music.
* A maximum of 2 instances may exist at any time.

==== Sessions Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with live sessions
* Uploading and maintaining live session archive on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Sessions section of the URY website.

==== Interviews Manager ====
* Organising and assisting with interviews
* Uploading and maintaining interviews on the URY Music Soundcloud and the Interviews section of the URY website.

==== Librarian ====
* Cataloguing of music material.
* Maintaining URY Record Store in Vanbrugh.
* Considers and proposes storage solutions for music stock in the URY Record Store
* Buying new music from the music team budget (only after consultation).
* Compiling the weekly Recommended Listening playlist and ensuring its distribution to all presenters.

==== Chart Supremo ====
* Presenting, or the arranging the presentation of the Chart Show.
* Compilation of weekly URY chart return sheets.
* Sending URY chart information to music contacts (both internal and external).

=== The Speech Team ===
The officers in the Speech Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Speech ====
* Responsible for the co-ordination of all officers within the Speech Team.
* Responsible for the production of comedy, drama and other speech-based entertainment for Sunday Speech programming.
* Responsible for the URY Speech online presence.

==== Assistant Head of Speech ====
* Assists the Head of Speech as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Cinema and Theatre Liaison ====
* Responsible for contacting cinemas and theatres and obtaining information about press showings and other information i.e. screening/performance times, competitions.
* Responsible for keeping Cinema and Theatre contact details up to date and contacting promotion companies.
* Responsible for organising all Cinema and Theatre reviews.

==== Documentaries and Features Editor ====
* Responsible for production and broadcast of documentaries and other factual programmes, in association with the Head of Speech.
* Responsible for the production of other speech-based programmes as directed by the Head of Speech.

==== Speech Officer ====
* Duties given at the discretion of any of the previous members of the Speech Team, as detailed above.

=== Events Team ===
The officers in the Events Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Events ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Events Team
* Responsible for event organistion, i.e. the completion of YUSU Event Management Forms, supply of electricity and internet connection.
* At the discretion of Managment and Programming, is responsible for on air content throughout events (campus-based and otherwise)
* Co-ordinates all non-broadcasting events including gigs, club nights, DJ sessions and any other external equipment usage, excluding external broadcasting events.
* Liaises with the Station Manager and all other relevant officers over each Event.
* Ensures that financial planning is comprehensive, adequate and checked with the Station Management.

==== Assistant Head of Events ====
* Assists the Events Manager in all Events, organisation of Events and preparation of Events.

=== Production Team ===
The officers in the Production Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Production ====
* Responsible for production of all jingles, idents, adverts and audio promotional material.
* Responsible for providing presenters with assistance recording jingles for shows.
* Responsible for providing radio edits of tracks requested by the Programming Team.
* Responsible for the organisation of production CDs and production music on the computer.

==== Assistant Head of Production ====
* Assists Head of Production as directed by the Head of Production.

=== Computing Team ===
All members of the Computing Team, unless explicitly stated below, have the following collective responsibilities that they must agree to in order to participate in the team:
* To respect the privacy of all users;
* To respect presenters and their shows, as well as campus services relying on URY’s broadcasting, and thus not to unduly disrupt URY’s output;
* To uphold the highest possible level of security for URY, including ensuring that any sensitive information created by or delegated to them is sufficiently secured;
* Not to abuse any privileges (including superuser/root access) granted to them either by virtue of their position or as extra privileges (see below).

