In August 2002, students at Sheffield University named a room after their hero, who had already been voted the union’s honorary president.
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University
of Sheffield Union of
Students
Present: Katie
Buckle (Union President) (in the Chair), Kate
Willingham (Welfare Officer), Alice Hood (Education Officer), Lihyi Lim
(International Students’ Officer), Heather Foster (Women’s
Officer)
Apologies
for Absence: Vicki Savage (Activities Officer), Alex
Carroll
(Finance
Officer), James Williams (Sports Officer), Paul Blomfield (Deputy General
Manager)
In
Attendance: John Windle (General Manager), Stephen
Hubbard
(Commercial
Development Manager), James Hann (Entertainments & Events Manager) for items
1, 2 and 3 only
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting The
minutes of the meeting held on 24 June 2002 were agreed as a correct
record. External
Club Night
James Hann introduced a Paper on the option available for the endorsement of an external club night. Offers of interest had been received from Club Wow, Taking Liberties and Gatecrasher. Details of the financial and other implications of the offers were discussed. It
was agreed to enter into a contract with Gatecrasher for Monday
evenings. It was noted that
access to the Club’s Security Log Book and CCTV has been offered as an
additional reassurance because of previous problems. These matters had been discussed
with the Club and it seemed there were no current worries, because of
action taken by the Club’s management. It
was agreed that the President would act as Lead Officer in liaison with
the Club. Summer
Refurbishments
Steve
Hubbard gave details of the refurbishment schedules as
follows:- Bar
One – Budget confirmed at £100,800, commence 5 August
2002 Fusion/Foundry
– Commence 5 August 2002 Coffee
Revolution – Plans for the refurbishment to be submitted within the next 2
weeks. It was anticipated
that the work would take place in the first 2 weeks of
September. Alumni
Singapore
It
was agreed that the Dinner/Dance of the Staff University Alumni in
Singapore could use the Union logo in the publicity and tickets for their
event. Collaboration
with Leeds University Union
John
Windle introduced a Paper on possible collaboration with Leeds University
Union regarding the sharing of a staff post. It
was agreed that the Partnership programme as outlined in the Paper should
proceed and that the President and General Manager draw up a contract,
after further negotiations with Leeds Union in order that the arrangement
could commence with effect from 1 January 2003. Nursery
Refurbishment
A
Proposal was received for the refurbishment of the Pre-School Annex at the
Nursery. It was agreed that
these works be approved at the sum of £9,970 plus
fees. Computers
for SOURCE
A
Paper on Increasing Computer Access within SOURCE was received from
Kathryne Fraser. It
was agreed to purchase 4 additional PCs for the outside area at a total
cost of £6,568. Business
Plans
The
Business Plans for the following areas were received and
agreed:- Student
Advice Centre Student
Representation Support Sports
and Activities Department Personnel Children’s
Services Advertising
Policy
It
was agreed to consider the proposal that U Sport should be considered as
an internal Union service in relation to our Advertising and Sponsorship
Policy at our next meeting. Arthur
Anderson Learning Centre
It
was agreed that this room should be named after the Union’s Honorary
President and therefore it should be changed to become the Satpal Ram
Learning Centre. It
was further agreed that a biography of Satpal Ram would be displayed in
the room. Intro
Week
Alice
Hood gave details of the meeting that had been held with Marketing
regarding Intro Week. It was
agreed that this should be discussed further at a Team
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John
Windle
5 August 2002
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