Form

All information requested by this Working Group Application form is considered mandatory for applicants wishing to be considered for Working Group status. Please review the OPIRG McMaster Working Group Policy (http://opirg.ca/core.php?content=WGPolicy) for more information on the application process and to ensure that your application is complete when you submit it.

Your name*

Your email*

Your phone number*

Your preferred method of communication*

Email Telephone

While OPIRG Working Groups are not required to have a formal leadership, each Working Group must provide OPIRG McMaster with at least two reliable contact persons, one of which must be a McMaster University student.

Are you a McMaster University Student?*

Yes No

Contact persons commit themselves to attending mandatory OPIRG McMaster Orientation as well as Workshops on Consensus Decision Making and Anti-Oppression, and any other sessions deemed mandatory by OPIRG McMaster. Please include below the name and contact information for at least one other Working Group member who can commit to attending these sessions.

2nd Contact name*

2nd Contact E-Mail*

2nd Contact Phone*

Are you a McMaster University Student?*

Yes No

Proposed Working Group Name*

In 100-200 words, please give a brief description of your proposed Working Group*

Does your group currently receive any support, operational funding or guidance from the McMaster Student Union, the University, or any other external group, association or organization?*

Yes No

Please disclose any affiliations, funding or support that your proposed Working Group currently recieves from other sources, if any.

All Working Group Applications will be reviewed by OPIRG McMaster and approved or rejected by its Board of Directors. All Applications will be reviewed against OPIRG McMaster's objectives and a list of Working Group criteria. Below, in a few words, please explain how your proposed Working Group meets each criteria.

How is your proposed Working Group directed towards research and/or action in the public interest?*

How does your proposed Working Group demonstrate a clear focus that reflective of OPIRG's commitment to Environmental and Social Justice?*

How will your proposed Working Group encourage positive contributions to the local and/or Global community?*

Is your Working Group’s focus based on credible and defensible positions or research and be constructive in nature?*

All successfully approved Working Groups are granted access to Support until the end of each Budget Year, and Working Groups are required to submit an Annual Report to be submitted to OPIRG McMaster at the end of that year which will be used (in part) to complete an annual Evaluation conducted by OPIRG McMaster. Completion and submission of Annual Reports are the responsibility of a Working Group's contact persons. Do you agree to submit, on behalf of your Working Group:

A comprehensive overview of all work (research and/or action) completed by the Working Group throughout the budget year*

Yes No

A self-evaluation of the Group's work, including a fair assessment of the Group's ability to complete its goals as outlined in its Application, and identification of areas of strength and weakness.*

Yes No

While Working Groups may operate in a relatively autonomous fashion, their Support may be suspended or revoked at any time through a decision by the OPIRG McMaster Board of Directors if there is the reasonable belief the actions or decisions of a Working Group threaten the credibility, reputation, working-relations, or other interests of the OPIRG McMaster, its Working Groups and/or community partners.

As a contact person for a Working Group, do you agree to conduct yourself in a manner consistent with OPIRGs values and objectives and to act in the best interests of OPIRG McMaster?*

Yes No

Is there anything else that OPIRG McMaster should know about you or your proposed Working Group?

Thank you for your Working Group Application! The review committee will assess your application and you will be contacted shortly to inform you of the outcome, or to answer any further questions we may have.

OPIRG McMaster Working Group Application Form