The officers in the Computing Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Computing ====
* Maintenance and development of URY's computer systems;
* Handling (at the top/source level) and appropriate delegation of credentials (for example, passwords) for URY’s computer systems;
* Preparation and/or maintenance of contingency plans to allow for the continued operation of the team in emergencies, including the event of the Head of Computing being unavailable for prolonged periods of time (for instance, facilities to allow the Assistant Head of Computing to carry out Head of Computing duties whilst acting as such);
* Co-ordination with university IT services with regards to the security of URY servers;
* Co-ordination with heads of other teams, especially the Engineering Team, with respect to the optimal usage of computing services by teams and the optimal development of said services to satisfy teams’ needs;
* Management of the Internet audio stream from a software perspective;
* Maintenance to a usable standard of the station’s Internet connection and connectivity to Internet services used by URY teams (including but not limited to IRN and e-mail);
* Termination, without warning, of computer based services if they are deemed harmful to university interests. Termination of services critical to the running of the station and/or publicly consumed services is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Any such action shall be performed only with the prior approval of the management;
** Any such action shall be explained at the next station meeting and reviewed.
* Delegation of extra privileges on URY computer systems to other members of URY. The term “extra privileges” in this section is to be understood as any device by which members may perform activities above and beyond those allowed to them by their officership, studio training status and similar criteria, explicit examples of which include superuser/sudo privileges, the ability to manipulate the scheduler without being a member of the Programming Team et cetera. Said delegation is subject to the following terms and conditions:
** Members of URY holding Computing Team officerships may be granted extra privileges at the discretion of the Head of Computing;
** Other members of URY may also be granted extra privileges, but only via mutual agreement of the Head of Computing and the management and with a clear mandate as to why the privileges are required having been agreed upon by all involved parties;
** Granted privileges are immediately, automatically revoked upon the ending of the grace period after the annual standing down of officers (irrespective of whether or not the affected member is an officer);
** Granted privileges are revocable without prior warning by the Head of Computing or station management for any reason (an appeal may be made to the revoking party).

The Head of Computing is automatically granted all privileges on URY owned and operated computer services (in technical terms, full root access) for the duration of their tenure.

==== Assistant Head of Computing ====
* Assist the Head of Computing as directed by the Head of Computing;
* Act as Head of Computing in emergencies should the Head of Computing be unavailable (including granting of privileges, but only under mutual agreement with the station management);
* Accept responsibilities delegated by the Head of Computing given mutual agreement with respect to the delegation and the understanding that both parties may be held responsible to some extent for any abuse of such.

==== Webmaster ====
* Maintain the URY website (including any members area and alternate formats eg. mobile/print);
* Coordinate the design and evolution of the website with the station management and Business team.

The Webmaster is granted the privileges to edit, build and deploy the website for the duration of their tenure.

==== Computing Officer ====
Multiple instances of this officership can be created, each with a specialist role in the team's remit. These roles are decided upon by the head of team as required.

=== Engineering Team ===
The officers in the Engineering Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Chief Engineer ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Engineering team: including delegation of studio and OB procedures.
* Maintenance of URY's equipment, including trasmitter and aerial mast.
* Development and procurement of new equipment.
* Upkeep of URY's fixtures and fittings.
* Ensuring all Outside Broadcasts and other events recieve sufficient technical assistance, either by direct involvement or by assigning responsibility to the Outside Broadcast Officer.
* Ensuring all URY equipment has passed necessary tests (i.e. PAT testing).

==== Assistant Chief Engineer ====
* Assists the Chief Engineer as directed by the Chief Engineer.

==== Engineering Officer ====
* Assists Chief Engineer and Assistant Chief Engineer on Outside Broadcasts and other engineering projects as directed.

=== Business Team ===
The officers in the Business Team, and their respective responsibilities, will be as follows:

==== Head of Business ====
* Co-ordinates members of the Business team.
* Responsible for the acquisition of on-air and off-air sponsorship/advertising.
* Production, vetting and distribution of URY publicity.
* Promotion of URY to its listeners and working towards the enhancement of URY's profile within the University.
* Co-ordinates promotions and competitions.

==== Assistant Head of Business ====
* Assists Head of Business in their duties as directed by the Head of Business.

=== Other Officers ===
==== Digital Content Manager ====
* Responsible for the negotiation, upload and upkeep of online content (podcasts, photos and videos) to assist on-air programming.
* Consistent use of social media to extend the online presence of URY
* Shall coordinate with Station Management and the Programming Team to ensure a fair online representation of URY.

==== Social Secretary ====
* Organise and publicise regular URY socials to all members.

==== Officer Without Portfolio ====
* Shall not be a member of any team.
* Assists any team under the direction of Heads of Teams and Station Management.
* Shall polish the URY plaque.

