Executives meeting - 21st October 2022

Meeting of the Student Union Executive

Date: 21st of October  

Attended:

DA, KK, HH, NI, KB, TC  

 

Katy:  

Elections  

• Push to promote elections and running  

Water fountain  

• Water fountain in Vinson Building  

Girls night in  

• KB asked for assistance from KK and DA  

• KB asked NI on offline update about one happening in Crewe  

Lights in Chandos  

• Students are complaining about poor lighting in Chandos Park  

• KB talking to local council  

• KK mentioned areas such as the bridges leading to and from the Island Car Park  

  

Henry:  

Decompression session society  

• Unanimous no  

BMA  

• Unanimous no  

Effective Altruism  

• No  

  

Karina:  

Updates  

• World Mental Health Day event went well, good turnout  

• Both booking events and turn-up events were busy  

• Working on alcohol awareness with WSD  

  

Maia:  

Updates  

• Event scheduled for next Friday  

• Girls night in to happen in 2 weeks  

• Got a water dispenser in the Med School buildings  

 

Toby:  

Updates  

• Working towards building an argument for kinetic energy generating flooring  

  

Adam:  

Updates  

• Sorting out and preparing for BSU elections  

• Got 3 candidates running, will be interviewed by AP and Sarah Ruff on Monday  

• 120 current BSU members, expected to drop to 80ish after December  

• BSU to do some recreational sports over the term  

 

Daye:  

Updates  

• LaCSoc had an international themed event, well intended  

• BHM update  

• Who said it quotes is still ongoing  

• No entries for poetry reading  

• Board quotes have been going well, but looks like people have rubbed out other people answers  

• Sip and paint on hold until event space booking approved  

  

Zaid:  

Updates  

• Spoke to Med School about AGMs and Society Handbooks  

• Hopeful of DermSoc and IRMSoc  

• SurgSoc still trying to revive themselves by the SU even though students are asking them why, so have tried to lobby Med School  

• ZA told PTOs and Sabbs to stand ground when asked/interrogated on things to do with SurgSoc  

• Spoke to Med School about student support however staff have turned over since initial discussions  

• Student Rep spoke to ZA about lack of concessions in Med School in regards to sick leave and leave to visit conferences   

• ZA spoke to Med School for further investigation and understood the process better  

• ZA to feed back to Med Rep on the process  

• Med Student accommodation problem semi resolves for now  

  

AOB  

• KB asked PTOs for maximum effort for the last term to have a final hurrah and set standard for next PTOs and Sabbs