Union Council (8th December 2015)

Agenda

Name of Committee	Union Council
Date and time	8th December 2015, 18:00
Place	Senate, Building 37
Members (voting)	44 voting members Show all members Chair of Council Jade Head Clubs and Societies Officer Catriona Philip International Students' Officer Nancy Bui Postgraduate (Research) Students Officer Mike Allwright Halls Officer Flora Noble Humanities Faculty Officer Frazer Delves National Oceanography Centre (Site) Officer David Allwright Physical Sciences & Engineering Faculty Officer Giles Howard Health Sciences Faculty Officer Daniel Browning Wellbeing Officer Mark Davidge Union President Ben Franklin Vice President Student Communities Emily Harrison Postgraduate (Taught) Students Officer Ruchika Menon Student Enterprise Officer Jamie Furlong Vice President Sports Jamie Wilson Intramural Officer Christie Matthews Ethics and Environment Officer Amy Paraskeva Vice President Education Shruti Verma Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries Kerry Sclater Vice President Welfare Sam Bailey Natural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Officer Yousra Hikal Vice President Engagement Hannah Talbot Creative Industries Zone Student Group Rep Samantha Standley Engineering & the Environment Faculty Officer Vinnie Sivadev Equality & Diversity Officer Caitlin Doyle Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences Faculty Officer Bradley Tombleson Medical Society President Iona Maxwell Union Councillor Kokulan Mahendiran Union Councillor William Garside Union Councillor Zehong Au Union Councillor Kieran Reals Union Councillor Rebecca Lake Union Councillor Naresh Krishna Gopikrishnan Union Councillor Philippa Pearce Union Councillor Alexander Howard Union Councillor Alison Irwin Union Councillor Kelechi Nze Union Councillor Arun Aggarwal Union Councillor Harriet Averill Union Councillor Adam Turner Union Councillor Benjamin Dowling Union Councillor Anthony Carter Union Councillor Isabelle Morgan Winchester Campus President Ryan Notman-Watt
In Attendance (non-voting officers and staff)

Main Meeting
6pm Policy Ideas
P	1.	Ideas Discussion session Attached: Ideas.pdf Resource allocation for student groups.pdf
7pm Formal Business
	2.	Welcome and apologies
	3.	Minutes of the last meeting The minutes of the previous meeting of 19 October 2015 are accessible here: http://www.susu.org/meetings/1058
	4.	Matters arising from the previous meeting
Membership and Financial
	5.	Membership matters a. Spring Elections Working Group The Spring Elections Working Group assists in the running and oversight of the main Spring Elections. It is made up of the Returning Officer (external), Deputy Returning Officer (Vice-President Democracy and Creative Industries) and another member of Democracy Zone Committee (to be decided). In addition, there are three places for Union Councillors, which are filled by inviting interest, and if there are more people interested than places available, the places are drawn at random. Expressions of interest will be open in the new year, and it is proposed to change it so the three places can be filled by any member of Union Council, as opposed to just Union Councillors. This change will be proposed at the next meeting of Union Council in February.
	6.	Financial matters There are no financial matters for consideration at this meeting.
Policy
	7.	Feedback & decisions from today's ideas session Ideas 2 and 3 have also been submitted with Policy Proposals linked to them. Council will decide, at this point, whether to debate those Policy Proposals during this meeting or not. If Council decides to debate them, they will be considered at agenda item 9 (Policy Proposals).
	8.	Action from previous ideas session
P	9.	Policy proposals See also: Amendments a. Further consultation on 'Vision 2020' (1516P5) Proposed: Frazer Delves, Rebecca Lake b. Invest Positive UoS (1516P6) Proposed: Mike Allwright, Maddie Cava-Beale c. Health Sciences Funding Review (1516P7) Proposed: Daniel Browning (Health Sciences Faculty Officer), Calum Lyon (Nursing Academic President), Aisling Butler (Occupational Therapy Academic President), Samy Roshdy (Physiotherapy Academic President), Johnny Barber (Podiatry Academic President) d. Enhancing SUSU Volunteering Policy (1516P8) Proposed: Kerry Sclater (Vice-President Democracy and Creative Industries) on behalf of Democracy Zone Committee. e. JCRs Officer to Halls Officer (1516R3) Proposed: Anjit Aulakh (Vice-President Student Communities) on behalf of Democracy Zone Committee. f. PGR Students not to be Faculty Officers (1516R4) Proposed: Shruti Verma (Vice-President Education) on behalf of Democracy Zone Committee. Attached: Item 9d - Enhancing SUSU Volunteering Policy (1516P8).pdf Item 9e - JCRs Officer to Halls Officer (1516R3).pdf Item 9f - PGR Students not to be Faculty Officers (1516R4).pdf Item 9c - Health Sciences Funding Review (1516P7).pdf Item 9b - Invest Positive UoS (1516P6).pdf Item 9a - Further consultation on 'Vision 2020' (1516P5).pdf Item 9 - Amendments.pdf
Accountability and Praise
	10.	Union Council Stars a. Union Council Star Union Council Stars recognise the achievements of our officers and students who have gone above and beyond their roles. b. Student Groups Star Student Groups Stars recognise the success of our Student Groups.
P	11.	Officer Reports and questions a. Attendance of Union Council Members and Student Trustees b. Officer Reports c. Questions to Officers Questions submitted by 12pm on Thursday 2nd December are available in this paper. Questions submitted prior to 4pm on the day of the meeting are accorded a higher priority, and will recieve a prepared answer. Attached: Item 12c - Questions.pdf Item 12b - Officer reports.pdf Attendance of Union Council Members and Student Trustees
	12.	Zone Reports and updates a. Democracy Review b. Brand Review
P	13.	Disciplinary and Appeals Committee reports a. Politics Society Attached: Outcome - public.pdf
Other Business
	14.	Any other business Please notify all matters of AOB to the Chair before the start of the meeting.
	15.	Date and time of the next meeting The date and time of the next Union Council is 1 February 2016 at 6pm in the Senate Room.

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)