== URY Meetings ==
=== Station Meetings ===
# All URY members have the right to attend and vote at all URY Station Meetings, provided it does not contravene the YUSU Constitution.
# All Station Meetings will be open to all unless a motion is passed excluding non-members of URY.
# Station Meetings will be held weekly during term time.
# Emergency Station Meetings may be called by the Station Manager or Assistant Station Manager, giving 24 hours notice during which time details of the meeting must be given to all members via email or other suitable methods.
# An AGM will be held annually in Week 6 of the Autumn Term.
# The quorum for Station Meetings will be 10 URY members, including at least one officer (excluding the Chair of the meeting).
# Station Meetings may be chaired by any officer, at the discretion of the Station Manager.
# The agenda of Station Meetings will be decided by the chair, but must include the ratification of the minutes of the previous meeting and officers' reports.
# Motions at a Station Meeting may be passed by a Simple Majority Vote (SMV, see Appendix 1).
# During debate, the following calls from the floor are allowed:
#* Challenge to the quorum. This will result in an immediate count of those present, and the meeting will be closed if inquorate.
#* Challenge to the chair. This will result in the challenger being asked to put their reasons to the meeting. The chair may reply to the challenge. The meeting will then reach a decision by means of a SMV. If the challenge is upheld, the chair is passed to the successor as defined in point 11 below, for the remainder of the meeting or until such time as a subsequent challenge to the chair is upheld.
#* Move to a bar. This will result in a vote being held on whether or not to move to a bar, the vote being a SMV. If the motion is passed the meeting will be adjourned while all members proceed to the nearest college bar with instructions to purchase one pint (or appropriate legal measure) of any liquid provided by the licensee for consumption on or off the premises. The meeting will recommence when 75% of those who have proceeded to the bar have returned, subject to a quorum count.
# The order of succession of officer succession at station meetings is as follows:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Programme Controller
#* Head of News
#* Head of Music
#* Head of Speech
#* Head of Business
#* Head of Production
#* Chief Engineer
#* Head of Computing
#* Assistant Programme Controller
#* Head of Training
#* Head of Events
#* Assistant Head of News
#* Assistant Head of Music
#* Assistant Head of Speech
#* Assistant Head of Business
#* Treasurer
# Counter-proposals and amendments may be voted on at the discretion of the chair.
# Advisory Committees, when appointed are required to present to a Station Meeting. See Appendix 14 for details.

=== Team Meetings ===
# Each operational team of URY will meet at least three times per term with details publicised in advance.
# Team meetings will be chaired by the Head of Team. Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.

== Elections ==
# Elections may be held at a Station Meeting.
# All members of URY are entitled to stand for any officership, but no person may hold more than one officership. The only exception to this is the Assistant Station Manager who must already hold an officership. Note the positions of SM and ASM, PC and ASM or APC and ASM cannot be held by the same person. Should any officer cease to be a member of URY, their position will become vacant and an election held.
# If only one nomination is received for a post, a SMV will be held on whether or not the candidate should hold the post.
# If more than one nomination is received for a post, the Alternative Voting Method (AVM) (see Appendix 1) will be used and the voters will be allowed to vote for Re-open Nominations (RON).
# The chair of the meeting, or another officer nominated by the chair, will act as returning officer for the election. No returning officer may stand or vote for an election which they are overseeing.
# Application for any officership must reach the Station Manager in writing, 48 hours before the start of the meeting at which the election is to take place.
# Each candidate must be nominated by one proposer and at least one seconder. All URY members, with the exception of the returning officer, may either propose or second any one candidate for each post.
# Up to a maximum of 2 members may stand for any officership, with the exception of the Station Manager, Treasurer, Secretary and Heads of Teams. Two members only may jointly stand for the position of Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer.
# Absentee voting in elections will not be permitted.
# A motion of no confidence in any officer may be served by any URY member.
#* The motion must be submitted to the Station Manager at least 24 hours before the meeting at which the motion is to be discussed.
#* The vote will be a SMV by secret ballot and the officer concerned must be invited to the meeting.
#* If the motion is passed the post will be available for election at the following meeting.
#* The no-confidenced officer may re-stand.
# An officer may resign at any time by written notification to the Station Manager. The resignation will be immediately announced and an election called. The election must not occur within 7 days of the announcement.
# When one member in a jointly-held officership resigns, or is no-confidenced, all members holding that post will relinquish their duties, and an election for the post will be held.
# Candidates should attend their elections, except at the discretion of a Station Meeting.
# In the event of a candidate NOT attending their elections, their nomination must be received by the SM at least 48hrs before the meeting their election is due to take place in. The SM must then request written questions from the membership to be submitted 24hrs before the election. Answers to questions will be read out at the election.
# At an election the constitutional role of the officer being elected shall be read out and the nominee must accept that role to continue the election.

