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History of the Guild Presidents Report Managing Directors Report Guild Representatives Council Governance Education and Representation Commerical Operations Events and Publications Clubs and Guild Rec Sport Student Assist and Member Services Financial Reports Student Services Expenses 2007 Guild Staff Listing
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A few years after the WA Institute of Technology (WAIT) had been established it was recognised there was a lack of ‘community’ amongst the students. The WAIT decided a student association was required to manage student facilities and bring community life on campus. With approval from the Minister for Education, the WAIT Student Guild was established - opening it’s doors for business in February 1969. The Guild started to distribute its first newspaper ‘Aspect’ and other weekly publications, ‘Spectrum’ and ‘Wisgo’. The Guild organised George James Week (named after the St Georges Terrace and James Street WAIT sites), Orientation Week and the Recovery Ball. The Guild also recommended WAIT to implement the common free time we still enjoy every Wednesday afternoon to this day. In 1971 amendments to the WAIT Act allowed student representation on Council and some Boards. In 1972, three years after the official Guild establishment, the Guild Building was finally opened. As a result of the new amenities available to the Guild, the 1970’s was a time of expansion providing more services to the students. A second-hand bookshop, fruit and vegetable market and Guild Emporium were set up, and a full pharmacy established. Bookshop grants were introduced along with student insurance coverage, a taxation advisory service, external student’s newsletter, student radio and the appointment of environmental and homosexual affairs officers.
The cover and this report utilises artwork used throughout the 2007 Membership Campaign: ‘Get on Board’. This theme was chosen in light of the transition from compulsory to voluntary membership. The slogan was used to encourage students to ‘Get on Board’ the Guild and was used in all 2007 Guild Publications. Layout: Matthew Kenworthy Artwork: Rozanna Johnson
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During the late 1970’s, in an effort to subdue student voices in higher education, the WA Government abolished compulsory membership of student associations and compulsory charging of student service fees. In 1979, the Guild President took an extraordinary measure of halting all Guild operations. This led to students becoming more aware of the Guild’s significant role in services and a unified group of 1,000 students protested at the Government’s attempt to restrict student
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organisations. Although the Guild suffered from financial and internal turmoil in the 1980’s it continued to provide support for students and even extended services through new projects. Commercial services were expanded to include a Guild owned hairdresser (Campus Cuts) and leased a health food shop, an optometrist and a health appraisal centre. Guild regulations needed to be changed to suit the new WAIT divisional based system and a policy handbook was developed. In 1994, VSU legislation was passed by the WA Government thereby enforcing a voluntary student services fee. Fortunately, with the ever present threat of the new legislation, the Guild had taken precautionary measures preempting the decline of student funding. This included the closing of the Guild Emporium/ Guild Shop and the tool library, and suspension of the Emergency Student Loan Service. On the other hand the Guild took over the Curtin Tavern, which was previously run by the Curtin Student’s Social Club, the Sports Store, set up a Copy Centre and took over catering. To enable the continued provision of a range of free services, the Guild became more commercially focused in these trading areas.
with Western Australian legislation, a student will still automatically become a Basic Guild Member on enrolment, which grants students limited access to the Guild’s basic services at no charge to the student. If students wishing to enjoy all benefits and services of the Guild in 2008, they should become a Full Guild Member by paying the small membership fee. No University experience is complete without the Guild; students are therefore urged to sign up to ensure they ‘Get More’ out of their years at Curtin University! Sources: Curtin Student Guild, 1989-2000, Grok [Official Guild Newspaper], Perth. WAIT Student Guild, 1969-1971, Aspect [Official Guild Newspaper], Perth. WAIT Student Guild, 1972-1987, Grok [Official Guild Newspaper], Perth. WAIT Student Guild, 1974-1985, Annual Reports. White, M., 1996, WAIT to Curtin, Paradigm Books Curtin University, Perth.
When the Guild celebrated it’s 20 year anniversary in 1989, it was calculated that Guild Representatives had sat on around 19,500 boards and committees, organised over 100 rallies and petitions and written over 10,000 reports. In 2002, the Guild stopped charging students a membership fee. The Guild could waive this fee as the University was required, under State legislation, to charge students a compulsory Amenities and Services Fee (ASF) and provide an income to the Guild, so the Guild could provide free services to students. Federal legislation (commencing 1 July 2006) prohibited the University from charging a compulsory ASF. However, from 2007, in line
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Welcome to the 2007 Guild Annual Report. The Annual report is designed to provide you with all the most up-to-date information on the operations of the Curtin Student Guild. This book ensures the accountability of all the office bearers of the Guild to the students that they represent. The Annual report aims to demonstrate the importance and relevance of our organisation to the students at Curtin University. 2007 was a busy year for us all, with many projects being undertaken by the Guild. Parking and Security were big issues on campus and the Guild worked hard to make sure that in each of these areas students’ needs were understood by the University. For Parking, this meant that the University’s plans to introduce pay-per-hour parking across the whole of its Bentley campus were quickly talked down, and reduced to allow only a small proportion of bays in the newest areas near the Recreation Centre. Having researched the average hours most students spend on campus, we knew that they would be severely disadvantaged by these plans, and thus, worked hard to ensure the University did not make it even harder for them to come onto campus. As far as Security is concerned, the Guild once again carried out its annual audits on both the Bentley campus, and the nearby student housing. We were quite shocked to find that many of the recommendations we had made in the previous year had yet to be followed up on, and thus set about reinforcing the importance of continual improvement on campus. We are still keeping a close eye on this one.
overwhelming response was that it had, and so the Guild made further recommendations to the University to consider building more student accommodation near or on the Bentley campus. Also aware that the metro areas were not the only ones being affected by the mining boom, the Guild stepped in to help out our students studying at WASM in Kalgoorlie, after students complaints exposed that they too, had difficulty finding somewhere to live. The outcome from this was that the University has engaged a consultant to look at building more housing on the Bentley campus, and WASM secured a 3 year lease at the Australia Hotel. Moving into the classroom, and the Guild was also very vocal in expressing the need for greater flexibility within courses at Curtin. Having seen how other universities in the state, and over east, allow their students to move easily between Faculties, we were keen to see that happen at Curtin. Fielding many complaints from students who were ‘stuck into’ degrees they did not like, but could not change, and others who had unnecessarily
The Guild was also very aware of the increasing squeeze on students’ income – whether it is from a wage or through Centrelink support – as housing rental prices have continued to increase. We conducted a Housing Survey asking students how much they currently paid, and if this amount had risen in recent times. The
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repeated first year several times, we thought it was about time the University took notice. Using the Curriculum 2010 project, and various other Courses Committee and University Teaching and Learning forums, all of our Guild representatives took it upon themselves to encourage the University to change. Our suggestions were well received, and each of the Faculties has been busy reviewing the way the deliver their degree programs. Again, there will be more to come as it progresses. Other big projects for 2007 included the new Guild portal on Oasis, the inclusion of a new Mushalla prayer room within the Sports & Rec Centre, Centrelink issues for Masters students, and an attempt to have the Guild’s payroll tax exempted by the State Government. We also began negotiations with the University for the handover of some of the sporting services we currently provide, as the new Centre becomes ready for use in early 2009.
see how you can also make better use of our services, or give us better ideas for the future. After all, the Guild only exists to service the needs of our students and it is only through your engagement we can do a better job at what we do.
