open-goverance/Minutes/2024-2025/Training/2024-10-31_Semester-1_Week-08_Grievances_Brendan.md

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Grievances and disputes

General

  • Based on experience from over the years
  • Disputes are normal and occurr often enough
  • Constitution and beginners guide help
    • Beginners guude will be (re-)printed
  • Uni's code of content superseeds our own
  • Pop on AGM slides that the members are the core aprt of the soc
  • [Slide] Real life examples
    • Cyberbullying, this would be a big one for us

Alcohol Policy

  • Committee sets expectations
  • Anything that is organised by the society counts for this.

Supports

  • C&S
  • Committee
  • Members
  • Council
  • Exec

Communication

  • Verbal communication holds a lot of nuance that is lost on text
  • Clubs/Socs generally dont like neagative feedback
  • Reporting channels should be open for committees and members
  • Dont lie, apologise if required
  • If you wouldnt say it face to face then dont say it online

Organised Committee

  • Can ask flks if they have time for committee (and really want to do it)
  • Handover
    • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Committee Minutes
    • Open is good
  • Take time if needed and talk to rest of committee/c&s

Whatsapp/Discord

  • [slide] This is useful to review in full
  • How and when we communicat is key
    • This mostly relates to us for announcements/pings
  • It is instant, and folks have the ability to screenshot stuff

Processes and procedures

  • Constitution has rough protocol
  • Beginners guide
  • Try to deal with it in an informal manner
  • Mediation
  • Formal
  • Can talk to C&S at any stage
    • Ask for help often if needs be

Misc

  • Slides will be made available
  • Teambuilding
    • Pottery
    • Baking
    • Something ye wouldnt normally do