== Constitutional Amendments ==
# The constitution may be amended at any Station Meeting.
# The text of the amendment must be displayed prominently in URY for 48 hours before the meeting at which it is to be discussed. All members should be notified by the Station Manager.
# A two-thirds majority of those voting is required to amend the constitution.
# Any amendment passed will be handed by the Station Manager to the President of the Students' Union (SU) within seven days of the meeting at which it was passed. If the SU Executive committee refuses to ratify any section of the amendment that section will be declared null and void.

== Finance ==
# The funds will be banked in the name of York University Students Union
# The signatories to the accounts will be the Treasurer, the Station Manager and the Assistant Station Manager.
# All mandates pertaining to the banked funds of URY will be signed by the Treasurer and either the Station Manager or the Assistant Station Manager.
# The financial year will end on the 31st July. At the end of the financial year, the accounts will be audited.
# The Treasurer will be required to keep the accounts in a manner approved by the SU. The accounts will be available for inspection by any member of the SU Executive Committee or URY or other body with good reason to inspect them within a period of 24 hours of such a request being received by the Treasurer.
# The Treasurer will be required to submit a detailed account of the next year's expenditure to the SU Finance Committee within the time specified by the SU Treasurer.
# No funds received by URY for URY operations will be donated to any other cause or organisation.
# No URY member will claim or receive payment from whatever source, for work performed during the execution of their duties or through use of URY facilities without first having sought the approval of a Station Meeting.
# Every officer is entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of URY against all losses or liability which they may incur in or about the execution of their post, or otherwise in relation thereto.
# All officers are, however, liable for the consequences, financial or otherwise, arising from any negligent act, or any act outside their duties, as defined by the constitution and Station Meetings.

== Broadcasting Policy ==
# Any officer can make a request for broadcasting to cease to the following people, and it must be confirmed by them:
#* Station Manager
#* Assistant Station Manager
#* Honorary President
Broadcasting may recommence when the person who initiated the cessation gives their consent, and has consulted the above.
# A decision to deny the use of URY facilities to any member may be made at a Station Meeting. That person must be informed when such a motion is to be discussed, and invited to the relevant meeting. The Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller may deny the use of facilities temporarily until the next station meeting.
# Presenters may not express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive sentiments while on air.
# All advertisements broadcast by URY will comply with the “Code of Advertising Standards and Practice”, published by the Ofcom.
# No advertisement broadcast by URY may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
# All presenters must sign Presenter's Contracts before going on air
# Presenters must log themselves and guests into SiS and sign the advertisement schedule (if applicable) each show. Failure to do so will result in a warning from the Program Controller. After 3 warnings the Programme Controller will remove that show from the schedule for the remainder of that term at his discretion.
# The News Team will be entitled to at least a minute daily news programme and a 60 minute weekly news programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and News teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the programme controller.
# The Music Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly music programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Music teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the show may be suspended by the Programme Controller.
# The Speech Team will be entitled to at least a minute weekly speech programme, to be scheduled jointly by the Programming and Speech teams. In the event of a breach of broadcast policy the shows may be suspended by the Programme Controller.

== Logging of Output ==
# All broadcast output, including sustaining services, must be logged in accordance with the Ofcom guidelines.
# The Programme Controller and Chief Engineer must separately check, weekly during term time and monthly during the holidays, that both audio loggers are working.
# An authorised officer must check that both audio loggers are working after doing work in the TX cupboard. Authorised officers are those in the Computing and Engineering teams.

== Lending of Equipment ==
# Equipment may be leant out for non-URY use, and URY facilities may be used for non-URY purposes at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager or Chief Engineer, with the permission of the latter. URY reserves the right to refuse to lending of equipment or use of facilities.
# A nominal charge may be made for this service, made on a case-by-case basis.
# All borrowed equipment is to be returned as soon as possible.
# Any damaged or faulty equipment must be taken to the Chief Engineer, and repair costs may be applicable to those that have borrowed the equipment.
# All music owned by URY is not for the personal use of URY members, and all laws and statutes relating to the copying and distribution of said music must be obeyed.

== Provision of DJ Services ==
# Requests received to URY for the provision of DJs can be accepted at the discretion of the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager with consultation of Head of Music and Chief Engineer.
# Guide pricing for colleges and societies are as follows:
# £50 per night (regardless of quantity of DJs used)
# Management can exempt the fee at their discretion i.e. for YUSU, or other large campus events.

== Appendix A: Voting Methods ==
=== Simple Majority Voting ===
# The chair will ask those in favour of the motion under discussion to indicate the same, either by raising a hand or by marking a secret ballot, at the chair's discretion.
# The chair will then ask those against the motion to indicate the same by the same method.
# Each member present may vote only once. The chair may not vote.
# Absentee voting will be allowed (except in elections), provided that the vote is handed to the chair in a sealed envelope, and is opened after the votes of those present have been counted.
# The motion will be carried if the number of votes in favour of the motion exceeds the number of votes against.
# In the case of a tie, the chair has the casting vote.
# Votes of no confidence in officers must be held by secret ballot.

=== Alternative Voting Method ===
# This voting method is applicable only to elections where more than one candidate is standing.
# “Candidate”, will be defined as any member or group of members standing jointly; the vote to Reopen Nominations (RON) will also be treated as a candidate.
# A list of candidates will be displayed to the meeting.
# Each member present, with the exception of the returning officer, will receive a ballot paper upon which they will indicate their first preference.
# The ballot papers will be collected and counted.
# If any candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, he/she will be elected.
# If no candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, and the election will be repeated for the remaining candidates. This procedure will be repeated until a candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast, at which point they will be elected. N.B. RON will be treated exactly as any other candidate.
# In the event of RON being elected, another election for the post in question will be called for the next Station Meeting.
# If the election is to fill two, or more, identical posts, the election will proceed as above until one of the candidates is elected. The election will continue with all remaining candidates standing until a second candidate has won greater than half the number of votes cast. The election will continue in this manner until all posts have been filled or all candidates have been elected or discarded.

== Appendix B: Advisory Committee ==
# The purpose of the advisory committee will be to advise the Station Meeting on a particular issue.
# The membership and the size of the membership of the advisory committee will be at the discretion of the Station Meeting and will contain members of the relevant teams plus other members of URY that wish to be involved. Where necessary voting will take place using AVM for the members of the teams and then for other members.
# The advisory committee will then select a chair. This should be a head of team from one of the relevant teams or an officer from one of the relevant teams but may be passed on to any member of the advisory committee.
# The quorum of the meeting will be four.
# Meetings of the advisory committee will be called by the chair.
# Meeting procedure will be at the discretion of the chair.
# The committee shall report to the station Meeting and seek its approval before any of its proposals are acted upon.

== Appendix C: Presenters Contract ==
# [Copy of Presenters Contract available from Programme Controller]

HowTo Upload Podcasts

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This is a tutorial on '''uploading podcasts''' to the URYPlayer system.

== Using the website admin ==

Currently there is no MyURY/Members Internal module for uploading podcasts, so the main way to upload them is the same way [[Computing]] do them. Don't worry - this process will get simpler and simpler as the website matures, and may be replaced with a more user-friendly manner later.