Collette Swindells 2008 Guild President
Back at the Guild, and 2007 was also an interesting year for us as the full effect of Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) being felt. Sadly this meant that our membership levels, as expected, were reduced, and much more time and effort was invested in marketing and communicating what we do for students. Again, we managed to negotiate with the University to receive a grant for $700,000 to help us continue to deliver the services we do. We were also busily campaigning the government to repeal its decision, and hand funding back to student unions. Fortunately WA was somewhat prepared for the loss in income, having been through Stateenforced VSU previously, but the challenge still remains for us to keep ourselves as relevant and appealing to our students as possible. Finally, I would like to encourage you to read on through the report – check out what the Guild has been doing with your money, and
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Curtin Student Guild has signed off another financial year, proud of its contribution to Student and Community life on the Bentley Campus. We move into 2008 as a financially sound operation, continually improving many viable businesses on campus for the ultimate benefit of the whole Curtin community. Both current and previous student executives and staff of the Guild have focused on attracting a diverse range of incomes, as well as initiating strategic investments and capital works in order to support the services vital to our existence. These strategies have placed your Guild in a secure financial position which largely avoids the concerns normally associated with a business wholly dependant on any one source of revenue. The Guild can continue to look to the future as an on-going, viable and independent entity. The focus of our efforts for the immediate future will be to retain and attract student members by not only offering them improved services, which are the foundation of the Guilds existence, but also to demonstrate to them the financial value of the many amenities membership entitles them to share in. On campus the Guild-operated, restaurants, cafes, function facility and tavern continued to provide the campus community with a high standard of catering service and menu balance, whilst retail stores, operated by the Guild have grown in complexity and style.
with efficiencies in production costs, resulted in a vital contribution towards the Guild’s main student support operations. Retail turnover also increased with a net improvement of its operating results providing some $200,000 towards those overheads. Despite this being the first year of voluntary student membership (VSU), new member numbers were encouraging and we intend to build on this base with innovative marketing initiatives and greater financial incentives and benefits. Because of the immediate loss of revenue following the introduction of VSU, Curtin University provided a grant of $700,000 specifically to maintain Guild Services to students, both member and non member. This grant comprises 6.3% of our gross turnover and contributes 6.2% of the expense of providing on-campus services. The Guild traditionally received an annual Grant from Australian University Sport for a raft of sporting functions managed by the Guild, but during 2007 a decision to remove the formal sporting function from the Guild to the University as part of their educational arm, resulted in $35,000 being lost to the Guilds grant income. Because of sports significance to campus life, negotiations are in place to replace
All these areas have provided significant benefits to members through discounts as well as making a significant contribution towards the costs of operating Guild Student Services. The Managers and Staff of all these operations must be commended for their contribution. The products from these well run businesses are obviously appreciated by the Curtin Community with turnover in the hospitality area increasing by almost half a million dollars, which together
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this loss with some other form of recreational sporting grant from the University. The Guild recorded an operating loss of $301,905 for the 12 months to 31 December 2007. Whilst this loss reflects the tangible impact the change in membership contribution through the introduction of VSU has had on the Guild’s bottom line, it must be remembered that it also includes the intangible amortisation of assets of $511,000. These assets largely comprise improvements to University owned buildings, over which we have a head lease for the next 11.5 years. Our priority for 2008 and beyond is to encourage all students to support their Guild by reminding them of the merits of membership, and thereby restore our subscription income to the levels achieved through ASF My personal thanks go out to all those Students, Guild and University staff who helped make this year a great one, and I know we will continue to forge ahead in the years to come.
Cliff Paget Managing Director
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Meet your Guild Representatives at our fortnightly Grill the Guilds and let them know about the issues that face your Faculty.
Len Bailey President
Collette Swindells Education Vice-President
Mat Bonomi Activities Vice-President
Sally Obst General Secretary
Emma Smith Eng & Sci Div Rep
Meera Navaratnam Business Div Rep
Arylene Westlake Humanities Div Rep
Emma O’Hara Health Sciences Div Rep
Alex Nietrzeba Resources & Env Div Rep
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The following is a listing of all Guild Representation on University Boards and Councils. Please note in 2008 in line with changes to the University structure Divisional Representatives were renamed Faculty Representatives.. Lennard Bailey President Academic Board • Academic Services Committee • Admission, RPL & Articulation (ARPLA) Sub-committee • Audit Committee • AUQA Steering Committee • C2010 Steering Committee • CLS Assessment Panel • Conflict Resolution Committee • Discipline Board • eServices Committee • Facilities Committee • Fees & Charges Committee • Information & Communications Technology Strategy & Planning Committee • John Curtin Gallery Advisory Board • Library & Information Service Advisory Committee (LISAC) • Occupational Safety & Health Policy Committee (OSHPC) • O-Week Planning Committee • O-Week Washup Meeting • Plagiarism Working Party • Portal Working Group • Quality Enhancement Steering Committee • Retention Plan Working Party • SSIP Steering Committee • Standards Working Party • Student Housing Advisory Committee • Student Services Implementation Project Steering Committee • University Council • University Guild Strategy Group • University Library Advisory Committee • VC Personal Chairs 2007 • VC Selection Panel • Collette Swindells Education Vice-President Academic Board • Academic Services Committee • AUQA Ensuring a Quality Student Experience Theme Team • AUQA International Theme Team • AUQA Teaching & Learning Theme Team • C2010 Steering Committee • Carrick Award Citations • Courses Committee • Disability Access & Inclusion Plan • Fieldwork Working Party • Financial Assistance Plan • NAIDOC Week Steering Committee • Plagiarism Working Party • Retention Plan Steering Group • Textbook Working Party • University Appeals Committee • University Council • University Guild Strategy
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Group • University Library Advisory Committee • University Teaching & Learning Committee Mat Bonomi Acitivities Vice-President Campus & Community Life • Healthy Lifestyle Committee • Open Day Steering Committee • O-Week Planning Committee • University Guild Strategy Group Sally Obst General Secretary Health Science Divisional Academic Board • Health Science Divisional Teaching & Learning Committee • John Curtin Gallery Advisory Board • University Guild Strategy Group • University Library Advisory Committee Arylene Westlake Humanities Divisional Representative Academic Services Committee • AUQA Ensuring a Quality Student Experience Theme Team • Executive Dean’s Awards Committee • Faculty of Built Environment, Art & Design Teaching & Learning Committee • Faculty of Education, Language Studies & Social Work Teaching & Learning Committee • Faculty of Media, Society & Culture Teaching & Learning Committee • Humanities Divisional Teaching & Learning Committee • Humanities Graduate Studies Committee • Humanities Information & Communication Technology Committee • Humanities International Committee • Humanities Management Board • Humanities Promotions Committee • Humanities Research & Creative Production Committee • John Curtin Gallery Advisory Board • University Library Advisory Committee Meera Navaratnam Business Divisional Representative Academic Services Committee • CBS Board • CBS Courses Committee • CBS Divisional Teaching & Learning Committee
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Emma O’Hara Health Sciences Divisional Representative Academic Services Committee • Health Science Divisional Academic Board • Health Science Divisional Teaching & Learning Committee • Health Science Promotions Committee
Manish Jhowry ISC Convenor Academic Services Committee • AUQA International Theme Team • International Committee • International Student Advisory Committee
Emma Smith Engineering & Science Divisional Representative Academic Services Committee • Courses Management Committee • Engineering & Science Divisional Board of Study • Engineering & Science Divisional Joint Advisory Committee • Engineering & Science Divisional Promotions Committee • Engineering & Science Divisional Teaching & Learning Committee • Science & Computing School Board
Adriana Yee Councillor CBS Board • CBS Promotions Committee
Hui Jun Chih CUPSA President Academic Board • Animal Ethics Committee • CBS Board • CBS Courses Committee • CBS Graduate Studies Committee • CBS Teaching & Learning Committee • e-Services Committee • Engineering & Science Divisional Graduate Studies Committee • Faculty of Built Environment, Art & Design Teaching & Learning Committee • Fees & Charges Committee • Health Science Divisional Graduate Studies Committee • Human Research Ethics Committee • Humanities Graduate Studies Committee • Humanities Research & Creative Production Committee • University Teaching & Learning Committee • University Research & Development Committee • University Graduate Studies Committee • International Student Orientation Advisory Group • Media, Society & Culture Teaching & Learning Committee • School of Physiotherapy Advisory Board Committee • University Library Advisory Committee
Councillors Chris Hassen, Fendi Liwang, Gerard Gill, Joan Kelly and Yong Chee Lai along with the aforementioned were voting members of Guild Council.
