# Council
## Agenda
(copied in from email, then later expanded out into headings)

1. Minutes & Apologies
2. Matters arising
3. Startups and Wind Downs:
   1. New Society – Pool
   2. Wind Downs
4. Clubs and Societies Budgets and Finances
5. Advice & Advocacy Department Presentation with Nicole
6. Meet your student officer team
7. C&S Fair Feedback
8. Scholars
9. AOB


## Housekeeping
Submit agenda items to Jana

## Minutes and Apologies
History + Games proposed


## Matters arising


## Start-ups and wind-downs – standing item
### Startups
#### Pool
Deferred to Week 5

### Wind down
* Good Deeds
* Astronomy

## Clubs and Societies Budgets and Finances
* Tomorrow is the last day for appeals
* Pool is 400k
  * Same as last year
  * Lost out on teh Enablement fund (40k eur from BOI)
  * Postgrad SU is developing and cut funding for C&S
  * Lost arts and sports fund
* Noted that Clubs get more than societies
  * Floated idea of 25% to Socs
  * Takes effort to build up budgets (for societies)
    * More things to count as income/expenditure for clubs?
* 600k is what is needed to give everyone what they asked for.
* Will have more to talk about it next week
* Going to have to have a look at how many oversees trip for clubs/socs is feasible

## Advice & Advocacy Department Presentation with Nicole
advicehub@ul.ie  (see slides)

### Speak yer mind
* Election seems to be more   bribery based  
  * Not really the space for it here
* 2 core + more) is fine
* Request for networking event
  * Will have a network event in teh future
  * Discord specifically requested
* Update on storage situation in PESS
  * They will check
* Enquiry about teh new handball
* Hockey asking for support
* No limits on collabs
* Room Bookings
  * Room swapping isnt encouraged



## Meet your student officer team

## C&S Fair Feedback
* Few more days notice next time
  * Always wednesday week 1
  * Recommendation to pop it in handover
* Numbered pod groups were liked
* More categories on teh C&S website
  * Group ballsports
  * Feedback from council before was to not do that
* Lots of folks didnt know about Wolves
* Not a lot of folks have teh wolves app on their phone
  * THERE IS AN APP??????
    * No we dont use teh app
    * I know keith was trialling it last year
* More accessibility for disability/neurodivergent
  * Headphones + sensory toys
  * Start a half hour earlier (computer)


## Scholars
Scholars is accepting bookings for thursdays and weekends (if enough notice given)

Problems before, seems good now

Pizza + Drinks for admin because of freshers week (normally scholars).  
If we have any issues with Scholars we wont be going there after hustings

## AOB
* Booking rooms main building
  * Do socs actually get rooms in main building?
    * Seems like always gets bumped to kemmy/schuman
    * Kemmy -> Schuman -> Main building