Minutes of JCR Committee Meeting Week 2 Trinity 2025

By risso, 26 October, 2025
Date of Meeting

Minutes

Tortoise:

  • Either sponsor a tortoise or rename a tortoise, which is more expensive -Toby

Housing – Vasil

  • Mainsite sent off to college, 24 hours the Jowett / masters will be sent off
  • Minimal complaints
  • Zach and Sarah intend to be buddies 

Bike Update

  • Decathlon workshop servicing bikes 
  • 80-100 bikes fixed
  • Parts ended up being free because payments didn’t work
  • Potentially think this will happen again next term 
  • Hopefully ongoing relationship, standing order of every 2nd week of term
  • Other colleges and people cycling by made use of it
  • Vouchers for decathlon available if you ask Zach 

Items Left in Library

  • Ongoing issue of people leaving stuff in 
  • Discussions w/ librarians and domestic bursar
  • Possible solution: policy of writing sheet saying when you are leaving

Lindsey Bar

  • Engineers coming to bar on Monday to install soda tap
  • Possibly Blue Absinthe on the cards = rules say we can’t serve after 9pm
  • Not an issue for licences

Updates from Jennifer

  • Picnic blankets are good idea = individual students will have to replace any damage or missing picnic blankets 
  • Personal barbecues on Jowett = probably no, but in discussion
  • Airbeds = we can get more, possibly 6
    • Could put airbeds in Holywell because Porters Lodge is more manned than Jowett
  • Loud tourists near library = more signs around the library 

Committee Feedback Form

  • Balliolfess 2.0 instagram = feedback form for the committee as evidently people need forum for complains
  • Comments will need to be constructive or positive, then emailed out to the JCR by Callum 
  • No anonymity = concerns for bullying 

Public Statement on JCR

  • Take to GM to put on Balliol JCR Instagram – will reach offer holders & members of other colleges, Balliol regularly hosts Tuesgays.