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Badar Rais Councillor Engineering & Science Promotions Committee Matthew Bowker Councillor AUQA Ensuring a Quality Student Experience Theme Team
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Student Welfare was again a major priority for the Curtin Student Guild in 2007. Housing surveys were distributed as part of a housing campaign to make students and staff aware of the housing situation at Curtin University. Around 400 students filled in the surveys at Guild BBQ’s and lectures throughout the year. The results were formally given to the University at Academic Services Committee with a recommendation that the University provide more student housing close to campus. Although no new student housing has been planned for the future WASM Curtin’s Kalgoorlie campus did lease the Australia Hotel providing about 200 places for students. The Curtin Student Guild works closely with the National Union of Students (NUS) in order to band together with other universities and a make a difference to students. The NUS had 3 main campaign targets for 2007 which were: •
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Curtin Student Guild worked hard to promote the NUS campaigns whilst focusing on its own Generation HECS campaign in the same vein. These campaigns were seen as important student issues and with the Federal election being held at the end of the year these issues needed to be publicised. Promotional Events and BBQ’s were held leading up to the National Day of Action as well as petitions and a generation HECS banner signed by students. Curtin Student Guild attended and promoted the National Day of Action (NDA) in both Semester One and Two. They were involved in a march through the city ending at the Hon. Christopher Ellison’s office. The Semester One event was well attended by Curtin students with a free bus being required to transfer students to the event. Members of all four universities and members of the general community were also present. The march attracted media attention in the community and appeared on the nightly
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news. The Guild also began a campaign to have the University implement recycling across all campuses in 2007. On the Bentley campus the Guild already has recycling outside all its outlets but the university needs to implement it across the campus. The Guild collected around 600 signatures petitioning for Campus wide recycling and spoke to many contractors including a visit to the SITA recycling plant in order to present a full report. The report has been tabled and the University has continued to stall on this issue. The Student Guild continues to campaign for a commitment to change in 2008. University and Educational Issues Parking was the big Issue for the University as it tried to implement pay per hour parking on the Bentley campus. The Guild intervened on this issue because it would heavily disadvantage students for many reasons the least of which was the increased cost. The University saw this as a way of decreasing the number of students that drive to University. After intense negotiations the University was eventually decided into leaving the amount of pay per hour parking at its current level. This major win for students means that parking is now fairer, cheaper and the risk of fines is severely decreased. The issue of parking is still a hot topic with the University and the Guild will continue to monitor the parking situation to ensure that students are not disadvantaged. The Guild continued to run security audits in both semesters. The aim of the audits is to identify unsafe situations that students can get themselves into after hours. The audit focused on areas where security was lax, unlit or dangerous areas and building access. Results for both semesters showed alarming access to buildings with hazardous chemicals and dangerous areas where lighting was dark and students could be attacked. The results where presented as a report to the university and the
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areas are rechecked next audit. By Semester Two most of the Semester One issues were rectified. 2007 also saw the first walk to housing audit that highlighted issues and unsafe areas for students that need to walk back to student housing. The University implemented a number of new programs in 2007 that will have a direct effects on students. The biggest two were the Curriculum 2010 or C2010 project and the purchase and implementation of the Turnitin Program. The C2010 project headed by Beverley Oliver is a new form of course and Unit review that plans to ensure that the Curtin Award is of the highest quality by the year 2010. This is done by discontinuing unsustainable courses and ensuring courses undergo either Comprehensive Course Review’s or Annual Course Review. Undergraduate units with under 10 enrolments and postgraduate with under 5 will be reviewed and either discontinued or amalgamated with other units in order to make them more sustainable. The Guild monitors this program and sits on both Courses Committee and the C2010 Steering Committee which are influential in the way that the program operates at Curtin., This ensures that no students are disadvantaged. The Turnitin program is an internet based plagiarism detection aid. The program involves students entering their work online into the program which then cross references it against databases and previously lodged work to determine if any levels of plagiarism exist. The Guild has been monitoring this implementation and ensuring that it wasn’t rushed in. Testing was conducted throughout 2007 and it was discovered that most databases that Curtin uses can’t be identified. This issue and the Guilds concerns about copyright issues of the student work loaded onto the program led to the testing period being expanded. We continue to closely monitor this and ensure that it is fair for
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students to use, before a university wide role out which is expected for either Semester Two, 2008 or Semester One, 2009. Equity Issues Welfare based initiatives run by the Guild in 2007 included Anti-poverty Week which concluded with a Big Breakfast. The week raised the poverty issue amongst students and University Staff whilst helping out hungry students. Free Grill The Guild BBQ’s also continued to feed students throughout 2007. The Guild also runs 5 equity departments that continued to make a big difference in students’ lives. The Indigenous Department, The Womens Department, The Queer Department, CUPSA (postgraduate department) and The International Students Committee (ISC) worked tirelessly to better the lives of students at Curtin. The Women’s Department celebrated International Women’s Day with events at the Tavern and V-day with performances of the Vagina Monologues, highlighting the issues of Domestic Violence, Rape and Women’s rights. Both were successful and were well attended by students and staff. The events also worked to promote the Guild Women’s Department as a safe place for women on campus. The Queer Department was also very busy in 2007 campaigning for queer rights with events being held for International Day Against Homophobia and Genderf@%k Day at the Bentley campus during first semester. The department was busy throughout the year assisting in Ally training seminars and hosting parenting seminars in the room. Other great equity events throughout 2007 included the fair trade coffee promotion at outlets, NAIDOC week, Sorry Day, Multicultural Week, Harmony Day, Welfare Week and the start of the CUPSA mentoring program.
