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Posters on Campus

Policy

All clubs need to have a copy of the poster policy, as it clearly outlines what you can and can't have on your posters. This saves everyone time, as you will be much more likely to submit posters that meet the approval standard. The main criteria that will reject your poster submissions is the display of anything sexist, racist, defamatory, homophobic or anything that is clearly at odds with liquor licensing or the law. Guild Poster & Publications Policy (PDF).

Poster Locations

Posters can only be put up in certain locations on campus. PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION CAREFULLY. Please make sure everyone on your committee understands these rules, otherwise your time, effort and money could be ripped down in minutes. It's also your club's responsibility to remove any poster within a week of the advertised event happening. If this does not occur, your club will be charged the cost of the posters' removal.

Locations for Approved Materials

  • On pillars within the Guild Village, Guild Refectory and Guild Refectory Courtyard
  • On the noticeboards outside the Guild toilets and the Tavern

Locations not permitted for postering

  • On walls surrounding the Guild Refectory
  • On walls in Guild Village
  • On any window
  • Inside the Guild toilets or other building
  • Anywhere on the ground around the Guild Village
  • Anywhere else on campus

Process for Putting Up Posters

BEFORE PRINTING YOUR POSTERS, please read the following:

  1. Design your poster! For some cool tips, see our section on producing club material. If you are an affiliated club, make sure your design clearly shows the Guild Logo somewhere on your poster.
  2. Print off two copies (two copies of each different poster you designed). Then you'll need to get your poster authorised by one of the following people:
    • Guild President (ph 6488 2294)
    • Activities Officer (ph 6488 2291)
    • Memberships Officer (ph 6488 2211)
    • Student Centre Manager (ph 6488 2295)
    • Societies Council President (ph 6488 3773)
    They'll sign the back of one of your copies (for each design -- provided you've met the requirements of the poster policy) and you're almost there!!
  3. Go down to the Guild Student Centre in the Guild courtyard. They'll need to keep the signed (authorised) copy of your poster for records, and you can stamp your other copy with the 'approved' stamp. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT - if you don't stamp your posters, they will be torn down.
  4. Then you're good to go! Copy as many posters as you want (making sure you can see the guild logo and the approved stamp on the poster), and drop them outside the Activities Officer's door (on the first floor of the Guild) by 4pm Thursday, on the week before they need to be up. Posters go up during normal UWA teaching weeks.

Please STAMP then photoCOPY your posters - it's a much more efficient method to stamp one poster then copy them, rather than having to stamp your bundle of posters - not to mention in the instance you are forced to change a part of your poster and re-print them.

We also have information about how to print your posters.

Faculty Noticeboards

Contact faculties directly regarding internal noticeboards.

Notice Boards off Crawley Campus

The Guild has notice boards at QEII, Nedlands and Dentistry campuses. If you would like to publicise your club's activities at these locations, drop your material at the Student centre, and they can be internally mailed to the relevant Faculty Societies committees. Alternatively, if you're prepared for a bit of a trek, you can put the posters there yourself!

Penalties

The University is quite strict on maintaining aesthetically pleasing buildings, which means they do not want posters spammed all over them. The penalty for placing posters on unauthorised buildings is up to $100 per incident.

Part 9-Penalties and Proceedings - http://calendar.publishing.uwa.edu.au/latest/partb/bylaws/part9
9.1 A person who breaches any of these by-laws is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100.

Definition of unauthorised area:
The University of Western Australia Lands By-Laws,
Part 5-Conduct of Persons on the Lands
http://calendar.publishing.uwa.edu.au/latest/partb/bylaws/part5
5.5 No person shall post, stick, stencil, paint or otherwise affix any matter to or on any part of the Lands or any building, erection, fence, wall, pathway, traffic area, tree, shrub or hedge; on the Lands unless that person is the holder of and then only in accordance with a Permit authorising such act except that with the permission of the relevant authority notices may be attached to noticeboards.
For the purposes of this by-law the relevant authority means the administration, Guild of Undergraduates, faculty or department as the case may be which has the care of that noticeboard and permission means permission given in the manner determined by the relevant authority.