VicSRC

The Victorian Student Representative Council, or VicSRC is an organisation that supports and connects student leadership groups in secondary schools in the Australian state of Victoria. Established in 2001 the VicSRC has more than 50 member SRCs representing more than 35,000 secondary students across the state as well as a large network of supporters.
About the VicSRC
The organisation operates with an executive of 15 members from secondary schools around Victoria.
The members of the executive are elected at the annual VicSRC congress. The VicSRC constitution states that the executive should be made up of secondary school students from both metropolitan and regional areas of Victoria. The VicSRC is a membership-based organisation; membership is open to all Student Representative Councils from secondary schools in Victoria, Australia
The VicSRC is supported by funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, and is auspiced and supported through the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria(YACVic)
Congress
The VicSRC congress takes place annually. At Congress students come from around the state to discuss ideas that are important to them. From these discussions come motions which are then debated in the formal congress setting. Congress itself is a parliamentary style setting. Students represent themselves and are invited to put forward their views on the motions, and to make amendments. The resolution is then voted on by way of majority. If the resolution passes it becomes the responsibility of the incoming executive to carry out the will of the congress and to bring the resolutions into fruition.
The new executive is also elected at congress. Students nominate themselves to be members of the VicSRC executive and give a short speech to congress detailing their suitability for the position. The executive is decided by a secret ballot, and the fifteen with the highest percentage of votes are awarded a position on the VicSRC executive for a period of one year. The executive members must commit to monthly meetings as well as a commitment to working on the resolutions passed through the congress.

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