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2007 saw an overall increase of approximately 7% across all of our outlets. Top sellers for the year included: Coffee: Over 500,000 cups across campus (not including tea, hot chocolates or chai) Red Bull: Over 40,000 cans Muffins: Over 60,000 600ml Flavoured Milk: Over 59,000
Food & Beverage 2007 saw the beginning of a new coffee partnership with Braziliano Coffee (European Foods). Being a local brand they understood the local market and the needs and service requirements for our busy outlets. Having created an exclusive blend for Curtin Student Guild, Braziliano set out to help raise our “coffee profile” on campus. A strong emphasis was placed on training, and their state of the art training facilities in Northbridge were made available to all CSG F&B staff (as featured in the Guild Rec programme). Braziliano also provide a ‘fair trade’ coffee available at the Concept Café, but if the demand is there we will serve ‘fair trade’ at as many cafes as possible. We had a new set of coffee equipment installed in each area, including Kirribilli Catering, our outside catering department. Coffee is a very important part of our business and we are constantly evolving with more discerning coffee connoisseurs on Campus. In 2007 we also saw the arrival of Masters in our Cafes. This helped us to maintain some very competitive prices for our dairy products. Masters and your Guild got together in 2007 and organised some competitions during the year with some cool prizes and the cows visit on ‘O-Day’.
left out after hours for the convenience of the students. The kitchen had a facelift when more refrigeration and cooking equipment was installed. Providing Halal food at the Basement supplementing the other outlets on Campus which have more of an emphasis on Western food. The ever busy Bookmark Café also got some new chairs and tables for the comfort of the clients. Over the last five years every change made at the Bookmark has paid off and has contributed to making it the busiest Café on Campus. The staff are performing small wonders on a daily basis. Unfortunately Vege Patch performance was stalled by the building of the new Lecture Theatres with access to this popular place restricted during construction. As a result, sales suffered as people chose other routes. The outdoor furniture was also damaged but duly replaced by the University. Improved customer flow was the main reason behind the installation of new till stations at the Main Café in July of 2007. The new stations can be moved easily and in conjunction with the installation of the black screening curtain, allows the Main Café the versatility of becoming a function venue.
Café Angazi’s coffee area had some cleverly designed benches installed along the glass front giving patrons a spot to wait for their coffee or to sit and watch the world go by without the feeling of being enclosed. Funky bar stools were ordered and were installed in early ’08 to add a bit of colour to the Angazi.
The changes provided a much needed facelift but more importantly improved the service for our members and patrons. Trade has increased significantly and we have kept the Main Café open during the winter break and student free weeks. We have noticed that there is always someone on Campus regardless of the timetable! The trading hours were also extended to finish later in the day. We are constantly reviewing our place in the market and are always looking to innovate or improve our service.
The Basement Café also got new chairs and tables for the indoor area and they are now
We also conducted a ‘Scratch and Win‘ competition in partnership with Schweppes
To help lift the profile of coffee & create more of an espresso bar feel, Café @ Concept was given a mini-facelift – including some retro styled coffee canisters and wallpaper.
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and Cadbury and again over $4,000.00 in prizes were distributed amongst our customers with first prize being a Laptop. The ‘Scratch and Win’ is fast becoming a yearly hit in all our outlets.
highlighted the benefits of Guild Membership. This was particularly relevant when considering the capacity crowds at such events as the ‘End of Semester Bash.’
A major renovation has been on the cards for Vege Patch for some time. With the new Lecture Theatre in building 213 due for completion in 2008 we are looking at ways to improve service and flow at rthe Vege Patch and to increase the range of products available. The revamp will include a designated coffee area - similar to Concept.
Curtin Concept After a successful entry into the tertiary market place in 2006, the Guild set an ambitious budget which was always going to be hard to achieve in 2007. However, our budgeting proved accurate, and we are very pleased that the store has surpassed our initial planning and forecasting expectations that were set when we shut down the Curtin Sports Store and embarked on the development of Curtin Concept.
Overall, the Catering Department provided more of everything everywhere and a lot of pressure was put on our staff due to staff shortages in WA. In our opinion they have done a marvellous job and we are very proud of our Catering services.. The Tav The Guild Tavern continued to provide students with a relaxed venue for unwinding within the hub of University life. It continued a steady growth throughout 2007 with gross sales exceeding the budget by 27%, and although operational costs increased, contribution was sound by the end of the year. Wednesday student nights continued throughout 2007 providing a good audience to offer product promotions and support the ‘Jim Beam on Campus’ program through weekly pool comps and event support. Themed nights held on Wednesdays such as Halloween increased in popularity with the inclusion of a live band, and were increased at the beginning of 2008 with such events as ‘Gladiators’ and ‘Wild West.’ Events continued to increase in popularity throughout 2007 which saw the introduction of Guild priority sales. This resulted in selling ‘Oktoberfest’ tickets to Guild members and their guests in a record time of 48hrs! The ability to purchase tickets for such highly patronised events, and priority access lines to free events
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The further development of the Curtin branded merchandise program was the highest priority for the year. This was achieved through a partnership with Bonds. We aligned ourselves with this label for several reasons: we knew that Bonds represented great quality at good value for money., they also offered us access to basic, lifestyle and fashion products, and all of their sizes and cuts are consistent across their range making it easier for the consumer to buy a product. We also wanted to support an Australian company that had the majority of its products made in Australia. The success of the Bonds Curtin branded merchandise has prompted us to become a standard Bonds reseller in 2008. All of these factors combined to increase sales of Curtin-branded merchandise to a whopping 52% from the previous year. As expected, our new and second-hand CD sales continued to decline in 2007. This is a result of consumers moving towards web-based downloadable music. It was also identified that customers using our second-hand CD marketplace were not willing to part with their favourite CDs, and instead preferring to sell CDs that were well past their ‘used by’ date. This meant that our range of second-hand CD’ for sale was unacceptable to the regular punter. Halfway through the year a decision was made
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to cease the sales of CDs within the store. Over the latter half of the year our customers were able to purchase music at greatly reduced prices. The removal of the CDs will allow us to display our news Bonds clothing in 2008. The BOCS ticketing agency we ran, although not a money making venture, continued to be very popular, as did the poster sales that we conduct from the Sir Charles Court Promenade. Growing on the success of this year, we are expecting even bigger things in the years to come. In fact we have budgeted for a 71% increase in turnover for 2008! Guild Copy & Design Centre We are now able to compare the financial results against 2006 since the GCNDC was relocated to allow for increased efficiency and room for growth. Our overall sales performance was about 19% compared to 2006. The introduction of 2 new services: the Canon large format printer, and a large format laminator, saw a 100% and 270% improvement in sales respectively. The added services started very slowly, but with increased awareness through students using the services, and competitive pricing, University departments and external clients have been added to our list of customers.
significant increase in 2008 as more external customers use this service. In January – February 2007, Guild Copy & Design also purchased a RENZ Plastic Coil Binder (worth about $6,000 new) from the Library Services, (closed at the end of 2006) including several hundred dollars worth of consumables for a minimal sum. We would like to thank Library management for their consideration in helping the Guild keep this service available to students on campus. This further improved the book binding sales by about 70% in 2007. We plan to continue to introduce new creative products and services with improved customer service for 2008 to further serve the Curtin community. The Guild Secondhand Bookshop The Guild Secondhand Bookshop continues to be an integral Member service that is operated by the Guild. Testament to this is the amount of books that we sold on behalf of students. The average selling price of a book is $32.00 and we turned over in excess of $750,000.00 worth of books. This means that we sold a massive 23,437 textbooks!