=== Log onto SiteAdmin ===
# Go to [https://ury.york.ac.uk/admin https://ury.york.ac.uk/admin] ('''not''' HTTP, '''not''' ury.org.uk) and, if prompted, select "Use your URY credentials". ''The requirement to use https://ury.york.ac.uk specifically is an unintentional issue and will hopefully be fixed later.''
# Go to '''uryplayer''' -> '''Podcasts''' -> '''Add'''. ''If you do not see this or are denied access, email Computing Team so they can give you podcasting permissions. In the future, this will be automatic.''
=== The easy bits ===
# Select someone as the podcast '''Creator'''.
# '''Approver''' is currently unused, so you can leave it blank if you want.
# Upload your audio into the '''File''' box. '''Your file MUST be in MP3 format (preferably 44.1KHz 192bps). Uploading WAVs will NOT work and in future will not be possible.'''

=== Branding packages ===
# To save on some time, if your podcast is a regular one like Newshour or Speech Team, click on '''Add another Branding Package''' and check the '''Package''' drop-down box to see if your podcast falls under any of the categories. This will automatically assign images and a default title and description to your podcast.
# You can apply as many branding packages as you want, but some packages take precedence over others.
=== Adding a title and description ===
# To assign a title to your podcast, click '''Add another Associated Text Item''' and set the '''Key''' in the box that appears to "title" and the '''Value''' to your title. ''Don't worry about the other stuff to the right, unless you want to cancel some metadata or attribute it to someone else.''
# Do the same thing for a podcast description, but with '''Key''' as "description".
=== Custom images ===
''You can skip this bit if you don't want a unique image. You'll either get the grey Podcast image or, if you chose a branding package above, whatever that package specifies as the image.''
# To assign your own image to the podcast, click '''Add another Associated Image''', set '''Key''' to "player_image" and the '''Value''' to your image file. ''Currently there is no way to use existing images, so you will have to download existing images and reupload them.''.
# Then do the same for "thumbnail_image" - the former goes onto the player console and the latter goes into the podcast list.
# Now press '''Save''' and your podcast should upload. Phew!
=== If things go wrong ===
# If the uploader shouts at you and turns red in places, you probably filled a bit of the form out wrong. Check over for any mistakes and remember that all uploaded files will be blanked and you'll have to select them again.
# If bits of the interface are missing, you might not have enough privileges. Ask Computing Team to give you some.
# If in doubt, email Computing.

== Links ==
* [[HowTo Index]]

Presenters' Contract

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== Presenters' Contract ==

I, The Undersigned, agree to abide by URY's station rules and regulations as set out below, and the Ofcom Programming Code (accessible at www.ofcom.org.uk). I have fully read and understood these rules and regulations, and I understand that if I break any of the rules or regulations stated by Ofcom or its successor, I will be solely liable for any resulting fines or actions that may be levied against University Radio York.

I also understand that should I break any of URY’s rules or regulations, I am liable to be subject to disciplinary action as decided by URY’s Programming Team. I will also abide by the YUSU media charter (available from the Student Centre). I have never been convicted of any criminal offence related to radio broadcasting.

In the event of The Undersigned ceasing to be a member or honorary member of URY, this contract will expire before the expiry date at the discretion of the Programme Controller.

