26/04/22 — Durham University

minutes (26/04/22)

LGBT+ Association Meeting

Date: 26/04/22

Time: 7pm

Location: Online

ATTENDEES

Members

Apologies

AGENDA

ORDERS OF BUSINESS

REPORTS

Grace

just an update and follow up from last term, aspect of recording a chronological is what grace wants to make its dissertation next year
just have to be careful of overlap of dissertation work with exec work, anything as work for role on the exec vs utilizing role on the exec to get info for the dissertation

Mal

mal went to nus liberation conference
in generally, they didn't think anything nus put on was useful for association
but they have now contacts with lgbt and trans reps from other unis which would be helpful
south protest group demands following the formal is a transition fund that would be centrally funded, Mal working on it with others

AGM DATE

Mal is to make a poll for everyone’s availability
AGM will likely commence sometime between the 6th - 19th of june
online vs in person
issue of in person is trying to find a suitable room, getting turn out, etc
hybrid may not be very viable as well for hearing accessibility, but also for zoom meetings come with trigger noises for autistic people as well that can hinder accessibility
a vote was taken with the exec and the majority decided to go for having an online AGM

FASHION SHOW UPDATE

nothing has been organized unfortunately and at this point in time we do not think it can go through
applications were put out in first term and there was insufficient applications to actually have an exec
generally, there was just not enough interest in it
possibly Keir can run alternative events
if not feasible we can pool resources on the end of year event

LGBT+ BALL UPDATE

it was decided during the meeting that having a full on ball is not very feasible as we simply do not have the budget for it without making ticket costs astronomical
instead, there is a plan to host an end of year lgbt event, a summer event similar to the Queer the Weer event last year
in the future if we want to do a ball we’ll have to do earlier fundraising (though this also has its issues)
for the end of year summer event, we’d have to find a venue as the racecourse venue may not be returning, possibly in the SU such as the ball room
if we use the SU, we can also potentially use their bar which will be helpful for determining drinks
we will also have to settle getting snacks and food and whether we want to provide that
to organize a committee to work with the social secretaries on this, put out in socials as well as email
no need specific roles, might need stage managerial exp, publicity, act coordinator and recruiter, anyone with this exp or just interested encouraged to apply, try to persuade people to reply
try to get people to apply by the 15th of may
the event would be ticketed as well to help with costs as our budget is limited
to ask jonah for estimate figures for people and costs last year to help with deciding our budget