We also now provide a Commercial/Offset quality printing service through an external source, Port Printing, of which the Guild is charged a trade price. The Centre charges a 30 – 80% mark-up to cover artwork and administrative service and still earns a small profit. Most orders were for business cards, but toward the end of 2007, external clients were beginning to see our prices as competitive when compared to outside sources. Hence, orders now range from not only business cards to include, A4/A3 stationery, A5/DL size flyers and presentation folders.
The store was pleased that a drop in the commission rates retained for administering the sale of books had positive results for the store. Although the change was implemented in 2006, we did not see a flow on effect until 2007. The opportunity for sellers to get more money in their pockets meant that they were more willing to offload their course texts through the store, rather than going through the laborious task of selling them privately. As a result of increased course texts being sold, an increase in turnover of 6.53% was achieved. We expect this trend to continue into 2008 and therefore we have budgeted for an increase in sales of books of 3.9%.
This has resulted in a 27% improvement in printing sales. We should be able see a
The commission rates that are retained for administering the sale of books was decreased
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from 16.5% to 15% for Full Guild members and from 27.5% to 20% for all other customers. These commission rates were reviewed because the store trades as a member service, rather than a profit generating business. In the previous two years, the service had grown to a level of turnover that generated enough income to allow us to grow and reinvest in our business. This growth and reinvestment included a relocation of the business to a larger premises and development of our point of sale/contract management software. However, now that these projects had been completed, we decided that it was time to give something back to our members. I.T. Works We have introduced a new computer store in 2008 to be named I.T Works. The retail outlet is located in the Guild Courtyard next to the Guild Copy and Design Centre. The store stocks some notebooks (laptops), personal computers (desktops), printers, paper, computer accessories and software. Through its vast network of computer partners we are be able to source most current computer and affiliated products (with the exception of Apple Macintosh products), at very competitive prices, within a minimum delay period. The store works on the principal that if we do not have to purchase it into stock (to have it sit on our shelves) then we have no risk, and therefore we can work on very low profit margins. So before you purchase your next computer, please come into the store and ask for a quote. Full Guild member discount prices are available. The store also offers a service and repair centre for your computers. Once again generous Full Guild member discounts are available. Full Guild members may also seek free advice from one of our professional staff. Please note that our staff are experts in their fields and are also employed by the guild to administrate the Guilds internal network.
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There is no expectation for the store to make a large profit. Instead we would like to be able to offer the Curtin community discount computers and the cheapest servicing and repairs in Western Australia. The Spot The Spot, located in the heart of the Guild precinct, went under the knife at the end of May 2007. At the completion of an intense fit-out the store reopened for trade at the beginning of Semester Two. For our new retail concept we engaged the services of a design studio. Our brief to them stated that the store must have an open space layout that increases the floor space, and better utilises the wall areas, that it must be interchangeable/multifunctional/mobile, and that it must be user friendly and inviting – not cold and clinical. It must provide lines of sight to all areas of the store; but most importantly it must be dynamic and fun. ll the feedback since the store has been reopened has suggested that the retail concept was a success. As always, The Spot is selling phone credit and greeting cards however the new fit-out enabled us to expand our product range. We now sell an extensive range of stationery, scrapbooking materials, magazines and newspapers, chocolates and lollies, drinks, small snack food, phones, accessories and batteries. You can even buy cleaning products and sugar. It has truly developed into your one stop university shop. Also included in the fit-out was a consideration for a ticket booth. Tickets to the Guild’s premiere social events such as ‘Oktoberfest’, ‘Beach Bash’ and the ‘Guild Ball’ had previously been sold through Guild reception; but a massive increase in demand to go to these events had placed undue stress on our reception services. It was decided that we needed a specific place to sell these tickets effectively. The Guild,
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building on the success of the BOCS ticketing agency (which is run through Curtin Concept), decided that it was appropriate to seek another ticketing agency to complement the sale of Guild run events. After extensive research it was decided to apply for a Moshtix Outlet, which is one of the major promoters of youth/ young adult events in Australia. We would also like to apply for more agencies in the near future. All these ticketing services are available from Spotlight Tickets, which is situated in the Guild Courtyard. As a result of the re-fit our turnover increased by about 35% from the beginning of Semester Two. These results are really pleasing for the Guild, and we look forward to much bigger and better things in 2008.
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Introducing The Spot: Everything but the kitchen sink!
Events Events continued to increase in popularity throughout 2007 which saw the introduction of Guild priority sales (Selling ‘Oktoberfest’ tickets to Guild members and their guests in a record time of 48hrs!) The ability to purchase tickets for such highly patronised events, and priority access lines to free events highlighted the benefits of Guild membership. This was particularly relevant when considering the capacity crowds at such events as the ‘End of Semester Bash’.’ ‘O-Day’ 2007 was a fantastic success with an estimated attendance of over 10,000 people. Our suppliers including Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Cadbury-Schweppes, Peters & Brownes, National Foods, Lipton and Smiths gave away a wide variety of stock to hungry students. Commercial stall rentals were also up from the previous year helping to fund bands such as Snowman, Downsyde and headline act Bob Evans who all played across ‘O-Week.’ The ‘Curtin DJ Competition’ alongside the ‘National Campus Bands Competition’ gave Curtin students the opportunity to show off their musical skills. Curtin band Will Stoker & the Embers continued on from their success at the Curtin Tavern to win both the state & national finals scoring a $5,000 cash prize. In addition they’ve put themselves on the forefront of the minds of recording industry professionals.
West Australian breweries and distilleries. In addition we’ll also be introducing a new Curtin Talent competition as well as gGames (a fun event featuring activities such as Tug-of-War and Toss-the-Chicken). Publications In 2007 we produced 5 issues of Grok Magazine, with a circulation of 8,000 copies. Grok is lauded Australia-wide for its features, reviews and interviews all delivered via slick design, with substantial and informative copy. Advertising revenue to help cover the cost of printing Grok has increased 20% since 2006. We have implemented a number of changes to Grok in 2008 to make it more attractive to advertisers and most importantly Curtin students. These include increasing quality of paper stock, focussing on on-campus distribution and campus stories, as well as moving to 6 issues per year. Paragon Magazine with content produced by the International Students Committee is focussed on orientating international students to West Australian life. The publication is still in it’s infancy but is quickly growing in popularity amongst Curtin University’s international student population.
The ‘Guild Ball’ held at the Parmelia Hilton was once again a smashing success with over 360 tickets sold (a 13% increase on 2006). Guests were treated to a delicious three course meal with a wide variety of beverages available all night. We’ll be looking to grow the event further in 2008 where we’re hoping to get 400 people in attendance.
The 2007 Student Diary has also proven to be a highly valuable tool amongst Curtin students. The diary contains vital information about all aspects of life at Curtin University. Students use it day in, day out, all year, often acting as their first point of reference. This information is published alongside advertisements from companies and individuals which contributesto financing the publication of the diary. The Student Diary will be given away exclusively with Full Guild and Associate Memberships in 2008.