=== URY Rules And Regulations ===
# You must have passed a URY demo recording, paid £7 membership to URY and have permission to broadcast from the Programming Team in order to be allowed to operate broadcast equipment.
# If you operate broadcast equipment, you are responsible for its correct usage and for upholding URY’s stated rules and regulations at all times.
# You are responsible for the content of all broadcasts in which you operate the broadcast equipment, including all technical and audible contributions that you, co-presenters or guests make.
# You must do all shows that you have signed-up for, unless the Programming Team states otherwise.
# If you are going to be late for your show, you must contact the Programming Team as soon as possible. If you believe that you will be unable to do your show, you must inform the Programming Team at least 48 hours before the occasion in question.
# If you have to cancel your show suddenly due to unforeseen circumstances, you should contact the Programming Team as soon as possible.
# Anyone who runs broadcast equipment on-air must sign in using SIS (Studio Information System). This person must also log in any guests present in the studio.
# You must broadcast the station name and frequency at least once an hour during your show (e.g. play the News-in Jingle) unless the Programming Team states otherwise.
# You must broadcast the news every hour. You must also broadcast all or any SBN/IRN adverts that follow provided the feed is available. In the event that there is a technical fault, you must inform the Programming Team as soon as possible.
#
## During daytime (between the hours of 5am and 9pm), you must play all copyrighted music content on your show through BAPS (i.e. you may not use digital music players, including MP3 players, laptops and mobile phones, streaming services such as Spotify or YouTube, or any physical media such as compact discs), except with special permission from the Programming Team.
## All copyrighted music content that is not played through BAPS (subject to the previous clause) must be logged manually, as instructed by the Programming Team. BAPS will do this automatically.
# You must show impartiality on all political, sectarian, or otherwise contentious issues. If you intend to or predict that you might broadcast potentially controversial output, consult the Programming Team.
#
## You must not swear on-air, nor express racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise offensive opinions in any broadcast. Use of gratuitous swearing is always unacceptable.
## Songs that contain swearing may be played on shows between the hours of 9pm and 5am with advance permission from the Programme Controller. A standard or otherwise pre-agreed disclaimer is to be played at the beginning of each hour of the show. It is unacceptable for presenters and their guests to swear at any time.
# You must not mention that we can be heard off campus on 1350AM.
# You must not broadcast under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nor allow anyone on the show to do so.
# You must play all adverts scheduled during your show. The advert schedule can be found on the notice board in Studio 1, and must be signed when the relevant adverts have been played.
# You must leave the studio clean and tidy. You may not remove any URY property without permission from a URY officer. You may not remove or copy any URY music. Such activities are illegal and will be dealt with accordingly.
# If you are the last person to leave URY, you must pull down all blinds, close all windows and lock the front door. Station key cards must be returned to the porter. Should there be any problem with station key cards or any aspect of URY security, please contact the Programming Team. In an emergency, contact Security Services on (01904) 434444.
# You must abide by the Ofcom Programming Code at all times.

=== Disciplinary Actions ===

==== Warnings ====
There are 2 kinds of warnings that the Programming Team can issue on any occasion, should they see fit. Inappropriate behaviour, misuse of URY property, breach of URY rules and breach of Ofcom rules are the most sensitive occasions in which warnings will be considered.

;Informal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with an informal warning in the event that he or she commits an offence that the Programming Team considers noteworthy, relatively minor, inappropriate or unacceptable. If you receive an informal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, you will receive a formal warning.
;Formal Warning
:Any member of URY may be issued with a formal warning at the discretion of the Programming Team. The person in question need not have received any informal warnings nor committed previous offences. In the event that he or she breaches URY rules, Ofcom rules or behaves otherwise inappropriately, the Programming Team may decide to contact the member in question and/or issue a formal warning. If you receive a formal warning and repeat the infraction warned against, your show can be suspended or taken permanently off-air.

==== Suspension ====
The Programming Team can suspend a presenter on any occasion for as long as they see fit.

==== Expulsion ====
The Programming Team can decide to cancel a show or ban a presenter from doing a show on any occasion. Presenters may be banned from Studio 1 or URY as a whole.

==== Appeals Procedure ====
If your show is suspended it will be retained virtually on the system for one week, though you will be unable to present this show. Any appeals against the decision can be made to the Station Management within this time. If no appeal is made, the show will be removed permanently from the schedule. If an appeal is made, the presenter will be invited to meet with the Station Manager, Assistant Station Manager, Programme Controller and Assistant Programme Controller to make their case. All decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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= URY Speech Team =
Welcome to the home of URY Speech. On these pages you will find all the details of the organisation of the Speech Team, its aims and its headlining shows.

