07/12/20 — Durham University

minutes (7/12/20)

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 07/12/20

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Online

ATTENDEES

Members

Apologies

ORDERS OF BUSINESS

REPORTS

Jonah

had a meeting with dismantle culture campaign and it seems to be going well, the report seems to be heading in the right direction

Allen

the trans association election were just held today where the candidates had to answer questions from the audience, tomorrow voting opens
will do advertising about the voting on social media, and Amanda to include it in the weekly email as well
as of next week the new exec will be official and the current exec will comprise of the president, steering, and finance officer

Fliss

had the coffee shop social on Wednesday, fewer people showed up (2), most likely due to the end of term
to advertise this Wednesday’s coffee social as a christmas special, Amanda to include in the weekly email

Amanda

POLITICS SOCIETY PANEL

the politics society is setting up a panel about the recent ongoing events about trans rights and the government; what more can the govt do in aiding the community, what can be changed, etc
Freddy is to participate in the panel with the politics society, need to work out who to contact
Hayden is the speaker managing the panel and he will be working together with Freddy
have not decided who to host, but ideally someone who is LGBT+

MEETING WITH NEW REPRESENTATIVES

Peter is organizing a meeting with the other representatives this Friday, 11th December, at 6pm
if anyone has anything they want passed on, to discuss, or turn up, to let Peter know
Peter will put the details of the call in the group chat

YOU ARE NOT ALONE CAMPAIGN

this is regarding the campaign that Jonah is planning to run next term that was discussed in previous meetings
the campaign is going to be linked to radio show and podcast and is to target different groups of people; freshers, second years, livers out, etc
to involve the LGBT+ association, Trans association, college reps, and LGBT+ reps
Jonah plans to have a core team made out of producers (write and find people to feature in it), media officer, and a tech person to put the video together
team of 6-7 people
ideas on how to recruit people

have a google docs form that people will fill out and Jonah can vet applications from, similar to the campaigns team

Jonah to create the google docs form and send it out during the holidays for people to apply in order to get a team by next term
Amanda to send out an email during the holidays with this form
if anyone knows a tech person to direct them to Jonah

job scope: need to ensure videos fit tgt smoothly, maybe background music, to make the actual video itself, to have a professional look, someone who knows what they’re doing

CHRISTMAS SOCIAL

Freddy to make facebook events for the socials this week
from next term on, Megan to post the events on Facebook, and Freddy to do if Megan is not free

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Discord

exec members to try and write something at least once a week in the discord server in order to engage people
video for explaining how to do discord has been uploaded, Amanda to include in weekly email

Sightline

Parenting Scheme

the plan was to reopen parenting scheme next term for anyone who missed it in the first term, but Fliss is unsure about interest and they are worried people might be confused and resign up
alternative plan currently is to have an Adoption Station instead of a parenting scheme for anyone who did not get parents or were not contacted by their parents
Fliss to create a google docs or something similar for it

APPRAISALS