With the success of Guild Tavern signature events, fast growing popularity, and an inability to increase size past 1600 patrons, we saw the birth of a new major event following Beach Bash 2007, ‘Summerfest’ showcasing
Clubs Clubs and societies are an integral part of university life. Each year, many clubs register with the Guild, representing almost every aspect of campus life. Just over 70 clubs
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registered with the Guild for 2007. twentythree academic clubs, nine international clubs, eleven religious clubs, nine special interest clubs, five issue based clubs and ten sporting clubs made use of the fantastic club services that the Guild provides including equipment hire, use of venues and various funding opportunities. The Curtin Women’s Soccer Club were the winners of the Guild “Club of the Year” award and were presented with the title for standing out as the most impressive club overall for 2007. There were also some other clubs outstanding in their efforts over the year including the Curtin Engineers Club who revived their club to have their most successful year yet and wrote a guide to Engineering booklet for their members. The Public Relations Student Chapter also created and sent out their own publication featuring member profiles to various companies in an effort to open up valuable career opportunities for their members. Last, but not least the Therapy Students Association who had massive success with every single event they held all year, whilst also creating academic benefits for their members by organizing lectures for students.
In Semester One of 2007, almost 500 participants enrolled in a Guild Recreation course and in Semester Two of 2007, we exceeded the previous semester with 552 people participated in courses. The most popular courses for the year were Hip Hop Funk, Poledancing, Yoga, Salsa Cuban Style, Senior First Aid Certificate and the Swan Valley Wine Tour. It is pleasing to note that even a couple of the new courses that were introduced in Semester Two, Whale Watching and the Migration Seminar were also included in the most popular courses with participant numbers at the high end of the scale.
Guild Rec Each semester the Guild provides an opportunity to Curtin students, and the wider Curtin community to take time out from hectic work and study commitments through the Guild Recreation programme. The programme boasts over 45 interesting and fun short courses incorporating outdoor adventures, dance, sightseeing trips and tours, water sports, sports coaching, health and fitness, and certified industry qualification courses at a significantly discounted cost in contrast to what course providers would normally charge.
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2007 was another successful year for Curtin Student Guild in the sporting arena. We housed a record number of participants in Campus Sport competitions, as well as finishing with a record number of points in the Intervarsity competition. Campus Sport Previously, our Campus Sport programme offered students the opportunity to participate in two sports – 3 on 3 Basketball and Mixed Netball. We introduced a third sport for our students in the form of 5-a-side Soccer. The new social competition resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of participants in the Campus Sport programme. After an extremely successful year of Campus Sport Mixed Netball, 3 on 3 Basketball and 5 a side Soccer, we had an estimated 480 students and 10 officials participating across the year. Intervarsity Sport As a member university of Tertiary Sports Western Australia (TSWA), Curtin Student Guild’s teams compete in the Tertiary Sports WA Championships held each Friday afternoon at various metropolitan campuses. Fielding teams in almost all of the sporting contests resulted in its best ever placing of 2nd on the Inter-University Sports Overall Points Table. Some of our standout performances included Gold medals in Super 8’s Cricket, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Beach Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Badminton, Women’s Hockey, Men’s Squash and Open Table Tennis. Curtin finished a close second behind The University of Western Australia (107 points) on 94 points in the Inter-University Overall points score for 2007.
The Western Force put on a clinic on O-Day thanks to the Curtin Rugby Club.
Curtin Student Guild also hosted the inaugural Curtin Vice Chancellor Shield Hockey Classic at Perth Hockey Stadium on May 23rd. The flagship event on Curtin’s sporting calendar attracted some strong men’s and women’s
teams from all West Australian Universities. Our Curtin teams put in strong showings, the Women’s team beating UWA in the grand final by 1 goal and Men finishing second to UWA again by a single goal. The day culminated in a function at which Curtin’s Vice Chancellor Jeanette Hacket presented the winning teams with their awards. We also hosted the Tertiary Sports Western Australia Men’s and Women’s Squash Championships and also the Pool (8 Ball) Championships during Semester Two. Australian University Games As Curtin Student Guild is a member of Australian University Sport (AUS), Curtin’s qualifying sporting teams are given the opportunity to represent Curtin against Australia’s best university teams at the AUS event, the Australian University Games (AUG). Since their inception in 1993, the AUG has grown to be Australia’s largest annual multisport event. Each year over 6,000 athletes converge on the host city for the friendly but competitive sporting contests between Australia’s universities. The games are recognized as the perfect opportunity to provide university athletes (many of whom are of Olympic standard), to compete against each other in a national multisport event. The 2007 games were held on the Gold Coast. At the Games, Curtin had 69 student representatives across Tae-Kwon-Do, AFL, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Lawn Bowls, Soccer and 10 Pin Bowling. Some of our standout performances included: •
Gold - Open Lawn Bowls Division 1
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Gold - Men’s Basketball Division 2
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Gold – Sinead Smyth Tae Kwon Do
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Silver - Women’s Basketball Division 2
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Bronze - Women’s Beach Volleyball
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Bronze - Women’s Soccer
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Curtin finished with 129 points and in 22nd placing overall, the second best Western Australia University behind The University of Western Australia. Guild Sports Awards To acknowledge the dedication and achievements by Curtin students throughout the year, the Guild hosted the Curtin Student Guild Sports Awards in 2007. Guests enjoyed a selection of food and wine while applauding the announcement of the winners of the following awards. The Presidents Shield – awarded to the Curtin student demonstrating significant contribution to university sport in a volunteer administrative or management role at a regional or national university sport event was awarded to Kate Meenan for her contributions as President of the Curtin Women’s Soccer Club, and this year’s Curtin Women’s Soccer AUG Team Captain. The Intervarsity Sports Award acknowledges the achievements of Curtin’s best athlete and is assessed on university sport performances as well as contributions made to their sport during the nominated period. The Intervarsity Sports Award went to Sinead Smyth from the sport of Tai Kwon Do. Sports Star of the Year Award acknowledges the achievements of the most outstanding Curtin University athlete assessed on their performance at an elite level or the highest possible level within their sport. The Sports Star of the Year Award went to Natalie Bale. Natalie had a solid 2007, playing a crucial role in helping to qualify the Women’s Eight for this years’ Beijing Olympics. Other nominees for the Sports Star of the Year award included Darren Glass from the West Coast Eagles, Liam De Young, from hockey and Gemma Beadsworth, from waterpolo. The Guild looks forward to working closer with the University to assist student athletes ensure that they continue their success into 2008.
