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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