Monash Medicine prides itself on attracting students with  a wide range of interests and impressive talents in fields outside of medicine. In recent years, we have seen increasing support from the faculty for such endeavours as well as the development of several new groups within the medical cohort.

MUMUS is keen to support these groups and cultivate this culture, and have thus expanded their capacity to host Official MUMUS subcommittees

Eligibility of Subcommittees

For a subcommittee to be considered they MUST fulfil the following criteria:

• Involve medical students solely
• Not conflict with any groups or activities organised by MUMUS and be substantially different to what is offered by MUMUS, WILDFIRE, Ignite, GPSN, the Monash Medical faculty or other subcommittees of MUMUS
• Demonstrate the beneficial nature of their activities
• Show themselves to be competent in performing their planned activities
• Must be accessible for all medical students
• Be transparent and answerable to MUMUS by providing financial documentation to the Treasurer
• Academic subcommittees will report to the MUMUS Academic VP and Social & Arts subcommittees will report to the MUMUS Social VP
• Subcommittee membership will be reviewed annually
• Be run at a cost neutral:
  • No member can profit from the existence of a subcommittee
  • No position will be rewarded in monetary or other means
• Acceptance of subcommittees is up to the discretion of the MUMUS Executive

Entitlements of official MUMUS Subcommittees:

• Official recognition by MUMUS
• The opportunity to attend MUMUS meetings as a guest when an agenda item relates to you
• Access to room bookings through MUMUS
• Use of MUMUS’ liability insurance through Monash C&S for  events
• Access to funding and sponsorship through MUMUS
• Access to advertising
• An information section on our official website mumus.org

MUMUS Subcommittee Operation Code of Conduct

To remain associated with MUMUS a subcommittee must:

• Acknowledge MUMUS association on all public material including:
  • Facebook pages
  • Event advertisements
  • Contact with academics, doctors and organisations
• Abide by legal regulations regarding naming of the subcommittee
  • As the legal copyright of use of the terms ‘Monash’, ‘Monash University’ and ‘Monash Uni’ are owned by C&S, MUMUS will not be associated with any group using these terms in their title who are not official subcommittee
  • Subcommittees names may use either:
    • The title MUMUS as in MUMUS Careers Subcommittee
    • The tagline of ‘Official MUMUS subcommittee’ as in MUKEG: An Official MUMUS Subcommittee                                      
• Inclusion of the MUMUS logo in the subcommittee logo, as approved by the MUMUS Marketing Representative
• Not approach sponsors unless through the MUMUS Sponsorship Officer
• Keep MUMUS updated progress on activities
• Approach all academics, doctors or organisations with appropriate standards of professionalism and respect
• Not discriminate against students for membership or event attendance
• Subcommittee can choose to manage their own finances or use MUMUS’ bank account.
  • If choosing to manage their own finances
    • Personal bank accounts may not be used for storing finances and day-to-day operations
    • Subcommittee bank accounts cannot be used for the personal finance of members
    • Subcommittee treasurers must report to the MUMUS Treasurer at the conclusion of semester 1 and 2

Application

New Subcommittees

New subcommittees must apply by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the following:

• Name of subcommittee
• Aim of subcommittee (max 250 words)
• Name, Student number, year, contact email, phone number and position of every exec member
• 3-year plan (max 250 words)
• Physical signatures of 20 students with student numbers and year (scanned)

Renewing Subcommittees

Must reapply by February every year to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the following:

• Name subcommittee
• Aim of subcommittee (max 250 words)
• Number of members in the preceding year
• Name, Student number, year, contact email, phone number and position of every exec member for the new year
• Updated 3-year plan (max 250 words)
• List of events held over last year
• Financial with budgets

MUMUS Policy on Funding and Donation

A previously contentious issue has been the donation of funds to charity by student groups who receive MUMUS funding. The new policy is based on the following rationale:

“MUMUS supports charitable efforts and donations, however our aims and objectives are to provide services to the student population. If MUMUS’ resources are not necessary for the operation of an independent organization which directly serves the student body, they could more effectively be spent elsewhere.

For non-subcommittees – any student group may approach MUMUS for assistance, financial or otherwise, and be considered on their merits. If such a group receives financial support, it is expected that it will be used for organizational or logistical expenses.

• If the group creates an annual net profit that is equal or greater than their amount of MUMUS support, they will be ineligible for MUMUS funding the following year, regardless of whether they have kept or donated the money.

For MUMUS subcommittees – official MUMUS subcommittees may make donations to charity.

• If the subcommittee has received financial support that year, the donations must be passed through the executive if less than $2000 or full committee if more than $2000, to ensure that the selected recipient is appropriate. (Please note that this is not intended, and should not be used, to force a donation to the ‘best’ charitable organization, but rather to prevent donations to definitively inappropriate organisations).
• The donation can be publicised by MUMUS as ‘MUMUS and the xxxx subcommittee donated $xx to x charity’.