Draft Minutes of the Extraordinary Meeting of TSC 1st Week (PDF)




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Dra f t M inu tes o f
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF STANDING COMMITTEE
1s t Week T r in i t y Te r m 2014
30 th Apr i l 2014
Pres iden t ’ s O f f i ce , 4 :00pm
Presen t : The Pres iden t (Mr Ben Su l l i van , Chr i s t Church ) , The L ib ra r ian (Mr
Kos tas Chryssan thopou los , S t Pe te r ’ s Co l l ege ) , The T reasu re r (Mr Char les
Mal ton , Chr i s t Church) , The Secre ta ry (Mi s s L i sa Wehden , Worces te r Co l l ege ) ,
The E lec ted Member ( Miss NamPhuong D inh , Corpus Chr i s t i Co l l ege) , The
Elec ted Member (Mr Leo Garwood , S t John ’ s Co l l ege ) , The E lect ed Member (Mr
Sunny Ja in , Queen ’s Co l lege ) , The E lec ted Member (M iss Anna Baz ley , S t
Pete r ’ s Co l l ege ) , The E lec ted Member (Mr Domin i c Merchan t , New Co l l ege ) , The
Pres iden t -E lec t (Mr Mayank Baner jee , S t John ’s Co l l ege) , The T reasure r -E lec t
(Mr Rober to Weeden-Sanz , S t Bene t ’ s Ha l l ) , The Ex -T reasure r (Mr Chr i s topher
Fros t , Or ie l Co l l ege) , The Ex -Secre ta ry (Mr A lexander T ra f f ord , Pembroke
Co l lege ) , The Re tu rni ng O f f i ce r (Mr Joshua A tk inson , S t Benet ’ s Ha l l ) , The
Bursa r (Mrs L indsey Warne) , The Sen io r Li b ra r i an (Mr Sean Power , Or ie l
Co l lege ) , The Sen ior T reasu re r (Mr S tephen D ixon , Down ing Co l l ege ,
Cambr idge ) .
At tend ing : 4
Max Long , Magda len Co l l ege , Ed i t o r o f Cherwe l l
Adam Dayan , Magda len Co l l ege , Ox fo rd S tuden t News Ed i to r
Zachary Sp i ro , Or ie l Co l l ege The Tab Depu ty Ed i t o r
Ben Go lds te in , L incol n Co l l ege
Dan ie l B regman, Mer t on Co l l ege
Apo log ies :
Absen t : Mehrun issa Sa j j ad
The Pres iden t opens t he mee t ing a t 4 :35pm
Absences f rom Prev ious Mee t ing

Mat te rs A r i s ing f rom P rev ious M inu tes
None .
Rat i f i ca t i on o f M inut es

