About 150 students gathered for an emergency meeting of OUSA this afternoon, after president Caitlin Barlow-Groome called for a vote of no confidence in a member of its executive, John Smythe, who called for proctor Dave Scott to resign.
Mr Scott publicly admitted yesterday he went into a flat about three weeks ago while delivering a letter to students, and took "three smoking cannabis bongs'' away while the flatmates were either away or asleep.
While he regretted his behaviour, Mr Scott said he did not consider it made him a criminal. He will not be disciplined.
However, he has since stepped back from that stance and no longer wants the proctor to step down, saying he had decided it was "more important to forgive people and accept that they've done the wrong thing''.
Media were barred from the meeting with the exception of student magazine Critic, which provided updates.
However, the protest will go ahead and Mr Smythe will push for a code of conduct setting out what the proctor can and cannot do.
Earlier, Ms Barlow-Groome called on Mr Smythe to publicly apologise for his actions during the saga, which breached the association's policies. However, Critic reported that she has now decided to retract this demand.
Mr Smythe was asked to take his title OUSA recreation officer off the petition immediately, and agreed to do so after the meeting.
He apologised to speaking to the media "in a technical sense, but not in a pragmatic or political sense".
Education officer James Heath moved for the association to support the "Proctor Protest", and students voted in agreement.
More than 900 students were expected to attend.