Council Meeting 13 September 2006

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE WUPA COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT 3.30 PM, WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2006 IN BUILDING 115. Opened 3.51 PM. Meeting chaired by Ken Finlayson. Minutes taken by Ken Finlayson.

Part A. Preliminary Business

A1. Attendance

President	Ken Finlayson	Present
Vice-President (Coursework)	Mitch O'Dwyer	Apologies
Vice-President (Research)	Emilie-Jane Ens	Present
Secretary-Treasurer	Sophie Capron	Apologies
Women's Officer	Emma Dalton	Present
International Students' Officer	Shirley Feng	Apologies
Indigenous Officer	Vanessa Cavanagh	Absent
Activities Officer	Vilton Liu	Present
Media Officer	Salar Niknafs	Present
External Students' Officer	Kerryn Hopkins	Apologies
Honours Students' Officer	Ben Murphy	Present
General Representatives	Mark Havryliv	Absent
	Barbara Mair	Present
	One Vacancy

A2. Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The minutes of the previous meeting were not available at this meeting.

A3. Business Arising from the Minutes

Not available.

1. Letter of resignation from Ira Chiang.
2. Letter from WUSA regarding child care subsidy.
3. Letter from UniCentre re Student Diary 2007 advertising rates.

A5. Arrangement of the Agenda

PART B. REPORTS

B1. President's Report

None given.

Year-to-date financial records circulated. Records prepared by Dan Morgan.

1. Vice-President (Research)

   Verbal report given.

2. Vice-President (Coursework)
3. Secretary-Treasurer
4. Women's Officer

   Report on child care subsidies and suggested strategy tabled. (Attachment 5.)

   Motion 2-13/09/06

   That Emma Dalton write a letter to the Vice-Principal (Administration), Chris Grange; the Dean of Students, Yvonne Kerr; and the Vice Chancellor, Gerard Sutton; requesting student subsidies for Kids' Uni Fees for all students.

   Emma Dalton

   Not specified

   Emilie Ens

   Ben Murphy

   Carried

   It was noted that WUPA would work with WUSA in this matter, and that the Council would seek to have this letter signed by appropriate representatives from both organisations.

5. International Students' Officer
6. Indigenous Officer
7. Activities Officer

   Verbal report given.

8. Media Officer
9. Honours Students' Officer
10. External Students' Officer
11. General Representatives

B4. Staff Reports

1. Momentum Coordinator's Report
2. Rhizome Magazine Editor's Report

   Verbal report given on magazine launch and current budget.

3. Publications Officer's Report

B5. Business Arising from the Reports

None arising.

PART C. GENERAL BUSINESS

None received.

PART D. OTHER BUSINESS.

D1. Council Vacancy

D2. UniCentre Student Diary 2007

Refer to attachment 3.

D3. Committee Meetings

The Activities Committee will meet at 3.00 PM Wednesday 27 September 2006.

D4. Next Meeting

Next Council meeting to be held at 3.30 PM Wednesday 27 September 2006 in Building 115.

It was noted that meetings on Wednesdays exclude the presence of Kerryn Hopkins, External Students' Officer. The President was directed to contact Ms Hopkins, and ask when she might be on the Wollongong campus, so the Council could schedule a meeting (including the option of rescheduling the next meeting) to suit Ms Hopkins' availability.

Meeting closed at 4.50 PM.

APPENDIX. ATTACHMENTS

1. Letter of resignation from Ira Chiang, dated 10 September 2006, and effective from that date.
2. Letter regarding WUSA child care subsidies from Jess Moore, dated 13 September 2006.
3. Letter regarding advertsiing rates for 2007 Student Diary from Melissa Cicero, dated 18 August 2006.
4. Year-to-date financial (petty cash and bank) records.
5. Report by Emma Dalton on Kids' Uni fees and child care subsidies.