20th September 2011
The new conference phone worked a charm with Thomas aka TK being connected via PHONE LINES! Buzzy.
VSM was once again getting in the way of budget planning and the draft budget is to be fine tuned a bit more and then given to the Exec at the next meeting.
Sarah explained to the meeting about the $1,000 cash award allocated as part of the clubs and cultural awards for the year. This is an incentive to encourage clubs and societies, especially to maintain good accounting practices etc. Sadly after this the awards for club and society of the year would have to be reduced to $500 if VSM comes through. BOO!
The VSM protest organised by a group of students was to be supported on the National Day of Action. There was an issue with the OUSA logo being put on the posters instead of the OUSA affiliated logo. The Comms Coordinator was to follow up on making sure the clubs were aware of this.
The Hong Kong club was affiliated, YAY!
The new GM was appointed as a signatory for Planet Media and IRD.
The final draft of the Constitution has been extensively scrutinized by the honorary solicitor. Shonelle has worked tirelessly on this on behalf of the committee.
There will be two copies - a version A and a version B put to the student body for notice. However, there will only be one version put to referenda.
Owing to the late reading of the VSM Bill this has caused issues on which version to adopt. Depending on the outcome, the membership clause will be tweaked. Overall the changes are light grammatical changes.
Heather Roy and Winston Peters are locked in to come to campus.
Mike Harte from Uni IT is to come back asap with a report on the Uni internet issues. Apparently it's working better now.
Martin Jones has approached the Secretary to see if the examination overseers can use the Parents Room and perhaps the Gazebo Lounge for the next round of exams as they haven't access to coffee or tea making facilities.
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