04/08/20

minutes (04/08/20) 

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 4/8/20

Time: 11am

Location: Online

ATTENDEES

Members

  1. Jonah Graham

  2. Allen Drews

  3. Fliss Barrows

  4. Erica Chan

  5. Amy Rees

  6. Scott McCarter 

  7. Peter Kissack

  8. Anne Sim

  9. Freddy Sperring

  10. Megan Hogg 

  11. Scott McCarter 

  12. Amanda Ong

ORDERS OF BUSINESS

JUMPERS

  • google document will be created for the exec to fill in the details of their order

  • tbc if the money for the jumpers will come out of the budget

GUIDE FOR FRESHERS AND FREPS 

  • welfare officers have been speaking to the college reps as well as most of the LGBT+ college reps 

  • have been asked if the association can provide welfare training

  • the association cannot, but we can give advice to the freps about how to create a safer environment for LGBT+ people

  • Peter, Amy, Jonah, and Allen are working to create a document on this

  • an infographic will also be created

  • the date of completion is not set

FRESHERS OUTREACH

  • to create an advert for all the associations for the freshers

  • pending approval from the rest of the associations

  • parenting scheme advert to be included as well

BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN

  • the association is unlikely to sign the campaign as a whole, but individual exec members may sign if they wish, but their signature will not be representative of the association

  • the association may prepare a statement

MINORITIES WITHIN MINORITIES UPDATE

  • Peter has started a group chat with himself (ace/aro rep), Amy, Freddy (non-binary representative), Jay Smith (tentatively representing bi-mo)

  • will feedback to the association if they have any plans

  • Peter has plans for ace week

  • videos: volunteers from uni community to answer questions or respond to some prompts and put it together in a video

  • will put things on the ace media

  • will include the option for people to send written anonymous things for Peter to read out so they don’t have to show their face and gives them options as well

  • planned for the second or third week of michaelmas

  • will run this plan past the a-alliance on their meeting on wednesday

  • bi week is the week before freshers, Peter will ask Jay if they want to do that, or one of the exec may also plan it

KAHOOT SOCIAL FEEDBACK

  • original plan to have it in teams, but there was a lack of people so it was done individually

  • overall was fun and done well

  • might shift the time earlier at around 3pm instead

SOCIALS

  • this week will not have a social as there is a lack of time

SURVEY UPDATE

  • to hold off posting it

FINANCE UPDATE

  • Scott had finance training last week

  • the £500 grant for associations is unclear this year, will update when the situation is resolved 

  • Scott currently has access to the app, the association has £873 balance from last year

  • one more person has to register into the app

CONSTITUTION UPDATES

  • there has been a confusion with the constitutions, the DSU has a different copy than what is available on the association’s website

  • Amanda to message the previous steering officer about this and see if he knows anything

  • if he does not know anything, will email the DSU about it

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Trans Association

  • the trans association currently does not have an elected exec, one of the LGBT+ association’s exec will reach out to them if they need help for aything