02/05/21

minutes (02/05/21) 

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 02/05/21

Time: 5pm

Location: Online


ATTENDEES

Members

  1. Peter Kissack

  2. Freddy Sperring

  3. Megan Hogg

  4. Ash Carter

  5. Fliss Barrows

  6. Amy Rees

  7. Amanda Ong


Apologies

  1. Scott McCarter 

  2. Jonah Graham

  3. Anne Sim

  4. Erica Chan


ORDERS OF BUSINESS

REPORTS

Fliss

  • coffee wednesdays are going well

  • turnout has been around 5 people around the same people, but a new person did show up this week


Freddy

  • talked to some people about plans for a dog social, and Freddy is in the process of trying to find people with dogs

  • alternatively, there is an app where you can walk people dogs when they’re too busy, and we might be able to use that

  • Freddy has also become the covid officer and has had the requisite training


Peter

  • welfare will not be doing regular drop in hours because turn out hasn’t been a lot throughout the past two terms anyways and Peter and Amy are busy doing revision

  • but, welfare will still have an open invitation for people to email them and talk

  • both Peter and Amy have had a couple of welfare chats with people

  • rooms in palatine center via counselling service is still available for those who don’t want to be overheard

  • for those who want to run for welfare, let them know about the nightline training because it will happen before elections

  • not mandatory because they can take it after getting the position but it is just good to have 

  • going to put a post on social media about welfare this term and how people can arrange to talk to officers 


Erica

  • there are not a lot of plans for campaigns this term but maybe hold one exams, but that might be after stepping down 


AGM DATE CHANGE

  • change of date of the AGM to the 17th of june, 7pm

  • to be hosted online, link will be posted to social media