Location: LAB006 Date: 04.10.2018 Time: 5-6pm
Forum Minutes – 4th October 2018 Agenda items I. What’s coming up? - Course rep. elections – Now Closed - Grant Round 1 Applications – Now Closed - Part-time jobs fair: 30th October 2018 - Societies Showcase: 29th November 2018 (emily.long@students.anglia.ac.uk II. First Aid courses and Midas Testing - Free for committee members! (£20 deposit required which will be returned after the course) - Sign up for the next course at the SU Front Desk III. Funding - Green Fund discontinued: Set to return in 2019 (action is being taken by your coordinators and SU staff team) IV. Important reminders - Risk assessments: Societies must submit a risk assessment for their weekly meetings – coordinators will be chasing these up if they are not completed. - Society Lockers: Reminder to only store society items in these lockers, and that food should not be kept in them! Let us know if your society no longer needs their locker as there is a waiting list.
Discussion Items Society Accreditation System
Points made by attendees
Rewards were not widely known about
Attendees felt that rewards for the accreditations was not worth it
Plan of Action
System is up for review over the semester
Possibility of a points-based system with broader criteria which can be adapted to cater for all clubs and socs.
Freshers Fair
Peterborough Nursing Society
Criteria is unclear/ not achievable for some societies/clubs
Some societies felt that their placement requests were not listened to
Societies and clubs would prefer to be grouped so that people can find them more easily
More publicity for the upstairs area
Members and committee feel excluded from SU events
Committee members travel long distance to be at forums
SU will attempt to take all requests into account
Meetings will take place within staff teams on the effectiveness of the layout
Work being done within the SU as a whole to include Peterborough students in all events including SU Awards etc.
Possibility of committee members skyping into forums etc.
Clubs and Societies in Attendance
Apologies for absence
AMT Biomed Creative Writing Cue.5 Forensic and Criminal Investigations Game Development HR and Management International Business Soc. Law Soc. Marketing MPA
Yoga K-Pop Christian Fellowship ACS Film Makers
Psychology Peterborough Nursing Wildlife Pole Fitness Cheerleading Christian Music Dance Film Viewing Harry Potter LASAR Pokemon TaGS Tai Chi Vegan Marrow
Date of next forum: Tuesday 6th November 5-6pm Cos207