12/10/21

minutes (12/10/21) 

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 12/10/21

Time: 7pm

Location: Online


ATTENDEES

Members

  1. Mal

  2. Ainsleigh

  3. Peter

  4. Amanda 

  5. Nicol

  6. Caity


Apologies

  1. Ash

  2. Alicia

  3. Keir

  4. Kirsty

  5. Jack

  6. Cara


ORDERS OF BUSINESS

Reports

Peter

  • welfare emails have been created and it comes up in the directory of emails, but it would take a couple of hours to access it and peter has not had access to it yet

  • the email is welfare.lgbta@durham.ac.uk (comes up as association welfare), both Peter and Nicol can read the emails and send the emails from the accounts 


Nicol

  • inventory for association room

  • for crafts we have some sharpies, colored pencils, colored pens, acrylic paint, brushes, four boxes of glitter, white glue, googly eyes, lots of scotch tape

  • for safe sex supplies, not much stuff is out of date, but we will still need to order some stuff for safe sex supplies

  • safe sex supplies

  • female condoms and pregnancy tests did not have an expiry dates on them so we are not sure when they expire (14 pregnancy test, 2 female condoms) 

  • Peter checked, pregnancy test expired, condoms have august 2022

  • potentially need that and lube

  • Peter and Nicol will try to get inventory up ASAP

  • can buy back the same brand for the safe sex applies

  • nicol to message kirsty regarding what is to be bought


campaigns want to get college and subject reps more integrated


Subject Reps

  • Mal received a message from someone who was keen to be involved in the assoc and asked whether we have subject reps

  • we do not have currently but it seems like a good idea to have a link in the department

  • EDI reps are not part of the association and we could possibly form a link with the EDI reps rather than trying to create a new role

  • this would work in a similar manner to our current relationship with college reps

  • potentially to have own reps for different subjects may be too far, may not be much we can do with the subject rep

  • Mal to track down some info about the EDI reps

  • aim is to have another route to access welfare from the association and things like that, especially for any specific issues within department 

  • decolonizing the curriculum could reach out to that as well (seems to fall within the EDI scope)

  • electing subject reps by ourselves may come off wrong as it would be like if we were elected in the college reps instead of the colleges doing it

  • if they were looking for a way to get involved in the association, we can find other avenues, e.g. last year there was a campaigns team and there will likely be one again this year

  • Mal will tell the person getting in touch about campaigns and that there may be a campaigns team


Gender Neutral Campaign

  • the aim for the campaigns team is to integrate the gender neutral dress code with the fashion show

  • sounds good and everyone agreed to this


Advertising Group Chats

  • no one knows about any of the group chats, need to advertise the main one in particular and then the identity ones

  • these are the group chats  you can join kind of post

  • to make a graphic and to include in weekly email

  • say to message the association page as there will be usually someone in the exec in at least one of the chats

  • peter or mal to message in the reps chat to get a list of who has group chats


Coffee Shop Mornings

  • every fortnight starting next week

  • kingsgate 

  • 2pm on Monday

  • Amanda to create a poll with yes or no free and willing and the rest of the exec to vote


Black History Month

  • Ainsleigh is planning to make a post for black history month

  • She is to research if anyone has anything to include

  • Nicol and Alex Adams are the poc rep and it’s possible to get into contact them as well

  • Mal is in the presidents group chat with DPOCA and if we want to link up with them that would be good to get the associations working together and to get the perspective of an individual who actually identifies as Black