13/07/20 — Durham University

minutes (13/7/20)

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 13/7/20

Time: 11am

Location: Online

ATTENDEES

Members

Apologies

ORDERS OF BUSINESS

REPORTS

jonah (president)

megan (publicity)

website update: doing the graphics
currently doing graphics for welfare post as well
if any exec wants graphics done to be directed to megan
instagram is going well, trying to figure out how to grow a following
to post the exec details on the website, will send form into the chat later and exec to fill them out

peter and amy (welfare)

have had welfare training
there is a mental health training course on DUO for anyone who wants to take it
still making the list of the helplines and will run it through before it is sent out

MEET THE EXEC

PURPLE RADIO TALK

going forward, chat available on facebook messaging
SWDA has joined, but DPOCA has not confirmed
gabriel (who reached out about purple radio talk) has been given the association’s email, amanda to check

ASSOCIATION BOOK CLUB AND LIBRARY

to confirm plans, want to get the association to buy a copy of book that book club will be reading
to liase with sam or tim from the liberate my library scheme to see if they can get the association the titles

NON-BINARY DAY

non-binary day is the 14th, Freddy has made a post on canva that can go up on the day
Freddy to have a zoom call with the other non-binary people, casual meeting
to confirm with the people in the non-binary chat if they want to open the call up to others

SUMMER EVENTS CONFIRMATION

to have another social after around the week of the 22nd
planning to do some sort of kahoot: a more gay kahoot and then a more general kahoot
could open it up to everyone, even allies, to get a bigger turnout.

REACHING OUT

to make a post on freshers page to introduce and advertise the association
to collaborate with the other associations to try and get a pamphlet with a list of all the associations into the freshers welcome pack
to try and advertise the rest of the associations on the lgbt association facebook as well (will ask the other associations if they want to and what they would like the lgbt association to say)
to try and make a spreadsheet of what the association plans to do over the supper

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE UPDATES

9 people have signed up
had the meeting to discuss what the campaigns are and which ones the members want to work more on
when everyone’s interest is received, the committee will make smaller groups on fb messenger for each campaign
if any exec member wants to be involved in a specific campaign they are to inform erica or anne so that they can be added into the appropriate chat
will try to start the anti-racism / intersectionality thing when the group chats are sorted
will try to contact the poc group
relating to separate media accounts for the campaigns committee

they will make one general post on facebook for a ‘meet the campaigns committee’ (so as not to confuse everyone)
to be given access and run the twitter account
no new accounts are to be made to avoid confusion

amy can get in touch with someone to advertise campaigns, to send erica and anne the details

PARENTING SYSTEM ADVERTISEMENT

cannot advertise directly to the freshers as they haven’t gotten back their results
messaging amelia and getting all the association to advertise in the freshers pack, would also try to advertise parenting scheme there

JUMPERS

to put a poll in the exec group chat and people can vote for their favorite colors there

EAST ASIAN QUEER HISTORY TALK CONFIRMATION

advertisement of the talk and q&a to be posted today on facebook, Freddy has created a graphic
talk itself to be posted today as well
q&a to be hosted on wednesday, to ask k to come 10-15 mins earlier so as to have adequate time to ensure everything is running smoothly

[end of meeting]