Union Council (9th June 2014)

Agenda

Name of Committee	Union Council
Date and time	9th June 2014, 10:30
Place
Members (voting)	64 voting members Show all members Performing Arts Officer Laura Ellis Team Southampton Sports Officer Lucy Dowdall SUSUtv Station Manager Catherine Darcy Wessex Scene Editor Sam Everard Medicine Faculty Officer Alexander Oldman Humanities Faculty Officer Lawrence Smith Health Sciences Faculty Officer Katy Elliott Council Chair Katy O'Brien The Edge Editor Megan Downing Clubs and Societies Officer Jamie Hemingway Union Films Cinema Manager Nick Tinsley Southampton General Hospital (Site) officer Sohaib Rufai National Oceanography Centre (Site) Officer Henry Pearson Winchester (Site) Officer Amy Harwood Physical Sciences & Engineering Faculty Officer Giles Howard International Students' Officer Jawad Bhatti Nightline Officer Laura Mason Sports Participation Officer Adam Proudley Student Enterprise Officer Jack Kanani Wellbeing Officer Josh Cox Vice President Student Communities Emily Harrison President Emily Dawes Vice President Education Samuel Dedman Vice President Democracy and Creative Industries Evie Reilly RAG Officer Alice Gray Vice President Welfare Isabella Camilleri Vice President Engagement Fleur Walsh Vice President Sport Development Steve Gore Ethical & Environmental Officer Charlotte Hollands Equality & Diversity Officer Thomas Gleeson Engineering & the Environment Faculty Officer Shruti Verma Postgraduate (Research) Officer Ioan Alexandru Barbu SURGE Station Manager Jamie Barker Junior Common Room Officer David Gunns Union Councillor Sophie Van Eetvelt Union Councillor Ben Franklin Union Councillor Joseph Spencer Union Councillor Mark Lavery Union Councillor Roberto Gregoratti Union Councillor Vlad Novikov Union Councillor Louisa Smith Union Councillor Thomas Feather Union Councillor Alexander Robinson Union Councillor Alex Hovden Union Councillor Olivia Ojuroye Union Councillor Grace Cameron Union Councillor Jenny Bortoluzzi Union Councillor Gabriela Discenza Union Councillor Leon Rea Union Councillor Evrim Ozbey Union Councillor Joshua McDonald Union Councillor Rowanna Baker Union Councillor Katherine Spires Union Councillor Shailesh Agarwal Union Councillor Jessica Lobo Union Councillor Candace Jackson Union Councillor Emily Shepherd Union Councillor Jamie Wilson Union Councillor Gethin Jones Union Councillor Helen Demlew Union Councillor Anjit Aulakh Union Councillor William Yeong Union Councillor Mayan Al-Shakarchy Union Councillor William Cable
In Attendance (non-voting officers and staff)
Invited	Ben Morton

Main Meeting
Policy Ideas
	1.	Questions to candidates Questions to candidates in the by-election for the position of Vice-President Student Communities will precede the meeting of Union Council.
11:30am Formal Business
	2.	Welcome and apologies Quorum: 45
	3.	Minutes of the last meeting Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 1st May 2014: https://www.susu.org/meetings/937
	4.	Matters arising from the previous meeting
MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCIAL
P	5.	Membership matters a. Appointment of Honorary Life Members b. Appointment of Honorary Vice-President c. Appointment of an External Trustee Attached: Item 5c - Appointment of an External Trustee.pdf Item 5b - Honorary Vice-President.pdf Item 5a - Appointment of Honorary Life Members.pdf
P	6.	Financial matters a. Approval of capital expenditure over summer Attached: Item 6a - Summer capital expenditure.pdf
POLICY
	7.	Feedback from today's session There is none, as there was no ideas session at this meeting.
	8.	Action from previous ideas session The previous ideas session discussed the ideas for the Annual General Meeting.
P	9.	Policy Proposals a. Improved Leadership and Representation Policy (Proposed: Emily Shepherd; Seconded: David Gilani) b. Sport for All (Proposed: Evan Whyte; Seconded: Adam Proudley) c. Return of the Cat Statue (Proposed: Katy O'Brien; Seconded: Marcus Burton) Attached: Item 9c - The Return of the Cat Statue (1314P29).pdf Item 9b - Sport for All (1314P25).pdf Item 9a - Improved Leadership and Representation Policy (1314P28).pdf
ACCOUNTABILITY
P	10.	Zone Reports and Updates a. Zone Reports b. Policy Review - final decisions Attached: Item 10b - Policy decisions for UC6.pdf Item 10a - Zone Reports.pdf
P	11.	Officer reports and questions a. Attendance of Union Council Members and Student Trustees b. Officer reports c. Questions to officers Attached: Item 11 - Sabbatical Officer Reports.pdf Attendance of Union Council Members and Student Trustees.pdf
OTHER BUSINESS
	12.	Union Council Stars
P	13.	Any other business Please notify all matters of AOB to the Chair before the start of the meeting. a. Southampton University Rugby Football Club - disciplinary case The attached papers relate to a disciplinary case brought against Southampton University Rugby Football Club, and comprise the original hearing (heard by Disciplinary Committee), the first part of the appeal (heard by Appeals Committee) and the second part of the appeal (also heard by Appeals Committee). Outcome - original hearing Outcome - first appeal hearing Outcome - second appeal hearing (final decision) b. Emergency Policy Proposal - Union Snooker Room (1314P30) (Proposed: Matthew Burton; Seconded: Thomas Foley) Attached: SURFC disciplinary case - Outcome - second appeal hearing (final decision).pdf SURFC disciplinary case - Outcome - original hearing.pdf SURFC disciplinary case - Outcome - first appeal hearing.pdf Emergency Policy Proposal - Union Snooker Room (1314P30).pdf
	14.	Date and time of next meeting The first meeting of Union Council in the 2014-15 academic year will take place on Monday 20th October 2014, in the Senate Room at 6pm.

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