== Aims ==
URY Speech's primary aim is to work to extend URY's output of speech based broadcasting.
* Introduce original and innovative material to its remit
* Act as a platform for students of the University in helping to develop their material and giving it a voice across campus
* To produce programmes which cater to a wide range of students and other listeners broadcasting debate, opinion and review from an objective and fair viewpoint
* To continue to develop and widen URY's speech based remit across the schedule through quality, informative and entertaining programming

== Organisation ==
Here you will find the outline of the structure, responsibilities and contact details of the URY Speech Team.
* '''Head of Speech''' - The Head of Speech is responsible for the output of the URY Speech Team. They should hold regular meetings with the speech team and be aware of the teams content. They will act as producer of Speech Team programming where needed; eg. Speech Teams flagship URY Open Mic. They are the first contact for all production/presenting queries regarding speech team programming.

* '''Assistant Head of Speech''' - The Assistant Head of Speech is responsible for the management of URY Speech Team members. They will chair meetings and attend Station meetings in the absence of the HoS. They will act as producer of Speech Team programming where needed. They are the first contact for writers/actors regarding speech team programming.
* '''Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer''' - The Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer is responsible for all interviews, booking of guests, reviews and reviewers for the URY Speech Team. They are the first contact for interviewers/reviewers of cinema, theatre and film.
* '''Documentary/Features Editor'''

== Current Speech Team ==
* '''Head of Speech'''
** Rebecca Elson - [mailto:head.of.speech@ury.org.uk head.of.speech@ury.org.uk]

* '''Assistant Heads of Speech'''

* '''Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer'''
** James Metcalf - [mailto:cinema.and.theatre@ury.org.uk cinema.and.theatre@ury.org.uk]

* '''Documentaries and Features Editor'''

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Speech

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= URY Speech Team =
Welcome to the home of URY Speech. On these pages you will find all the details of the organisation of the Speech Team, its aims and its headlining shows.

== Aims ==
URY Speech's primary aim is to work to extend URY's output of speech based broadcasting.
* Introduce original and innovative material to its remit
* Act as a platform for students of the University in helping to develop their material and giving it a voice across campus
* To produce programmes which cater to a wide range of students and other listeners broadcasting debate, opinion and review from an objective and fair viewpoint
* To continue to develop and widen URY's speech based remit across the schedule through quality, informative and entertaining programming

== Organisation ==
Here you will find the outline of the structure, responsibilities and contact details of the URY Speech Team.
* '''Head of Speech''' - The Head of Speech is responsible for the output of the URY Speech Team. They should hold regular meetings with the speech team and be aware of the teams content. They will act as producer of Speech Team programming where needed; eg. Speech Teams flagship URY Open Mic. They are the first contact for all production/presenting queries regarding speech team programming.

* '''Assistant Head of Speech''' - The Assistant Head of Speech is responsible for the management of URY Speech Team members. They will chair meetings and attend Station meetings in the absence of the HoS. They will act as producer of Speech Team programming where needed. They are the first contact for writers/actors regarding speech team programming.
* '''Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer''' - The Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer is responsible for all interviews, booking of guests, reviews and reviewers for the URY Speech Team. They are the first contact for interviewers/reviewers of cinema, theatre and film.
* '''Documentary/Features Editor'''

== Current Speech Team ==
* '''Head of Speech'''
** Rebecca Elson head.of.speech@ury.org.uk

* '''Assistant Heads of Speech'''

* '''Cinema and Theatre Liaison Officer'''
** James Metcalf cinema.and.theatre@ury.org.uk

* '''Documentaries and Features Editor'''

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Committees

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((ury)) has had many '''committees'''.

== 2012/13 ==

=== The Edwards committee ===

{{Committee 2012}}

== 2011/12 ==

This year had two station managers: Rob Stonehouse, and Jennifer Rothery.

=== The Stonehouse committee ===

{{Committee 2011a}}

=== The Rothery committee ===

Because of the large proportion of finalists in the original 2011/12 committee, a special by-election was held in Summer Term 2012 to replace those leaving the university forever; the result was an "interim" committee led by new Station Manager Jennifer Rothery until the Autumn 2012 election round.

{{Committee 2011b}}

== 2010/11 ==

Darren Webb was Station Manager this year.

== 2009/10 ==

Oliver Julian was Station Manager this year.

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