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Bookshop Grants The offer of Bookshop Grants to all students in financial need, has been a scheme ran by the Guild since the year 2000. The scheme is funded by the University Bookshop and the Guild facilitates the assessment and allocation process based on eligibility criteria determined by the Student Assist team, in accordance with DEST guidelines, and with assistance from the University’s Office of Ethics, Equity and Social Justice. Response to this scheme was quite low in 2007 and the Guild is undertaking a significant review of the ways in which we communicate about and promote the scheme and the application process. All students who are on a low income are eligible to apply. If you are a Centrelink customer, possess a Health Care Card or Low Income Card, are a single parent, or an International student with minimal financial support from your parents, then it is very likely that you will be eligible to receive a grant. The grants are up to the value of $250 and are to be spent on essential course-related texts. The Guild has an average of about 300 grants to give away each semester. However, in 2007, we only provided 170 grants to the 190 who applied. The main reasons why students missed out on receiving a grant was due to incomplete application forms being submitted. We had the potential to provide offer a total of about 700 grants in 2007. This is a great scheme that needs to be accessed by as many students as possible. We are hoping, in 2008, that this scheme reaches a wider audience and more people apply. We are trying to be more explicit with the eligibility criteria, make the application process simpler and extend the application deadline. Tax Help The tax help program is an initiative of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) which aims, through
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the recruitment and training of volunteers to provide a program that gives assistance to an identified target client group (students), to help them comply with their tax oblations at tax time.” The Guild has, for a number of years acted as a Tax help centre, coordinating and delivering the program from the main reception building. The program is open to all Curtin students who meet the basic eligibility criteria of the program of low income earners with simple tax affairs. The program this year was delivered by a team of 5 dedicated volunteers who in the three month period (August - October), provided 268 tax help appointments which helped 98 students to lodge a tax return. This year saw the introduction of E- tax lodgements as part of the program, which judging from the feedback was a big hit not only with the programs uses but also with the volunteers. On Show Arts Grant ‘On Show’ is a project of the Curtin Student Guild, which aims to support the artistic and creative projects of enrolled Curtin students. The program recognises that while students produce excellent artwork and have innovative creative ideas, the fulfilment of these ideas through exhibition is often impeded by lack of time and funding. To encourage and enable the creative pursuits of students, the Guild established this sponsorship program, now in its second year, to fund a series of exhibitions incorporating the theme ‘Harmony’, to be shown at the Access Gallery within the John Curtin Gallery on campus. The exhibitions consisted of a one week installation, and a three week run, with the winning entries being shown at the Access Gallery during Semester Two, 2007 and semester One 2008. The On-show Judging panel awarded a total of $8,000.00 in grants this year divided evenly between the four winning entries.
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Three of the winning entries were allocated exhibition time in Semester Two 2007 with the fourth being carried over in to Semester One 2008. This year’s winners were (in order of exhibition dates) : •
Tania Spencer with an exhibition of work created from “knitted wire.”
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Robbie Dixon with a tactile deconstruction of text using a series of movable wooden structures.
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A group submission headed by Nathan Scolaro consisting of a multi-media exhibition showcasing a “Noongar Danjoo” cultural issues TV series
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Junana Tepou exhibiting her series of painting on canvas.
Work Experience Accident Insurance Students who are Full Guild members can apply for free accident insurance cover while undertaking work experience. This service comes under our Personal Accident Insurance policy. In order for the students to apply for this cover the actual work experience must meet some basic criteria. For example, the work experience undertaken must be related to the students course of study, and not an assessable component or requirement of that course. Additionally the student must be a full financial Guild member.
of the importance and value of actual industry based work experience when applying for graduate positions. It was noted that students who had previously used this service pre-VSU often took out a 2007 Guild Membership to access this service. Guild Employment Service During 2007 the Guild Student Employment Service went from strength to strength gaining further exposure amongst the Curtin community with students and employers alike. More and more local businesses and private home employers became interested in using this free service to tap into the pool of Curtin students and hire them for vacancies ranging from administration, labouring, IT, hospitality, child care, tutoring and sports coaching. Throughout the year, the Student Employment Board boasted a massive 300 up-to-date adverts available to current Full Guild Members. Legal Assist Throughout 2007, lawyers from Minter Ellision were made available on Wednesdays to provide free-of-charge consultations to Full Guild Members. Unfortunately the cost of providing legal assistance far outweighed its usage, with few members electing to utilise this service. Thus the decision was made to cancel the service for 2008, with a view to resurrecting the service when membership numbers increase.
During 2007, the popularity of this scheme declined somewhat, with a total of 64 coverletters being issued (as opposed to 98 for the same period in 2006) . The decline in the number of people using the scheme can be directly attributed to the decline of Guild membership levels, as result of VSU. However it is anticipated that the schemes popularity will increase for 2008 and beyond, because an increasing number of students from across the University are becoming more aware
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Council Statement In accordance with a resolution of the Council of Curtin University Student Guild we state that in the opinion of the Council: (a) the Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the performance of the Guild for the year ended 31 December 2007; (b) the Balance Sheet is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Guild as at 31 December 2007; and (c) at the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Guild will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. On behalf of the Council
Collette Swindells Curtin Student Guild President
Arylene Westlake Curtin Student Guild General Secretary
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Independent Audit Report To the Members of the Curtin University Student Guild Scope The Financial Report and the Council’s Responsibility The Council of the Guild is responsible for the preparation and true and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with the requirements of the statutes of the Curtin University of Technology Act 1966. This includes responsibility for the maintenance of adequate accounting records and internal controls that are designed to prevent and detect fraud and error, and for the accounting policies and accounting estimates inherent in the financial report. Audit Approach We conducted an independent audit in order to express an opinion to the members of the Guild. Our audit was conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, in order to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial report is free of material misstatement. The nature of an audit is influenced by factors such as the use of professional judgment, selective testing, the inherent limitations of internal control, and the availability of persuasive rather than conclusive evidence. Therefore, an audit cannot guarantee that all material transactions have been detected. We performed procedures to assess whether, in all material respects, the financial report presents fairly, in accordance with the statutes of the Curtin University of Technology Act 1966 including compliance with Accounting Standards and other mandatory financial reporting requirements in Australia, a view which is consistent with our understanding of the Guild’s financial position, and of its performance as represented by the results of its operations and cash flows. We formed our audit opinion on the basis of these procedures, which included; •
