 Steven Topazio, UPSU Education & Representation Officer 2008-2009 2008-2009 6 months ago
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Hi guys and gals, I'm Steve Topazio Chair of the Union Council - recently attendance at council meetings as been very poor (see my blog for my rant) I would like to have an open discussion as to why people dont come to these meetings and what you think would be a good idea to improve participation in this event. Is not pulicised well enough? All ideas welcome!
Steve Topazio
Union Council Chair 
Message edited by: Steven Topazio at: 11/02/2008 00:57 |
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 thegumqueen 6 months ago
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 enigmatic do-gooderPosts: 56 Member rating: 3
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I think that maybe one of the underlying reasons is simply that students do not understand what it's all about. On a number of occasions, I have met with people who don't realise that they are entitled to come - I think that we need to educate our students on what it's all about and what they will get out of it. Either that, or throw in some more contentious motions - that seemed to work! |
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adamsunman 6 months ago
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 Just 100% Adam and nothing else....Posts: 7 Member rating: 0
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naked people serving caviar on Belinis.... alternatively something liek the elections have done with like cartoons. make it kooky lol |
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thegumqueen 6 months ago
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enigmatic do-gooderPosts: 56 Member rating: 3
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Well Adam, we know that would work - it did last year (not the nakedness or blinis, but there was always free food provided at the meetings; usually a chicken and a veggie pasta dish). Union Council meetings regularly had a larger attendance when we offered free food!! But is this really necessary? I really do hope not!
As I said before, a lot of people don't understand what it's all about - the Union needs to make sure it's much more transparent, and although we've got one great website, there's another one out there that gets a whole lot more traffic: Facebook. For all its sins, it definitely knows how to reach the majority of students, and I've heard so many people say that it's not a real event unless it's on facebook - so maybe we need to embrace this and create an event each month, where the agenda and relevant motions can be viewed.
For the majority of students that do attend Union Council, they do not see the motions that are being debated until they come along on the day - giving them absolutely no time to read up on the subject themselves. It would also give them the chance to feed back to the Officers and Chairs, as of course, this is why we have been elected - to represent the views of the students - not to just be putting our own point across on a particular subject!
Look forward to getting my invite soon!!
Message edited by: thegumqueen at: 10/02/2008 13:38 |
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Steven Topazio, UPSU Education & Representation Officer 2008-2009 2008-2009 6 months ago
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one thing that I will be doing in the week before the next union council is putting a report on the web/ facebook and the paper outlining the motions that are going to be discussed at the next meeting. |
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Alex Harries, UPSU 6 months ago
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 Grumpy, geeky old grey-headPosts: 476 Member rating: 0
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Steven Topazio wrote:
one thing that I will be doing in the week before the next union council is putting a report on the web/ facebook and the paper outlining the motions that are going to be discussed at the next meeting.
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