Type	Description	Who
Action	David to speak to Sam about buses to the NOC.	David Allwright
Action	Harriet to get in contact with Frazer Delves and other interested persons to start organising the first event for DiversiTEA.	Harriet Averill
Action	Arun, Harriet and Flora to speak to Ben Franklin about the SUSU leaflet idea or a video	Flora Noble, Harriet Averill, Arun Aggarwal

Introductions & minutes

Introductions

Minutes from the previous meeting

Action	Flora to work with Arun and Halls Committee Board to organise a quiz. Done- was a successful evening	Flora Noble, Arun Aggarwal
Action	Emily to look into advertising space at the Interchange. Awaiting response	Emily Hamilton-Peach
Action	Emily to add Global Project as a standing agenda point. Done	Emily Hamilton-Peach
Action	David to speak to Sam about buses to the NOC. Roll over	David Allwright
Action	Anjit to speak to Sophie to ensure postgraduate specific branding is thought about in the brand review. Done	Anjit Aulakh
Action	Ryan to speak to Ben Franklin about WSA in the brand review. The branding has been approved by union council	Ben Franklin, Ryan Notman-Watt
Action	Ryan to meet with Athena to talk about ideas for the Culture Week at WSA. Athena has spoken to Michelle	Ryan Notman-Watt
Action	Emily to set up a meeting between Ryan, Erasmus Park Committee and Michelle Keeley. They have met	Emily Hamilton-Peach
Action	Harriet to get in contact with Frazer Delves and other interested persons to start organising the first event for DiversiTEA. Roll over	Harriet Averill
Action	Arun, Harriet and Flora to speak to Ben Franklin about the SUSU leaflet idea. Roll over- also could look at the idea of a video	Flora Noble, Harriet Averill, Arun Aggarwal
Action	Anjit to talk to Michelle about the idea of displaying WSA artwork in the concourse. Ben Franklin has been doing this	Anjit Aulakh

Action	David to speak to Sam about buses to the NOC. (David Allwright)
Action	Harriet to get in contact with Frazer Delves and other interested persons to start organising the first event for DiversiTEA. (Harriet Averill)
Action	Arun, Harriet and Flora to speak to Ben Franklin about the SUSU leaflet idea or a video (Flora Noble, Harriet Averill, Arun Aggarwal)

Officer Updates

International Officer

Halls Officer

Hey - here is my brief officer report...

Things that have gone well:
- elections, was great to see so many halls getting involved
- empty positions nearly filled!
- loads of successful events

Things I'm working on:
- fresher rep reform in progress
- creating guidelines for social media use and funding

Sorry I can't be there today - hope it's a good meeting!

PGR Officer

- Have successfully persuaded the university to agree that bus transport is a cost that could be claimed back for PGR students who have to get the bus between campuses.

- Had a successful event with a range of postgraduate societies

- Have started planning events with SUSU for Freshers

PGT Officer

Equality & Diversity Officer

NOC Officer

Meeting with Emily and Anjit soon to move along the work with the student room

WSA Campus President

10.

Med Soc President

11.

Student Groups Rep

Global Project

12.

Videos

As part of the Global Project, a range of videos are being made to help explain British culture and teaching practises

13.

Culture Festival

Culture Festival is on 24th-30th April and the organisation of it is continuing.

Student Groups Funding Round #3

14.

Committee to decide on funding round results

All funding decided as per the normal process

Any Other Bussiness

15.

Placement Fees

Shruti explained that she had worked with the university to ensure that international students have the same cost for a placement year as any other student. All students need to pay 20% of their fees during a placement year. International students had to pay 50%, this has now been changed to equal the others.

Key: P (Papers Provided), PF (Papers to Follow)

Name of Committee	Student Communities Zone
Date and time	16th March 2016, 17:00
Place	Students' Union (SUSU)
Present Members (voting)	Vice President Student Communities Emily Harrison Vice President Education Shruti Verma National Oceanography Centre Officer David Allwright Postgraduate (Research) Students Officer Mike Allwright Arun Aggarwal Emily Hamilton-Peach
Absent with Apologies	International Students' Officer Nancy Bui Student Communities Zone Student Group Representative Rebecca Lake Equality & Diversity Officer Caitlin Doyle Halls Officer Flora Noble Postgraduate (Taught) Students Officer Ruchika Menon
Absent without Apologies	Medical Society President Iona Maxwell Winchester Campus President Ryan Notman-Watt Harriet Averill

Minutes

Actions and Decisions