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RUSU is proud to represent the needs of a unique, ever-changing, and diverse student body at RMIT.
Our Clubs and Societies (C&S) Department is dedicated to helping students explore their social, professional, political, spiritual, and cultural identities by supporting a wide array of campus clubs. Starting and running a club can be challenging - but it is worthwhile. And, it can also be a lot of fun and a great way to develop a range of skills and make a long-term contribution to the RMIT student experience - some of our clubs are over 50 years old!
The steps involved in starting a club can seem complicated, but to try and simplify things, we have divided it up for you. Your RUSU Clubs Officers are available to help guide you through the process. If you have any questions about the information below, please contact our friendly RUSU Clubs team at rusu.clubs@rmit.edu.au , who will be happy to assist you.
Please note that it can take between 6 weeks and up to 4 months to finalise a new club.
Do some research to find out whether a club like yours already exists, and where your club should sit at RMIT (e.g. with RUSU or RMIT Sports & Creative). Ensure you check the following:
If you think your club is suitable, and it comes under the administration of RUSU Clubs, you then need to check your club will meet RUSU's Standards. You must consider ALL of the following points:
RUSU won't always accept new clubs, and there may be specific reasons that RUSU may not support your new club idea. As well as the requirements listed above, other key reasons for not supporting a new club proposal include:
Ensure you have thoroughly checked over all of the points in Step 1, above. Based on what you have read and researched, if you believe your new club idea would be supportable, the next step is to formally notify RUSU Clubs of your request to start a new club.
To do this, complete and submit the 2023 New Club Expression of Interest Form here
The EOI needs you to really think through your new club idea!
Note, awaiting feedback from the RUSU Clubs team could take several weeks during busy periods. Feedback usually consists of one of the following three options:
If your EOI is all good (possibly with some follow-up questions from the Clubs Department Staff), your application will be referred to RUSU Management for Provisional Affiliation approval. Provisional Affiliation gives new clubs access to some clubs' resources to assist them, and a timeline to complete the “Full Affiliation” process (for either Calendar Year or Mid Year intake).
You'll be required to meet with one of the Clubs Officers to prepare for the next steps!
Once your club is granted provisional affiliation, you must do the following so that your club can become fully affiliated:
At your IGM, you need to do ALL of the following steps:
Within 2 weeks of the IGM, the new leadership team needs to:
Clubs must re-affiliate every year! Re-affiliation involves almost the same process as the Inaugural affiliation process:
There are specific rules that ALL clubs must follow: