BUMC Committee 22/23

15th December 2022

Meeting 7

Participants

Absent

Claire Spouse (CS) – Chair

Hugh Sanderson (HS) – Secretary

Alex Everest (AE) – Gear Secretary

Alesia Vallance (AV) – Social Secretary

Adam Parsons (AP) – Walking Secretary

Ollie Howell (OH) – Walking Secretary

Robin Regan (RR) – Orienteering Secretary

Reuben Strickett (RS) – Orienteering Secretary

Amy Goncalves (AG) – Media Secretary

Nathan Strange (NS) Climbing Secretary

 

Thomas Hodges (TH)– Climbing Secretary

Grace Darcy (GD)- Treasurer

 

 

  1. Past items

Item

Original item date

Brief description of original issue + update

Further action required from

3

01/06/2022

ISB 2023

Update:
Filed request for MPV using transport booking system (reinstated following appointment of new permanent SU staff for transport)

Product is online for participants to pay.

SU gave go ahead for accommodation payment

RR to inform trip attendees product is live

 

RR to gather requisite evidence to allow payment of accomodation

4

01/06/2022

Font 2023

Update:

Decided on 2 MPVs – so 18 people total. Rough cost for this (accommodation and transport) is £163 per person.

Therefore need 6 drivers.

TH to continue organising

7

01/06/2022

Drivers & Transport

Update:

Still can’t hire MPVs for less than a week. £32 a day plus set fee.

One ISB participant is fairly experienced driver and keen to do MPV test. Also interested in Font and drivers for this trip are harder to find. Worth doing another MPV test before ISB, but would need to find other people to do test or ask if other clubs have people they want testing.

RR to look for other drivers to do MPV test

8

01/06/2022

Promotion of Club

Update:

No update, acknowledgement that promotion of events has been less prominent/timely recently.

 

11

12/07/2022

Evening Orienteering Sessions

Finished for the semester. Gone well overall. 5 regular attendees with an average turnout of 8 for each session

 

16

12/07/2022

 

S1 Navigation Skills

Review:

Went well and Mendips trip was a success. 5 people who attended the sessions went on trip. Word is skills were gained.

Item closed

 

18

24/09/2022

Christmas Meal and Deposit

Review:

Went well.

Should have printed off people’s food choices to make it easier for serving food.

Graze worked well as location. Drinks could be costly depending on the type of drink (e.g. beer fairly priced but spirits expensive)

Item closed

 

21

17/10/2022

Learn To Belay/Wed Climbing/BUCS Trials

Update:

Finished for the semester.

Unsure where to run learn to lead/belay sessions next semester as TCA offered these sessions for free (i.e. entry fee only). Redpoint still offering to allow us to teach ourselves for free but harder to get to and finding teachers may be problematic.

TH/NS/CS to provide update on Frome contact at next meeting.

NS to decide on location for next semesters learn to lead/belay sessions

22

03/11/2022

Health Declaration Forms

Forms yet to be updated with additional info box

HS to update Health Declaration form to give extra box

23

03/11/2022

Brecon Walking Day Trip

Review:

All went well and trip report is live.

For future maybe advertise as a hike not a walk as to avoid potential confusions as to the expectations of the walk. Worth nothing that description of the walk explained about the terrain etc so if people not reading the descriptions then that is on them.

Item closed

 

25

18/11/2022

Lounge

Update:

Both committee and wider membership dislike the app. Appreciate and like the idea but in current form is far too buggy to be good/user friendly etc.

Worth noting that despite calls for a club wide group chat, the group chat function on lounge has seen little to no activity thus raising the question as for the need of a club wide group chat.

Suggested to keep an eye out for improvements or alternatives for future years.

As of Jan all club activity to return to FB.

CS to advertise return to FB

Relevant committee members to move posts/events etc back to FB group

26

18/11/2022

Xmas Trip

Update:

CS is unwell thus unlikely to go on trip. A replacement driver has been found, so no issues on this.

AP to take over as official trip organiser.

HS mentioned that the hut is very cold, especially in the bedrooms and people should be advised accordingly.

AP/RR to chase people to pay for product

  1. New items

Item

Discussion/Description

Action required from

 

27

AGM Date & Annual Feedback Survey

Feedback survey serves as to inform areas of discussion re: AGM and provides an opportunity for committee to learn what has and has not gone well this semester.

AGM is a constitutional requirement, held once a year in S2. Typically in mid Fed (circa 2 weeks prior to hustings)

16th Feb suggested as potential date (in line with previous years)

CS to send out feedback form over Xmas

 

AV to book location for AGM (Royal Oak or Cork)

28

Climate Literacy Feedback

Club’s largest carbon footprint is transport related to the surprise of no one. Lowest carbon option for this is public transport, especially trains. Historically unpopular due to reliability, cost and access from stations to walks.

Are some university funds available to subsidise cost of these transports and is Zero Carbon Campus fund for uni based activities

University/SU has a car (4 seater) with a trailer/box so can take equipment plus a full car load of people instead of having a dedicated gear car to reduce no. vehicles.

 

29

Portland Trip Dates

11th-12th March suggested as date.

Since departure of Matt, SU have got very particular with paperwork for trips etc. So beware of 6 week notice for event planners.

NS to organise

30

Role as student leaders in dealing with W&I related issues

Reminder from HS to rest of committee as to their responsibilities as student leaders to call out unacceptable behaviour (both verbal and/or physical) that may occur during club events (e.g. trips, socials) and signpost those at the receiving end to relevant help (SU advisors, student services, support and report tool etc).

Highlighted and shared dignity and respect policy that all staff and student agree to abide by when joining the university.