2018 Committee Lunch

By admin, 30 March, 2022
Date of Meeting

    2018 Committee Lunch

    Date: Wednesday 4th week, Hilary 2018 (2018-02-07)

    Attendance


    Present: Leah Mitchell (President), Beth Thomas (Secretary), Henrique Aguiar (Treasurer), Gregory Brinkworth (Lindsay), Hannah Williams (Dr. WHO), Thomas Laver (Foody), Athravan Sett (Access and Admissions Officer), Mia Liyanage (Access and Admissions Officer), Eleanor Cook (Student Disabilities Officer), Pria Bourne (Student Disabilities Officer), Jamie Barnes (Entz Officer), Rachel Wong (Entz Officer), Mick Yang (LGBTQ Officer), Tanja Gunther (LGBTQ Officer), Antonia Siu (Website & Computing Officer), Lauren Tavriger (Women's Officer)

    Absent with apologies: Charlotte Lee (Vice-President (Administrative))

    Absent without explanation: Ellen Cropley (Dr. WHO), Joseph Al-Khalili (Foody), Rebecca Clark (Charities and RAG Officer), Amrita Khandpur (Design & Maintenance Officer), Dylan Behr (Environment & Ethics Officer), Joshua Tilley (Environment & Ethics Officer), Alexander Gruen (Housing Officer), Francesca Back (Women's Officer)

    Agenda


    1. Matters Arising

    • Line for the bottom of Committee emails
    • JCR Rainbow Flag 
    • Reduction in newspapers
    • Reimbursement for snacks at the Emergency GM 

    2. AOB

    • Constitution Rewriting update 

    Minutes


    1. Matters Arising

    Line for the bottom of Committee emails

    There was a discussion about the phrasing of the line to put at the bottom of emails sent from JCR Committee members to discourage sharing content outside the college. It was decided the line should be: “This email is intended for members of Balliol JCR only; sharing of this information is discouraged.”

     

    JCR Rainbow Flag 

    There was a discussion over why Balliol hasn’t got a rainbow flag up yet - the committee was informed that it was damaged last year. 

    Up to 10 pounds was passed to purchase a new one. 

    Leah also said she would discuss in a meeting the length of time it would be possible to have it up for. 

     

    Reduction in newspapers

    Thomas raised the idea of reducing the number of Cherwell and OxStu papers the JCR buys as currently quite a few go unread. It was discussed that this issue has been brought to a GM previously but it turned out to be quite a challenge to reduce the number of papers. Some raised the notion that it is good to support university newspapers to keep them running even if they aren’t all read. 

     

    Reimbursement for snacks at the Emergency GM 

    Beth requested a reimbursement of £17.33 for snacks bought at the recent emergency GM. 

    Passes. 

     

    2. AOB

    Constitution Rewriting update 

    Leah informed the committee that she hasn’t heard back yet from a person at another college she contacted regarding how to go about rewriting the constitution. It is thought however that it will have to pass through a GM to start the process and then another one later to approve the new text.