UTS SRC Meeting
31 July 2013
Attendance:
Alison Whittaker, Chris Augustine, Adwoa Humphreys, Maggie Sheen, Lyndal Butler, Lucy Bonanno, Douglas McDonald, Andy McLean (via phone until 3:29pm)
Apologies:
Jess Xu, Alex McInnis, Lani Bushelle, Chanelle Ramos, Rudi Bremer
Meeting commenced at 3:15pm.
1. Acknowledgement of Country
2. Declarations of Interest
Douglas declared his interests:
- that he is employed by a law firm which receives funding from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship;
- that he is a research assistant to a lecturer in the Law Faculty.
3. SRC Membership
Douglas announced that Thomas Pritchard has resigned as Treasurer, and that Adwoa Humphreys has succeeded to that office.
Douglas also announced that Karina Donoso has indicated that she is no longer a student at the University, and is therefore no longer eligible to be a member of the SRC.
4. Minutes
Motion: That the minutes be accepted.
Moved: Lyndal Butler
Seconded: Douglas McDonald
Carried.
5. Enterprise Bargaining Agreements
Progress on negotiations on current documents has been circulated to all SRC members.
Current draft EBA (containing staff proposals) has been circulated to members of the SRC.
Douglas, Lucy or Lyndal should be notified with regard to any questions regarding the EBA draft circulated to the SRC.
6. NUS Affiliation
Motion: To approve affiliation to the National Union of Students for the same affiliation amount as 2012, totalling $40 000.
Moved: Lyndal Butler
Seconded: Lucy Bonanno
Carried.
Procedural motion: that items 8, 9 and 15 be moved up on the list.
Moved: Lyndal
Seconded: Alison
Carried.
8. Students' Association Returning Officer
Motion: That Christine Kibble be hired as Returning Officer.
Moved: Lucy
Seconded: Chris
Carried.
9. Students' Association audited reports
For noting.
Mariah Brown was to speak to these reports.However, due to illness, she was unable to attend.
Any inquiries about the audited reports should be sent to Douglas, Lucy or Lyndal.
15. Infrastructure Spending
Motion:To approve expenditure on pin pads for Haymarket offices and Broadway caseworker offices, and duress buttons for Reception, the Bookshop and the Haymarket offices, prioritising discreet forms of distress buttons.
Moved: Adwoa
Seconded: Lucy
Carried.
Motion: To approve expenditure on a replacement Students’ Association stamp, at a cost of $52.14 for one stamp, three replacement ink pads (at $7.20 per ink pad), and delivery at $9.35, for a total cost of $85.
Moved: Alison
Seconded: Maggie
Carried.
Motion: To approve expenditure on trolleys for the Students’ Association, to consist of one upright and one flat-bed trolley for the Students’ Association (at a total cost of $250) and one upright trolley for the Haymarket Bluebird breakfast, at a cost of $100, for a final total cost of $350.
Moved: Chris
Seconded: Lucy
Carried.
7. Fair Trade Students' Association
Motion: That the Students’ Association is a pro-fair trade organisation, and that we endeavour throughout all of our operations, policies and activities to uphold the values of fair trade.
Moved: Lyndal
Seconded: Maggie
Carried.
10. Community Action Against Homophobia
Motion: That the Students’ Association acts in solidarity with Community Action Against Homophobia and their protests in advance of the federal election in favour of marriage equality, and that we endorse the rally to occur on the weekend prior to the federal election.
Moved: Chris
Seconded: Andy
Carried.
11. Pro-Refugee Students' Association
Motion: That the UTS Students’ Association opposes the PNG policy formed by the ALP government and supported by the LNP Coalition, and that we stand in solidarity with all pro-refugee protests that have thus far taken place in opposition to this policy, and that we seek to endorse future rallies opposing this policy and to organise contingents to attend future protests.
Moved: Andy
Seconded: Chris
Douglas noted that he would be abstaining in light of his conflict of interest.
Carried (Douglas abstaining).
12. Education Vice President's Report
Lucy Bonanno presented the Education Vice President’s Report.
Motion: That the SRC accept the Education Vice-President’s Report.
Moved: Alison
Seconded: Chris
Carried.
13. President's Report
Lyndal Butler presented the President’s Report.
Motion: That the SRC accept the President’s Report.
Moved:Chris
Seconded:Lucy
Carried.
14. Time of next SRC meeting
Suggestions for scheduling of future SRC meetings were discussed.
15. Other Business
Motion: To approve a maximum of $300 on a very large banner.
Moved: Andy
Seconded: Alison
Carried.
Meeting concluded at 4:34pm.