The Pres iden t
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0

The Pres iden t p roposes to reve rse the dec i s ion taken by t he Stand ing
Commi t tee o f Monday 1s t Week to ra t i f y t h e expend i tu re o f Vaca t ion S tand ing
Commi t tee .
The L ib ra r ian s ta tes t ha t t h i s i s no t a l l owed and tha t he does no t wan t t ha t
t o happen .
The Pres iden t says t ha t under ru le 45 (h ) t he goa l o f an SAM i s t o reve rse
t he dec i s ion o f a commi t tee . The S tand ing Commi t t ee i s we l l wi th in i t s
r i gh t s t o reve rse the dec i s ion o f i t s own acco rd .
The Pres iden t says t ha t he pe rsona l l y f e e ls , g i ven the opposi t i on f rom the
members , t ha t t he dec i s ion shou ld be reversed .
The Pres iden t says he has taken in to accoun t t he cons ide ra t i ons o f t he
members .
The Sen io r T reasu re r says the o r ig ina l dec is ion t aken by S tand ing Commi t tee
was pe r fec t l y l eg i t i mate .
The Sen io r T reasu re r says i t was r i gh t f or t he Un ion to t ake l ega l adv i ce on
mat te rs t ha t concern t he Un ion ra the r t h an j us t P res iden t because th i s i s
no t s imp ly a pe rsonal i s sue .
The a r t i c l e s ta ted t ha t t he t hen Pres iden t -E lec t somehow t r i ed to b lock the
ru les change , imp ly i ng he was opposed to t he new harassment po l i cy . The
Pres iden t -E lec t had on ly s ta ted tha t t he i ssue wasn ’ t on the agenda . He
s ta ted th i s because i t was a po l i cy t ha t any ex -o f f i c i o cou l d have wan ted to
come back f o r and cou ld have wan ted to c ome and speak abou t . The on l y way to
do th i s was i f i t was on the agenda . The Pres iden t -E lec t a t t he t ime had
known tha t a f o rmer - L ib ra r ian had men t ioned tha t he w ished t o d i scuss the
new po l i cy bu t because i t was no t on the agenda he cou ld no t come back to
t he mee t ing .
The Sen io r T reasu re r h igh l i gh t s t ha t t he a r t i c l e was taken down and i t was
c lea r l y a po l i t i ca l mot i va ted a r t i c l e t o a t t ack t he P res ident .
The Pres iden t s ta tes t ha t t he l ega l i ssue was no t t o cove r -up h i s membersh ip
o f a soc ie t y . The Pr es iden t no tes t ha t i nc iden ta l l y t he ev idence f o r t he
ar t i c l e d i scuss ing hi s membersh ip o f t he ‘Ban te r Squadron ’ was f rom a j oke
yearbook page tha t was never pub l i shed . The Tab newspaper had c la imed th i s
page was pub l i shed t o p rove the P res ident was i n some so r t o f ‘ sec re t
soc ie t y ’ .
The Sen io r T reasu re r s ta tes t ha t t he P res iden t has been a t tacked wrong ly and
t ha t t he move taken by S tand ing Commi t tee o r ig ina l l y i s en t i re l y l eg i t ima te
and wou ld ge t t he suppor t o f t he vas t amoun t o f t he members i f t he t r u th was
known. The Sen io r T r easure r wou ld i dea l l y l i ke t he dec i s ion on Monday to
proceed as a po in t of p r i nc ip le . He a l so po in t s ou t t ha t t he dec i s ion was
t aken ‘ i n camera ’ and qu i t e c lea r l y someone has l eaked in camera bus iness t o
t he p ress . The Sen ior T reasure r no tes tha t someone in t he room has b roken
camera and he has an i dea o f who i t i s , however t he pe rson i s p robab ly t oo
embar rassed to admi t i t .

The Pres iden t a l so no tes t ha t i t i s d i f f i cu l t f o r h im to de f end h imse l f as
what was d i scussed was i n camera and he does no t wan t t o b reak the ru les o f
t he Soc ie t y .
The L ib ra r ian s ta tes t ha t he was cop ied i n to t he ema i l t ha t was sen t t o t he
l awyers and tha t i t was a pe rsona l l awsui t i n regards t o t he P res iden t ’ s
i nvo l vement i n t he Ban te r Squadron . The L ib ra r ian s ta tes t hat t he SAM i s
per fec t l y l eg i t ima te and can be b rough t by any member .
The Pres iden t cou ld no t ag ree w i th t he Li b ra r i an more tha t t he SAM was
per fec t l y l eg i t ima te and says he has l i s t ened to t he concerns o f t he members
and p roposes to rever se the dec i s ion vo l un ta r i l y .
The L ib ra r ian says he re fuses to a l l ow t ha t t o happen .
The L ib ra r ian wh isper s t o Zachary Sp i ro (The Tab) however ref uses to repea t
what was sa id f o r t h e m inu tes .
The L ib ra r ian says t ha t one i s unab le t o r eve rse dec i s ions under ru le 45
(h ) .
The Pres iden t s ta tes t ha t t h i s i s a l l owed . The Pres iden t s tat es t he o r ig ina l
dec is ion to ra t i f y was a m is take and that he i s respond ing t o the concerns
o f members .
The Pres iden t p roposes a mot ion to reve r se the ra t i f i ca t i on o f t he
expend i tu re o f Vaca t i on S tand ing Commi t t ee :
Votes f o r : 11
Votes aga ins t : 3 (The L ib ra r i an ; The E lec ted Member , M iss Anna Baz ley , S t
Pete r ’ s Co l l ege ; The E lec ted Member , Sunny Ja in , Queen ’s Co l l ege )
The Pres iden t s ta tes t he re a re o the r met hods o f d i scuss ing such dec is ions i n
t he House in t he f o r m o f ques t ions to o f f i ce rs and s ta tes tha t he we lcomes
an open d i scuss ion i n the House .
The L ib ra r ian s ta tes t ha t t h i s i s no t a l l owed and the dec i s i on taken by
Stand ing Commi t tee i s i l l eg i t ima te .
The Pres iden t s ta tes t ha t i t i s l eg i t imat e and tha t t he re a r e means wh ich
t he L ib ra r ian can take to ques t i on th i s a t a h igher l eve l .
The Sen io r T reasu re r s ta tes t ha t t h i s per sona l an imos i t y shou ld no t cause
t he Un ion no r t he deba te on Thursday any ha rm.
The Pres iden t says t ha t t he L ib ra r i an ’ s c la ims tha t t h i s w i l l s t i f l e
d iscuss ion a re j us t no t t r ue as the re a r e ques t ions to O f f i c ers a t t he
beg inn ing o f each deba te wh ich w i l l a l l o w f ree d i scuss ion .
The E lec ted -Member Anna Baz ley asks whe t her t he P res iden t w i l l now pay the
l ega l f ees .
The Pres iden t s ta tes he w i l l pay f o r t he l ega l f ees h imse l f .