examining, on a test basis, information to provide evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial report, and • assessing the appropriateness of the accounting policies and disclosures used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the Guild Council. While we considered the effectiveness of management’s internal controls over financial reporting when determining the nature and extent of our procedures, our audit was not designed to provide assurance on internal controls. Independence In conducting our audit, we followed applicable independence requirements of Australian professional ethical pronouncements. Audit Opinion In our opinion, the financial report of the Curtin University Student Guild presents fairly in accordance withapplicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements in Australia, the financial position of the Curtin University Student Guild as at 31 December 2007 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended. GRANT THORNTON
JW VIBERT Director
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Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2007 Current Assets
2007
2006
2,503,183.00
2,600,182.00
Receivables
611,206.00
537,412.00
Inventory
206,992.00
173,309.00
88,498.00
113,208.00
3,409,879.00
3,424,111.00
Receivables
0
Cash
Other Total Current Assets Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment (nett)
3,513,789.00
3,671,102.00
Total Non-Current Assets
3,513,789.00
3,671,102.00
6,923,668.00
7,095,213.00
771,999.00
678,917.00
Short -term borrowings
2,780.00
Total Assets Current Liabilities Trade and other payables
Short -term provisions
280,460.00
251,170.00
Total Current Liabilities
1,052,459.00
932,867.00
Long -term borrowings
39,348.00
Non-Current Liabilities
Long -term provisions
164,287.00
114,170.00
Total Non-Current Liabilities
164,287.00
153,518.00
Total Liabilities
1,216,746.00
1,086,385.00
Net Assets
5,706,922.00
6,008,828.00
Opening Accumulated Surplus
6,008,827.00
5,739,0440.0
Surplus for 2006
(301,905.00)
269,783.00
5,706,922.00
6,008,827.00
Equity
Total Guild Equity
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Statement of Cash Flows as at 31 December 2007 Cash at Bank (at the beginning of the financial year) plus Deposits and Interests less Payments
2,600,182.00
12,436,178.00 (12,533,177.00)
Net Cash Flow for Year
(96,999.00)
Cash at Bank (at the end of the financial year)
2,503,183.00
Profit and Loss Statement as at 31 December 2007
2007
2006
8,782,729.00
8,143,509.00
less Cost of Goods Sold
(3,911,083.00)
(3,907,978.00)
less Other Costs of Sales
(3,262,597.96)
(2,780,513.00)
Gross profit from Sales
1,609,048.04
1,455,018.00
plus Services Income (ASF/Membership/Uni Grant) 1,211,461.00
2,444,169.00
Income from Sale of Goods
less Cost of Services
(2,662,641.50)
(2,614,619.00)
plus Student Housing Rental Income (6 Months)
378,073.00
less Costs of Student Housing
(474,352.00)
plus Finance Income
184,158.00
137,696.00
plus Other Income
134,772.00
149,958.00
(778,703.50)
(1,206,159.00)
(301,905.96)
269,784.00
less Other Costs Surplus / (Deficit) before Tax Expense
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Operating Statement Student Services
2007
2006
Representation, Advocacy & Advisory
309,956.00
508,606.00
Student Support (Student Assist)
175,889.00
164,093.00
Membership Services
531,521.00
363,430.00
Student Discounts
237,451.00
403,423.00
Student Publications
122,445.00
104,755.00
Sport & Recreation
170,393.00
314,616.00
Student Housing
474,352.00
Second Hand Bookshop
643,417.00
730,732.00
Other Student Support Costs
709,020.50
759,828.80
Sub-total Student Services
2,900,092.50
3,823,835.80
Trading Costs & Overheads Trading services Student Council & NUS Guild Administration Sub-total Student Services Total Expenditure
6,936,229.96
6,284,943.00
64,710.00
104,289.00
713,993.50
770,554.20
7,714,933.46
7,159,786.20
10,615,025.96
10,983,622.00
A full copy of the audited financial reports can be found on the Guild’s website at www.guild.curtin.edu.au
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Revenues Retail | 21%
Membership & University Grant | 12%
Interest & Other Revenues | 2%
Catering | 65%
Operating Expenses - Trading Costs and Overheads Trading Student Council & Services | 65% NUS | 1%
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Guild Administration | 7%
Student Services | 27%
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Operating Expenses - Student Services
Other Student Support Costs | 25%
Second Hand Bookshop | 22%
Sport & Recreation | 6% Other Student Support Costs: These include the cost of providing finance, administration, information technology & communication support services to the above areas as well as other infrastructure costs such as public liability and other insurance. Second Hand Bookshop: This represents the money paid back to students who have sold their books through the shop, as well as the costs of running this service (this cost is matched by income from the sales). Sport & Recreation expenses include: •
Costs from ‘O’ Day and other orientation week activities and events.
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Grants and sponsorship provided to clubs and societies..
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Costs associated with the running of campus and intervarsity sports.
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Costs associated with the Guild’s recreation and activities programme.
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Membership Services | 18%
Student Discounts | 8% Student Publications | 4% Representation & Advocacy: Costs are directly associated with the running of the departments dealing with issues relating to disadvantaged and special interest equity groups (CUPSA, International Students Committee, Women, Indigenous, Gender & Sexuality) and includes funding provided to Regional Centres and covers the cost of projects such as the ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’, the ‘Alternative Handbook’ and student surveys. Student Support: Costs for delivering welfare and grievance appeal support including the Guild’s Legal Assist service. Membership Services: Expenses in this category include Student Accident Insurance, costs associated with running Guild membership stalls, Student diary, Membership Pack (carry bag, pen, pencil, pacer, stapler and highlighter). Student Discounts: The value of discounts claimed by students at Guild outlets. Student Publications: Costs of producing student publications such as ‘Grok’.
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We represented over 41,000 Curtin Students in 2007 and we’ll be doing all that and more in 2008...
Guild Executive
Lennard Bailey Collette Swindells Mat Bonomi Sally Obst Emma O’Hara Meera Navaratnam Arylene Westlake Emma Smith Colleen Greenwell
Guild President Education Vice-President Activities Vice-President General Secretary Health Sciences Div Rep Business Div Rep Humanities Div rep Eng, Sci & Comp Div Rep Project Research Officer
Guild Departments Manish Jhowry Hui Jun Chih Katherine Hawkins Rhiannon Kennedy Laura Money Natasha Moore
ISC Convenor CUPSA President Queer Officer Queer Officer Women’s Officer Indigenous Officer
Finance & Administration David Armstrong Sylvia Hahn Michelle Seman Karen Rennie Della Chamberlain Wilhelmina Augustine Daisy Peredo Shayne Steenholdt Susantha Jayawardana
Member Benefits
Ronald Schop Matthew Kenworthy Michael Nicholas Tarryn Hearne Elle Dignan Scott Bennett Corinne Thompson Penelope Crossland Kate Towner Melissa Davey
Student Assist
Mandy Middle Juliana Desker-Lim Simon Roy
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Managing Director Finance & Admin Mgr Management Accountant Management Accountant Finance & Admin Officer Accounts Clerk Finance & Admin Clerk IT Administrator IT Assistant
Retail
Brent Penberthy John Hew Diane Anderson Rod Howson Helen Bartlett Maree Reed
Catering
Fancois Leuenberger Kelli Knight Karen Coultas John Kriszyk Tanya Della-Santina Lynn McLeod Kristal Genge Nathan Hitchins Dimity Cowmeadow Caroline Southall Bernie Bergmans Beryl Sciaresa Ann Maree Foran
Retail Operations Manager Copy & Design Centre Mgr The Spot Supervisor Curtin Concept Supervisor Second Hand Bookshop Second Hand Bookshop Food & Beverage Manager Food & Beverage Assist.Mgr Catering Clerk Executive Chef Tavern & Bistro Manager Tavern & Bistro Assist. Mgr Kirribilli Cafe Supervisor Concept Cafe Supervisor Cafe Angazi Supervisor Bookmark Cafe Supervisor Vege Patch Supervisor Basement Cafe Supervisor Main Cafeteria Supervisor
Member Benefits Manager Events & Promotions Coord. Publications Coordinator Recreation Coordinator Sports Development Officer Sports Development Officer Receptionist Casual Receptionist Casual Receptionist GROK Editor Snr Student Assist Officer Student Assist Officer Student Assist Officer
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Curtin Student Guild is a not-for-profit organisation. Our vision is to be an independent organisation which is highly valued by all of the University community, especially our members, through the active provision of services and benefits, encompassing all aspects of student life. Our mission is to provide a range of services to the students of Curtin University helping them to have a fulfilling university experience through actively representing Curtin University Students, encouraging and facilitating student participation in University decision making, and advocating on behalf of and providing services, facilities and activities for our members.