The L ib ra r ian
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f t he L ib r ar ian i n he r absence
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he L ibra r i an i n he r absence
No ques t i ons .

The T reasure r
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f t he T reasure r
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he T reasure r
No ques t i ons .

The Secre ta ry
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f t he Sec r e ta ry
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he Secre ta ry
No ques t i ons .

Miss NamPhuong D inh
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f M iss NamPhuong D inh
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to M iss Nampuong D inh

No ques t i ons .
Mr Leo Garwood
Meet ings m issed : 1 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 1
Bus iness o f Mr Leo Garwood
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to Mr Leo Garwood
No ques t i ons

Mr Sunny Ja in
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f Mr Sunny Ja in
No bus iness
Ques t ions to Mr Sunny Ja in
No ques t i ons
Miss Anna Baz ley
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f M iss Anna Baz ley
No bus iness
Ques t ions to M iss Anna Baz ley
No ques t i ons

Mr Domin i c Merchan t
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f Mr Domini c Merchan t
No bus iness ,
Ques t ions to Mr Domin ic Merchan t
No ques t i ons .

The Pres iden t -E lec t
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0

Bus iness o f t he P resi den t -E lec t
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he P res iden t -E lec t
No ques t i ons .

The L ib ra r ian -E lec t
Meet ings m issed : 1 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f t he L ib r ar ian -E lec t
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he L ibra r i an -E lec t
No ques t i ons .

The T reasure r -E lec t
Meet ings m issed : 0 , Missed w i thou t good reason : 0
Bus iness o f t he T reasure r -E lec t
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he T reasure r -E lec t
No ques t i ons .

Ex-o f f i c i o
Bus iness o f t he ex -of f i c i o
Ques t ions to t he ex - o f f i c i o
No ques t i ons .

Sen io r L ib ra r ian
Bus iness o f t he Sen i or L ib ra r ian
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he Seni o r L ib ra r ian
No ques t i ons .

Sen io r T reasure r
Bus iness o f t he Sen i or T reasu re r
No bus iness
Ques t ions to t he Seni o r T reasure r
No ques t i ons .

Bursa r
Bus iness o f t he Bursar

Ques t ions to t he Bur sar
No ques t i ons .

The Re tu rn ing O f f i cer
Bus iness o f t he RO
Ques t ions to t he RO
No ques t i ons .

Cha i rman o f t he Consu l ta t i ve Commi t tee
Bus iness o f t he CCC
No bus iness .
Ques t ions to t he CCC
No ques t i ons .

Cha i rman o f t he Debat es Se lec t i on Commi t t ee
Bus iness o f t he CDSC
Ques t ions to t he CDSC
No ques t i ons .

Changes to t he Compos i t i on o f t h i s Commit t ee

None .
Any Other Bus iness

Date o f t he Nex t Meet i ng
Monday 2 nd Week H i l a r y Te rm 2014 , 4 :00pm i n t he Pres iden t ’ s Of f i ce
The Pres iden t c loses t he mee t ing a t 4 :54pm.
Signed ,

L isa Wehden
Worces te r Co l l ege
Secre ta ry






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